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This collection of papers offers insights into the Dorset Palaeo-Eskimo occupation of Arctic Canada, Newfoundland and Greenland. Topics include biological relationships in the Dorset population; succession and discontinuity in Palaeo-Eskimo occupations; Dorset technology in soapstone, metal, and skeletal materials; and social aspects of the late Dorset stone “longhouses”.
Falcon Hill, Washoe County, Nevada, contains 10 caves and shelters intermittently utilized by humans from about 9500 BP. The Falcon Hill sites served as cache, ceremonial, and habitation sites for groups living on or nearby the hill. Basketry, wood, bone, and shell artifacts were preserved by the dry climate. Radiocarbon dates on basketry range from 9540 to 390 BP and provide a framework for a western Great Basin basketry chronology. Projectile points include several Great Basin types, but for the most part, they are poorly dated. Radiocarbon dates from 3900 to 3620 BP were obtained from artifacts found in Kramer Cave, the richest of the sites. Kramer Cave contained a distinctive Great Basin artifact assemblage including: Little Lake series projectile points, double warp twined basketry, spiral-grooved dart foreshafts, and juniper seed beads. Stylistic treatment of other artifacts reveals cultural ties with the Early Bay, Windmiller, or Cosumnes cultures of northern and central California as well as with other Great Basin cultures.--Adapted from abstract.
The Smithsonian Institution’s River Basin Surveys and the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program were the most ambitious archaeological projects ever undertaken in the United States. Administered by the National Park Service from 1945–1969, the programs had profound effects—methodological, theoretical, and historical—on American archaeology, many of which are still being felt today. They stimulated the public’s interest in heritage preservation, led to the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act, served as the model for rescue archaeology in other countries, and helped launch the “New Archaeology.” This book examines the impacts of these two programs on the development of American archaeology.
The Chalcolithic period was formative in Near Eastern prehistory, being a time of fundamental social change in craft specialization, horticulture and temple life. Gilat - a low mound, semi-communal farming settlement in the Negev desert - is one of the few Chalcolithic sanctuary sites in the Southern Levant. 'Archaeology, Anthropology and Cult' presents a critical analysis of the archaeological data from Gilat. The book brings together archaeological finds and anthropological theory to examine the role of religion in the evolution of society and the power of ritual in promoting change. This comprehensive volume, which includes artefact drawings, photographs, maps and data tables, will be of interest to students and scholars of ancient history, anthropology, archaeology, as well as biblical and religious studies.