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The Mound-Builders, Henry Clyde Shetrone

 

The classic work on the Mound-Builders of the United States by Henry Clyde Shetrone.  This work examines earthworks and mounds from North Dakota to Florida and Kansas to the East Coast. Our reprint features the full color Mound-Builder plate as well as the full size color foldout map of mound and earthwork distribution of the Eastern United States.


Mary Louise Baker

The preeminent archaeological illustrator of the 20th Century

Link to Reprint Plates Page

 

Mayan Pottery

Moore Expeditions

Many of her watercolors of the Clarence B. Moore Expedition artifacts, and later Mayan pottery studies, have often been mistaken for photographs due to the amazing detail. Although her work has been admired by thousands in Moore's famous works on Southeastern archaeology she, as the artist,  remains  relatively obscure. 

We started working on these plates in 2008 and until now have only offered them at archaeological conferences.  We will be adding more plates to the site over the next few months as time permits. 

If you wish to purchase a plate that is not yet listed, please email us at: gustav@gustavslibrary.com

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Midwest Archaeological Conference - MAC 2010  
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, October 21-24, 2010

South Eastern Archaeological Conference - SEAC 2010
October 27-30, 2010, Hilton Lexington / Downtown Hotel - Lexington, Kentucky
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Contributions to the Archaeology of Missouri

Part I. Pottery

The Archaeological Section of the St. Louis Academy of Science - 1880

Archaeological Remains in Southeastern Missouri by W. B. Potter
The Ancient Pottery of Southeastern Missouri by Edward Evers
 

 

Archaeological Surveys of Indiana  
 

From the 1920s through the late 1950's, the Indiana Historical Bureau started an archaeological survey of Indiana counties.  As far as we can determine there were only 17 surveys that were actually completed and we have grouped these surveys geographically into four volumes.  Township maps show the location of the sites and surface surveys that were conducted and the plates are of outstanding artifacts of bone, flint, stone, pottery and copper.

 

Volume 1  Gibson, Perry, Posey, Spencer and Warrick Counties
Volume 2  Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Owen and Vigo Counties
Volume 3  Marshall, Newton, Porter and Starke Counties

Volume 4

 Whitewater Region, Dearborn, Ohio and Shelby Counties
 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL  MAPS
Archaeological maps from various publications
 

Contributions to the Archaeology of the Illinois River Valley
By Frank C. Baker, James B. Griffin, Richard G. Morgan, Georg K. Neumann, Jay L. B. Taylor
Edited by James B. Griffin and Richard G. Morgan

A look at the archaeology of the Illjinois River Valley dedicated to Warren K. Moorehead.   This publication also includes the ethnozoology of the prehistoric Indians of Illinois and a section on Hagan Mound Crania.

Sites include Havana,  Hagan, Rose, Hilderbrand, Naples, Kamp Brangenberg, Utica mounds and Snicarte Village Site
 


The Fort Ancient Aspect
Its Cultural and Chronological Position in Mississippi Valley Archaeology
James Bennett Griffin

The site names are legendary: Baum Village Site, Fox Far, Madisonville, Fuert Village Site, to name just a few.  Over 700 pages in length and with early historic maps from the 17th Century from such notable sources as Marquette, Joliet, Franquelin and Minet, Griffin's monumental work sheds new light on the Ft. Ancient people.

two part set of  728 pages, 154 full-page plates, 18 text figures, and 10 maps (5 foldouts).


Fort Ancient
The Great Prehistoric Earthwork of Warren County, Ohio
Warren K. Moorehead

   "On a slightly rolling plateau in Warren County, Ohio, overlooking the beautiful valley of the Little Miami river, is situated Fort Ancient, the greatest of all prehistoric earthworks in the Mississippi basin.
   This plateau is remarkable in its configuration. There is nothing precisely like it to be found in the Ohio valley, so far as the writer's observation extends. The plateau is cut up irregularly by ravines, and although none are of great length, yet all of them are precipitous and attain their depth within a few hundred yards from the beginning of their erosion ... The distance around the inclosure (following the center of the embankment) is 18,712.2 feet." (Warren K. Moorehead, 1908)


Masterpieces of the Ohio Mound Builders
Hilltop Fortifications Including Fort Ancient
E. O. Randall

E.O. Randall was the secretary of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society when he wrote this book in 1916,  includes sections on Mound Builders, and forts of Ohio including: Fort Ancient,  Spruce Hill Fort, Fort Hill, Glenford Stone Fort, Miami Fort, Fortified Hill (Butler County),  and even Cahokia Mound in Illinois merits a discussion. 


Californian Bone Artifacts and Californian Shell Artifacts
Appendix: Additional Bone Artifacts By Phil C. Orr
E. W. Gifford

University of California Anthropological Records, Volume 3, Number 2 and Anthropological Records, Volume 9, Number 1.  The bone and shell artifacts of California are examined by E. W. Gifford.   

Profusely illustrated with 96 full-page plates illustrating hundreds of bone and shell artifacts. 


 

Survey of Ohio Fluted Points
Olaf H. Prufer - 1960-1964

All 10 volumes complete in one book

The fluted point survey undertaken by Olaf H. Prufer of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History was conducted between 1960 and 1964 with a total of 10 volumes produced over that period.  As many of these originals haven't survived the past 50 years we were extremely fortunate in acquiring a full set for republication.  We are indebted, again, to Larry Conrad of the Western Illinois University Archaeological Research Laboratory for his help in obtaining a complete set of these rare originals.


Basket Designs of the Indians of California
A Collection of four of our books on California Indian Baskets in one volume

Basketry Designs of the Indians of Northern California (Dixon - 1902),  Basket Designs Of The Indians Of Northwestern California, Basket Designs of the Mission Indians of California (Kroeber - 1922), Plants Used In Basketry By The California Indians (Ruth Earl Merrill - 1923).


Early Bulletins of the
Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society
1929-1952 Project Complete

The first 24 years of  this fine archeological publication.  It's extreme scarcity is primarily due to the extraordinarily low number published (300 per year) as well as the high demand it now enjoys.  We would like to express our appreciation to the Texas Archeological Society for allowing us to reprint these volumes. 

We would also like to offer a special thanks to Tim Perttula for his invaluable assistance over the last 18 months  in making some of these rare Texas archaeological reprints possible.

Click here to access the Bulletin Page


Crania Americana

A Comparative View of Skulls of Various Aboriginal Nations of North and South America

Samuel George Morton, M.D. - 1839

With a New Introduction by Jane E. Buikstra, Ph.D.

 

Published  in 1839, 22 years before the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War, Crania Americana is an  extraordinarily rare book in any condition. Criticized in this modern, somewhat more enlightened age,  for its early 19th Century views on race, the publication of Crania Americana did provide important early steps toward the modern science of  physical anthropology.

We wish to thank Dr. Jane Buikstra Professor of Bioarchaeology, Arizona State University for providing us with an excellent new introduction to this historically important work. 


Indian Trails of the Southeast
William E. Meyer(1925)
Preface and Trail Map Index by John R. Swanton
Extract from the 42nd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Published after his death, Myer worked with John R. Swanton And Charles Rau from the Smithsonian on this excellent publication.  The map of Tennessee is a whopping 35" long and the general Southeast map is 12" x 15"  The area covered encompasses Kentucky to Florida and the Atlantic Ocean to the Texas border.  A wonderful companion to Ohio Indian Trails by Frank N. Wilcox, another of our reprints. 


The Belcher Mound
A Stratified Caddoan Site in Caddo Parish, Louisiana
James A. Ford & Clarence H. Webb (1952)
With a new foreword by Timothy Perttula

Another rare title of Caddo archeology, Belcher Mound has been out of print for 50 years.  Tim Perttula, archaeologist for the Caddo Nation, has provided a new foreword to bring this  important publication up to date.


Poverty Point
A Late Archaic Site in Louisiana
Clarence H. Webb  (1956)

We have updated this publication by the inclusion of the full page color plate of the famous Poverty Point clay objects from Clarence B. Moore's Some Aboriginal Sites in Louisiana and in Arkansas that was not included with the original publication.


Texas Type Descriptions - Suhm &Jelks (1962)
2009 Reprint Edition
With a new Foreword by Dee Ann Suhm Story and Edward B. Jelks

One of the most sought after titles on Texas archaeology this classic has been updated with a new foreword by Dee Ann Suhm Story and Edward B. Jelks, the original authors.

We would like to thank the Texas Archeological Society for making this important work available again.


Classics in Texas Archeology, Volume 2
Jornada Mogollon Archeology

Second in a planned series of 5 volumes, this is a compilation of selected articles from The Bulletin of the Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society, spanning the years 1934 to 1954,  assembled and with a new foreword by archaeologist Myles R. Miller (series editor Timothy K. Perttula). 

Volume 2 is a collection of articles discussing Jornada Mogollon archaeology,  an egg-shaped cultural region comprising parts of west Texas, south-central New Mexico, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Click here to visit Archaeology Page 14 on this website


GENERAL

WEST of the Mississippi River

EAST of the Mississippi River

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Tobacco, Pipes and Smoking Customs of the American Indians

George A. West - 1934

The classic two volume  work by George A. West on tobacco use of  the American Indian is undoubtedly the most comprehensive work on the subject.  Volume 1 contains the history of tobacco use, types of aboriginal tobacco and the pipe classification system. Volume 2 features 257 plates of thousands of  prehistoric and historic pipes from across North America along with their descriptions and provenance. 

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A Pilot Study of Wichita Indian Archaeology and Ethnohistory

Robert E. Bell, Edward B. Jelks, W. W. Newcomb - 1967

A very rare publication on the Wichita Indian tribes utilizing both archival research and and excavations of sites in Texas and Oklahoma. An excellent study of the Wichita Indians.

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The Texas Archeological Society has provided valuable archaeological publications since 1928 and if you have an interest in Texas archaeology we heartily recommend joining.  Please click on the logo above to read more about this organization.   


 


Additional Texas Titles
   
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Available Again - Enhanced Edition

Certain Caddo Sites in Arkansas, Harrington

Part of the Indian Notes & Monographs series, this book conducts a detailed examination of the  Caddo Indians.  Harrington's excavations and research of historical sources builds on the previous  work of Clarence B. Moore and provides a vivid picture of this vanished culture.

 

 
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Ancient Aztalan - 2 Part Set

Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee, Volume 13

S.A. Barrett

Located in Jefferson county, Wisconsin, this amazing site was discovered in 1836 and first surveyed in 1837 by N.F. Hyer who is also credited with naming the site after the legendary northern city where the Aztecs originated. Extensive excavations conducted by Barrett revealed a sophisticated mound/city complex and even included archaeological evidence suggesting the practice of cannibalism.  A fascinating work and highly recommended.

   
 

Kratz Creek Mound Group

A Study in Wisconsin Indian Mounds

Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee, Volume 3, Number 1

Barrett and Hawkes

A group of 51 mounds of three types: effigy, conical and linear located on both banks of Kratz Creek which flows into Buffalo Lake in Marquette County, Central Wisconsin.
 
 

Wampum and Shell Articles

Used by the New York Indians

Bulletin of the New York State Museum, Volume 8, Number 41

William M. Beauchamp

Rarest volume of the Beauchamp series on New York Archaeology,  in-depth look at wampum and shell articles.
   
 

The Birdstone Ceremonials of Wisconsin, Brown

Brown discusses the possible uses of the birdstones of Wisconsin in this early work.

 

Distribution of the Aboriginal Population of Michigan, Hinsdale

A look at the population distribution of the aborigines of Michigan. Includes  colored map of population.
   
 

Indian Authorship of Wisconsin Antiquities, Brown

This work discusses the people that built the mounds and other archaeological features of Wisconsin.

   
 

An Ancient Quarry in Indian territory, Holmes

Indian territory as it was in 1894, situated on the then Peoria Indian Reservation seven miles northwest of Seneca, Missouri near the Kansas border.

   
 

Great Algonkin Flint Mines at Coxsackie, Parker

A site near Coxsackie, NY, known as Mineburg Hill, was the location of this quarry that was explored by Arthur C. Parker.
   
 

Symbolism in Ancient American Art, Putnam & Willoughby

An abstract of a paper presented on interpretation of symbols on artifacts from Ohio sites such as Turner Mound Group, Hopewell Mound Group, etc.

   
 

Ethnology of the Ioway Indians, Skinner

Description of  the Ioway culture and their journeys.

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Archaeological Survey of Kentucky- Volume 1

The University of Kentucky. Reports in Archaeology and Anthropology, Volume 1, Parts 1-6

Webb and Funkhouser

 

The Williams Site in Christian County, KY
The So Called “Ash Caves” in Lee County, KY
The Page Site in Logan County, KY
Rock Shelters of Wolfe and Powell Counties, KY
The Tolu Site in Crittendon County, KY
The Duncan Site on the Kentucky-Tennessee Line

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Bannerstones of the North American Indian

Byron W. Knoblock (1939)


The most sought after archaeological reference book written by Byron W. Knoblock.  The originals of this book are highly prized and will set you back between $600.00 and $1,000.00 according to condition and binding edition.

This book has become the de facto resource on the subject and is used by professional archaeologists as well as amateurs. It's most important contribution is providing a systematic categorization and detailed description of  the various forms of these fascinating artifacts.  With 596 pages and hundreds of illustrations and plates, the depth of coverage is astounding and includes contributions from legendary archaeologists as well as amateurs.   A must have for anyone interested in United States archaeology.

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Certain Mounds and Village Sites - Volume 1

William C. Mills

After three years of searching, we finally obtained access to a copy of this extremely rare and expensive original and for this we offer a special thanks to Larry Conrad of Ancient Society Books

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The Florida Indian and His Neighbors

Edited by John W. Griffin (1949)

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Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, Cover

Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley

Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, Serpent Mound Plate

Squier and Davis - 1848

 


The legendary book that started it all.  Exceedingly rare and arguably one of the most important books on United States archaeology ever written, this 160 year old publication was written to document the earthworks of prehistoric America before the plow and advancing civilization could obliterate them forever.  See the detail page by clicking here

This is the only reprint available with the two Marietta Works plates (numbers 1 and 45) rendered in color as in the original.

See plates and description for the Ancient Works at Marietta, Ohio - from Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by clicking here


Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley - 48 Plate Set

This is the same plate set (with a different cover) that we are providing to the gift shop of the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park at the Hopewell Mound Group near Chillicothe, Ohio. Spiral bound, plates are enlarged 120%,

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A Wisconsin Variant of the Hopewell Culture

W.C. McKern (1931)

Another excellent publication from the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee.  The Hopewell Culture was alive and well in areas distant from Ohio.  Excellent photographs of artifacts including copper, silver, bear claws, pearls, etc. A must read for Hopewell aficionados.

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A Study of the Glacial Kame Culture in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana

Wilbur M. Cunningham (1943)

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Ohio Indian Trails - Frank N. Wilcox

The classic study of the Indian Trails of Ohio, a fascinating read and a great reference on an important part of U.S. and Ohio history.  Now includes a reprint of the Map of Indian Trails and Towns from the 1914 Mills Archeological Atlas of Ohio.

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Societies in Eclipse - Smithsonian Institution Press

Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands Indians, A.D. 1400-1700

David S. Brose C. Wesley Cowan Robert C., Jr. Mainfort

These books were published by the now defunct Smithsonian Institution Press and have been out of print for about 5 years or so.  Dr. Brose, who we met through a mutual friend, was gracious enough to allow us to offer a small quantity of them to our customers from his own limited stock.  These are brand new,  right out of the box originals - in mint condition.  We only have a few and I know a lot of our customers will be interested in the subject matter, so please see the detail page here.

 

  Pipes and Smoking Customs of the American Aborigines, Based on Material in the U. S. National Museum, Joseph D. McGuire
  Prehistoric Ethnology of a Kentucky Site, Harlan I. Smith
  Prehistoric Textile Art, William H. Holmes
  Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art, William H. Holmes
  Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United States, Cyrus Thomas
  Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio, Earnest A. Hooten with notes on the Artifacts by Charles Willoughby

  Folsom, The Lindenmeier Site, Frank H.H. Roberts, Jr., Kirk Bryan and Louis L. Ray
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Indian Knoll - Two Titles


Clarence B. Moore

Some Aboriginal Sites on Green River, Kentucky

Certain Aboriginal Sites on Lower Ohio River

Additional Investigation on Mississippi River

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol XVI

"Along part of Green river, Ky., and particularly in "The Indian Knoll," Ohio County, were found by us objects of antler, hooked at one end and having a cavity in the other end, in which sometimes was asphalt, used for fastening something introduced into the cavity... Usually in intimate association with these hooked implements of antler were found, in nearly every instance where the hooked implements were present, as exactly described later in this report, other objects, some of antler (most of which were made from the base of the horn), some of stone... Hereafter in this report, for convenience and not because we are fully convinced they are such, we shall designate the hooked implements as needles and the objects found with them as sizers. We were aware that we had to face two probable objections in connection with our determination, namely, the orifices in the ends of the needles, and the perforations in the sizers, neither of which seem absolutely necessary for the use to which the needles and sizers were assigned." Clarence B. Moore

The Original excavation of Indian Knoll by Clarence B. Moore in 1915.  These are the findings which piqued Webb's curiosity about the hooked antler implements and bannerstones.  Also contains the  four colored plates of bannerstones by Mary Louise Baker.


Atlatls and Bannerstones
Excavations at Indian Knoll - W.S. Webb

"From a careful study of this body of artifacts, their position in the graves, and their association with each other, the conviction has grown that all of these antler hooks are the distal ends of atlatls. All of the antler sections are handles, attached to the proximal end of the atlatl, and the "banner" stones, subrectangular bars, and composit shell artifacts are all atatl weights.”  

As a teenager, in the mid-1960's, my uncle took me to meet one of the well known artifact collectors of Ohio.  While looking at his collection of bannerstones I mentioned that I had read somewhere of them being used as altatl weights.  His response was that atlatls had been found in caves in the Southwest but not in the East, so there was no evidence of this.  Little did I realize at that time that a definitive study of their use as weights had been published 20 years previously by William S, Webb of the University of Kentucky.   The in-situ finds of atlatl handles, weights and hooks left little doubt of their aboriginal use.

The first excavation at the site was by Clarence B. Moore in 1915 but it was confined to a  limited area.  We are  very fortunate that the Moore excavations did not destroy the entire site and that Webb was able to recover some of the most compelling evidence of the use and construction of the atlatl in the Eastern United States.

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The Aborigines of Minnesota - Now Available!

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Earthworks in Minnesota  is a 330 page excerpt of The Aborigines of Minnesota containing the earthworks of Minnesota by county as well as all of the mound foldouts.  This excerpt is targeted at readers who are more interested in a county archaeological atlas of the state of Minnesota than the full  two part book..

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The Archeological History of New York, Part 1
Aboriginal Occupation of New York

Arthur C. Parker, 1920

 

A rare archaeological description of the aboriginal occupation of New York state.  This book discusses the various occupations (Mound Builder, Eskimo, Iroquois and Algonkian) as well as in-depth descriptions of excavations of 12 sites by famous archaeologists such as: M.R. Harrington, Arthur C. Parker, E.G. Squier (of Squier and Davis fame) and Frank H. Cushing.  

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The Archeological History of New York, Part 2
Archaeological Atlas by Counties

Arthur C. Parker, 1920

 

A rare archaeological atlas for the Empire State, this book features maps of the counties of New York along with locations and descriptions of their sites.   

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Archeological Investigations
Bulletin 76 of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Cave Explorations MO, IN, IL, KY, TN, AL, NE and Archaeology in Hawaii

Gerard Fowke, 1922

 

Gerard Fowke examines the archaeology of caves in the Ozark Region of Central Missouri as well as selected caves and rock shelters from Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee not to mention sites in Kansas and Nebraska.  Just to top it off, he also includes some early archaeological information concerning Hawaii as well.

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Primitive Methods of Working Stone
Based on Experiments of Halvor L. Skavlem

With an new introduction by John C. Whittaker, Ph.D.

Alonzo W. Pond, 1930

 

A very rare work on early experimental stone tool manufacturing.  Mr. Skavlem independently developed these techniques for ground stone and flaked tools over a fifteen year period starting in the first part of the 20th Century.  A must read for anyone interested in methods of producing stone tools.

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Primitive Industry
Illustrations of the Handiwork in stone, bone and clay of the Native Races of the Northern Atlantic Seaboard of the United States of America

Charles C. Abbott - 1881

 

A rare and comprehensive work of the artifacts of the Northern Atlantic Seaboard of the United States. From the common pitted stones to exquisite pipes and copper artifacts.

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Archaeological Atlas of Ohio

The Archeological Atlas of Ohio - Mills 1914

Any way you spell it The Archeological (Archaeological) Atlas of Ohio was, and is,  the most famous and comprehensive archaeological atlas ever printed - with  over 5,000 archaeological features of the 88 counties of the Buckeye State identified and mapped. 

Link to the Archaeology page 

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