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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 |
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Upcoming
2010 Conferences
Society For American Archaeology 75th Anniversary
Meeting - April 14-18, St. Louis, Missouri
Archaeological Society Of Ohio 2010 Symposium - May
14-15, Columbus, Ohio
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Crania Americana |
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A
Comparative View of Skulls of Various Aboriginal Nations of
North and South America |
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Samuel George Morton, M.D. -
1839 |
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With a New
Introduction by Jane E. Buikstra, Ph.D. |
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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.
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Indian Trails of the Southeast |
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William E.
Meyer(1925) |
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Preface and Trail
Map Index by John R. Swanton |
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Extract from
the 42nd Annual Report of the Bureau of American
Ethnology |
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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.
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The Belcher Mound |
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A Stratified Caddoan
Site in Caddo Parish, Louisiana |
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James A. Ford & Clarence H. Webb (1952) |
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With a new foreword
by Timothy Perttula |
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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. |
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Poverty Point |
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A Late Archaic Site
in Louisiana |
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Clarence H. Webb (1956) |
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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. |
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Texas Type
Descriptions - Suhm &Jelks
(1962) |
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2009 Reprint Edition |
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With a new
Foreword by Dee Ann Suhm Story and Edward B.
Jelks |
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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. |
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Classics
in Texas Archeology, Volume 2 |
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Jornada Mogollon
Archeology |
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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.
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GENERAL |
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WEST of the Mississippi River |
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EAST of the Mississippi River |
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Tobacco, Pipes and
Smoking Customs of the American Indians |
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George A. West -
1934 |
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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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Available Again -
Enhanced Edition |
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Certain Caddo Sites in Arkansas, Harrington
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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 |
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Bulletin
of the
Public
Museum
of
Milwaukee,
Volume 13 |
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S.A. Barrett |
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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. |
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Kratz Creek
Mound Group |
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A Study
in
Wisconsin
Indian
Mounds |
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Bulletin
of the
Public
Museum
of
Milwaukee,
Volume 3, Number 1 |
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Barrett
and Hawkes |
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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. |
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Wampum and
Shell Articles |
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Used by the New York Indians |
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Bulletin
of the New York State Museum, Volume 8, Number
41 |
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William M.
Beauchamp |
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Rarest volume of the Beauchamp series on New
York Archaeology, in-depth look at wampum
and shell articles. |
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The
Birdstone Ceremonials of Wisconsin, Brown |
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Brown discusses the possible
uses of the birdstones of Wisconsin in this
early work. |
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Distribution of
the Aboriginal Population of Michigan, Hinsdale |
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A look at the population distribution of the
aborigines of Michigan. Includes colored
map of population. |
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Indian
Authorship of Wisconsin Antiquities, Brown |
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This work discusses the
people that built the mounds and other
archaeological features of Wisconsin. |
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An Ancient
Quarry in Indian territory, Holmes |
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Indian territory as it was in
1894, situated on the then Peoria Indian
Reservation seven miles northwest of Seneca,
Missouri near the Kansas border. |
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Great Algonkin
Flint Mines at Coxsackie, Parker |
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A site near Coxsackie, NY, known as Mineburg
Hill, was the location of this quarry that was
explored by Arthur C. Parker. |
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Symbolism in
Ancient American Art, Putnam & Willoughby |
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An abstract of a paper
presented on interpretation of symbols on
artifacts from Ohio sites such as Turner Mound
Group, Hopewell Mound Group, etc. |
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Ethnology of the
Ioway Indians, Skinner |
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Description of the Ioway culture and their
journeys. |
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Archaeological Survey of Kentucky-
Volume 1 |
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The
University
of
Kentucky.
Reports
in
Archaeology
and
Anthropology,
Volume 1, Parts 1-6 |
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Webb and Funkhouser |
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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 |
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Byron W.
Knoblock (1939) |
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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 |
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William C.
Mills |
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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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Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley |
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Squier and
Davis - 1848 |
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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 |
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This is the only
reprint available with the two Marietta
Works plates (numbers 1 and 45) rendered
in color
as in the original. |
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See plates and description for the
Ancient Works at Marietta, Ohio - from Ancient
Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by
clicking here |
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Ancient
Monuments of the Mississippi Valley - 48 Plate
Set |
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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 |
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W.C.
McKern (1931) |
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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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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
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Archaeology of the
Eastern Woodlands Indians, A.D. 1400-1700 |
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David S. Brose
C. Wesley Cowan Robert C., Jr. Mainfort |
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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.
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Pipes and Smoking Customs of the American
Aborigines, Based on Material in the U. S.
National Museum, Joseph D. McGuire |
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Prehistoric
Ethnology of a Kentucky Site, Harlan I. Smith |
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Prehistoric Textile Art, William H. Holmes |
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Origin and Development of Form and Ornament
in Ceramic Art, William H. Holmes |
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Burial Mounds
of the Northern Sections of the United States, Cyrus
Thomas |
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Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near
Madisonville, Ohio, Earnest A. Hooten with
notes on the Artifacts by Charles Willoughby |
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Folsom, The Lindenmeier Site, Frank H.H.
Roberts, Jr., Kirk Bryan and Louis L. Ray |
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Indian Knoll
- Two Titles |
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Clarence B. Moore |
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Some Aboriginal Sites on Green River,
Kentucky |
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Certain Aboriginal Sites on Lower Ohio River |
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Additional Investigation on Mississippi
River |
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Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia, Vol XVI |
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"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. |
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Atlatls and Bannerstones |
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Excavations at Indian Knoll - W.S.
Webb |
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"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.”
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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!
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
Indian Baskets
We've had numerous requests to reprint books on Indian basketry
and the first in this series Basketry Designs of the Indians
of Northern California (Dixon - 1902), Basket Designs of
the Mission Indians of California (Kroeber - 1922),
Basket-Work of the North American Aborigines (Mason -1884),
Basket Designs of the Indians of
Northwestern California, (Kroeber -1904), Basketry of the San Carlos
Apache (Roberts -1929) and Pomo Indian Basketry (Barrett - 1908) are now ready. Link to
them from the
Archaeology page.
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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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