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The archaeology of war has revealed evidence of bravery, sacrifice, heroism, cowardice, and atrocities. Mostly absent from these narratives of victory and defeat, however, are the experiences of prisoners of war, despite what these can teach us about cruelty, ingenuity, and huma…
An objective guide to this fascinating science of history and culture. Archaeology continually makes headlines--from recent discoveries like the frozen Copper-Age man in the Italian Alps to the newest dating of the first people in America at over 14,0000 years ago. Archaeology F…
"This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize"-- "This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize. Using a variety of scientific …
"This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize"-- "This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize. Using a variety of scientific …
This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize" This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize. Using a variety of scientific tech…
"This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize"-- "This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize. Using a variety of scientific …
"This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize"-- "This book examines one of the thorniest problems of ancient American archaeology: the origins and domestication of maize. Using a variety of scientific …
Using cemetery data, it has been possible to identify the signature of a previously unknown demographic process associated with the transition from a hunter-gatherer to an agricultural economy. Characterized by a dramatic increase in the birth rate, and consequently of the popul…
Adams chronicles the contributions that women have made to the science of archaeology, by focusing on seven women-- some famous, some overlooked.
"Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. Distinctive stone tools belonging to the Clovis culture established the presence of…
A European Neolithic burial. A large stone Venus. Nothing unusual except that it was found on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Archaeologist Hannah Green and her shovelbum nephew find themselves in a tangled web of competing interests - avaricious landowners, hungry media, an…
A European Neolithic burial. A large stone Venus. Nothing unusual except that it was found on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Archaeologist Hannah Green and her shovelbum nephew find themselves in a tangled web of competing interests - avaricious landowners, hungry media, an…
A European Neolithic burial. A large stone Venus. Nothing unusual except that it was found on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Archaeologist Hannah Green and her shovelbum nephew find themselves in a tangled web of competing interests - avaricious landowners, hungry media, an…