Seeking Our Past An Introduction to North American Archaeology Includes CD-ROM

by Neusius, Sarah W.; Gross, G. Timothy

• ISBN13: 9780195173840
• ISBN10: 0195173848
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Seeking Our Past: An Introduction to North American Archaeology offers an up-to-date and engaging introduction to North America's past that also illustrates contemporary archaeological practice. The authors include examples from both North American prehistory and history--drawn from academicarchaeology and Cultural Resource Management (CRM)--in order to provide a broad overview of how the continent was settled, what archaeologists have learned about life across the North American culture areas, and how current archaeologists research our past. Chapters are enhanced by case studieswritten especially for this book by the original researchers. Through these case studies readers gain familiarity with particular projects and insight into what archaeologists actually do. In addition, the authors cover such important ethical issues as respecting and working with descendantpopulations and the need for archaeological stewardship. They also provide valuable information about contemporary practice and careers in archaeology. An exceptional resource, Seeking Our Past incorporates numerous pedagogical aids including: * Three types of text boxes: "Faces in Archaeology" offer profiles of working archaeologists; "Issues and Debates" address ethical concerns and scholarly debates; and "Clues to the Past" examine specific artifacts or features in detail * Maps of regions and cultures discussed in the text * Chapter summaries featuring bulleted lists of major points * Suggested reading lists at the end of each chapter and discussion questions after each case study * An extensive glossary * An Instructor's Manual, available to adopters * Student CD including additional sections; more case studies, "Issues and Debates" boxes, and "Faces in Archaeology" profiles; full-color illustrations; a complete list of references; a study guide (with questions and quizzes); and an "Exploring Further" section with links to related websites andrecommendations of sites and museums to visit

Table of Contents

Student CD Contents	xv
Preface	xvii
Contributors	xxv
Credits	xxvii
PART 1: INTRODUCING NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY	1	(94)
The Nature and Practice of North American Archaeology	3	(40)
The Scope of This Book	4	(1)
What Is North American Archaeology?	5	(3)
Issues and Debates: Box 1.1 Who Were the Mound Builders?	8	(5)
The North American Archaeologist	13	(1)
Faces in Archaeology: Profiles 1.1 W. James Judge, Professor and Director of the Chaco Project	14	(4)
Faces in Archaeology: Profile 1.2 Lynne Sebastian, Archaeologist and Historic Preservationist	18	(4)
Issues and Debates: Box 1.2 Politics and Scholarship in the Investigation of New York City's African Burial Ground	22	(3)
An Overview of the Archaeological Process	25	(6)
Chapter Summary	30	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	31	(1)
Other Resources	32	(1)
Case Study	32	(1)
The Pueblo Grande Project: An Example of Multidisciplinary Research in a Compliance Setting	33	(10)
Cory Dale Breternitz
Christine K. Robinson
Culture and Environment in North America's Past	43	(52)
North American Culture Areas	44	(1)
Issues and Debates: Box 2.1 What Are You Called? Names and Politics	45	(4)
North American Environments	49	(8)
Issues and Debates: Box 2.2 Is Environmental Reconstruction an Ancillary Study?	57	(4)
The Climate of North America	61	(6)
The Systematics of North American Culture History	67	(1)
Faces in Archaeology: Profile 2.1 Julie Stein, Archaeologist and Geoarchaeologist	68	(4)
Faces in Archaeology: Profile 2.2 Robert Kelly, Archaeologist and Professor	72	(5)
Themes in the Study of North America's Past	77	(4)
A Final Word About Dates and Dating	81	(4)
Chapter Summary	83	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	85	(1)
Other Resources	85	(1)
Case Study	86	(1)
It Takes a Team: Interdisciplinary Research at the Koster Site	86	(9)
Michael D. Wiant
Sarah W. Neusius
PART 2: THE NORTH AMERICAN PAST	95	(514)
Peopling of the Americas	97	(47)
When Were the Americas Settled?	100	(3)
The Clovis-First Scenario	103	(1)
Clues to the Past: Exhibit 3.1 Fluted Points: The Original American Invention?	104	(4)
Does the Clovis-First Scenario Account for All the Evidence?	108	(4)
Key Puzzles in the Data on Early Settlement	112	(11)
Issues and Debates: Box 3.1 Why Is the Kennewick Case So Significant?	123	(4)
Paleoindian Adaptations	127	(7)
Chapter Summary	133	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	134	(1)
Other Resources	134	(1)
Case Study
Sea Change: The Paleocoastal Occupations of Daisy Cave	135	(9)
Jon M. Erlandson
Foragers of the North	144	(48)
Definition of the Area	145	(1)
The Environment	146	(3)
Early Cultures	149	(2)
Clues to the Past: Exhibit 4.1 Microblades	151	(1)
Archaic	152	(6)
Arctic Small Tool Tradition	158	(5)
Later Cultures of the Arctic: Dorset, Norton, and Thule	163	(10)
Later Cultures of the Subarctic	173	(1)
Historic Period	174	(1)
Issues and Debates: Box 4.1 How Far Did the Vikings Get?	175	(4)
Chapter Summary	179	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	180	(1)
Other Resources	181	(1)
Case Study
From Sites to Social Evolution: The Study of Emergent Complexity in the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska	181	(11)
Ben Fitzhugh
Paths to Complexity on the Northwest Coast	192	(41)
Definition of the Area	194	(1)
The Environment	195	(3)
Issues and Debates: Box 5.1 How Many Old Scarred Trees Do We Need?	198	(1)
Early Cultures	199	(1)
Archaic	200	(4)
Pacific Period	204	(8)
Clues to the Past: Exhibit 5.1 Basketry and Cordage	212	(7)
Modern Period	219	(3)
Chapter Summary	221	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	222	(1)
Other Resources	223	(1)
Case Study	223	(1)
Archaeological/Anthropological--Native American Coordination: An Example of Sharing the Research on the Northwest Coast of North America	224	(9)
Rhonda Foster
Larry Ross
Dale R. Croes
Rivers, Roots, and Rabbits: The Plateau	233	(35)
Definition of the Area	234	(3)
The Environment	237	(2)
Early Cultures	239	(1)
Issues and Debates: Box 6.1 Volcanoes and Human Settlement	240	(5)
Middle Period	245	(2)
Clues to the Past: Exhibit 6.1 Pithouses	247	(2)
Late Period	249	(4)
Modern Period	253	(4)
Chapter Summary	256	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	257	(1)
Other Resources	258	(2)
Case Study	259	(1)
The Miller Site: Four Seasons of Backwards Archaeology on Strawberry Island	260	(8)
G. Timothy Gross
Diversity and Complexity in California	268	(42)
Definition of the Area	270	(1)
The Environment	270	(4)
Early Cultures	274	(3)
Foragers: The Archaic Pattern	277	(3)
Complexity: The Pacific Period	280	(2)
Issues and Debates: Box 7.1 Chumash Complexity	282	(6)
Pacific Period Lifeways	288	(1)
Clues to the Past: Exhibit 7.1 Bedrock Milling Features	288	(4)
Historic Period	292	(8)
Chapter Summary	299	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	300	(1)
Other Resources	301	(1)
Case Study	301	(1)
Cultures in Contact at Colony Ross	302	(8)
Kent G. Lightfoot
Sara Gonzalez
Darren Modzelewski
Lee Panich
Otis Parrish
Tsim Schneider
Mobility, Flexibility, and Persistence in the Great Basin	310	(45)
Definition of the Area	311	(1)
The Environment	312	(5)
Early Cultures: The Pre-Archaic	317	(1)
Archaic	318	(8)
Issues and Debates: Box 8.1 Projectile Points and Time	326	(3)
Clues to the Past: Exhibit 8.1 Rabbit Nets	329	(1)
The Fremont	330	(5)
Numic Peoples and Their Spread	335	(2)
Protohistoric and Historic Periods	337	(5)
Chapter Summary	340	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	342	(1)
Other Resources	342	(1)
Case Study	343	(1)
Deep-Site Excavation at Gatecliff Shelter, Nevada	343	(12)
David Hurst Thomas
Foragers and Villagers of the Southwestern Mountains, Mesas, and Deserts	355	(51)
Definition of the Area	356	(3)
The Environments of the Southwest	359	(3)
Hunters and Foragers	362	(7)
Farmers and Villagers	369	(7)
Issues and Debates: Box 9.1 Interpreting the Chaco Phenomenon	376	(6)
Clues to the Past: Exhibit 9.1 Fantasies on Clay: Mimbres Pottery	382	(7)
Reorganization, Aggregation, and Conflict in Late Prehistory	389	(2)
New Arrivals	391	(2)
Historic Period	393	(3)
Chapter Summary	395	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	396	(1)
Other Resources	397	(1)
Case Study	397	(1)
Casas Grandes at the Edge of the Southwestern and Mesoamerican Worlds	398	(8)
Paul E. Minnis
Michael E. Whalen
Bison Hunters and Horticulturists of the Great Plains	406	(46)
Definition of the Area	408	(1)
The Environment	408	(4)
Early Hunters of the Plains	412	(4)
Plains Archaic	416	(5)
Clues to the Past: Exhibit 10.1 Hide Scrapers	421	(2)
The Woodland Period on the Great Plains	423	(4)
Plains Village Traditions	427	(6)
Late Prehistoric Bison Hunters of the Northern Plains	433	(1)
Issues and Debates: Box 10.1 Historic Ethnicities and the Archaeological Record	434	(2)
Protohistoric and Historic Developments	436	(5)
Chapter Summary	440	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	441	(1)
Other Resources	442	(1)
Case Study	442	(1)
Investigations at Double Ditch Village, a Traditional Mandan Earthlodge Settlement	442	(10)
Stanley A. Ahler
Phil R. Geib
Tribes and Chiefdoms in the Southeast	452	(56)
Definition of the Area	453	(2)
The Environments of the Southeast	455	(3)
Hunter-Gatherers of the Distant Past	458	(11)
Issues and Debates: Box 11.1 Ridges, Aisles, and the Map of Poverty Point	469	(4)
Woodland Peoples Across the Southeast	473	(9)
Mississippian and Other Societies of the Last Thousand Years	482	(3)
Clues to the Past: Exhibit 11.1 Design Motifs and Artifacts of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex	485	(6)
Protohistoric and Historic Times	491	(6)
Chapter Summary	495	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	497	(1)
Other Resources	497	(1)
Case Study	497	(1)
Mouse Creek Phase Households and Communities: Mississippian Period Towns in Southeastern Tennessee	498	(10)
Lynne P. Sullivan
Foragers and Farmers of the Midwest and Upper Great Lakes	508	(52)
Definition of the Area	510	(1)
The Environments of the Midwest and Upper Great Lakes	510	(4)
Hunters and Foragers of the Distant Past	514	(9)
Woodland Farmers and Mound Builders	523	(5)
Clues to the Past: Exhibit 12.1 Stone Platform Pipes	528	(7)
The Mississippians and Other Late Prehistoric Peoples	535	(1)
Issues and Debates: Box 12.1 How Big and Powerful Was Cahokia After All?	536	(8)
The Protohistoric and Historic Periods	544	(5)
Chapter Summary	548	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	549	(1)
Other Resources	550	(1)
Case Study	550	(1)
The Hopeton Earthworks Project: Using New Technologies to Answer Old Questions	550	(10)
Mark Lynott
Fishing, Foraging, and Farming in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic	560	(49)
Definition of the Area	562	(1)
The Environments of the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic	562	(5)
Hunters and Foragers of the Distant Past	567	(11)
Farming, Fishing, and Sedentism in the Early and Middle Woodland	578	(4)
Late Woodland and Late Prehistoric Peoples	582	(4)
Issues and Debates: Box 13.1 Iroquoian Origins	586	(3)
The Protohistoric and Historic Periods	589	(6)
Clues to the Past: Exhibit 13.1 Iron Furnaces	595	(4)
Chapter Summary	597	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	599	(1)
Other Resources	599	(1)
Case Study	599	(1)
A New History of Maize-Bean-Squash Agriculture in the Northeast	600	(9)
John P. Hart
PART 3: THE FUTURE OF NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY	609	(26)
North American Archaeology for the Twenty-first Century	611	(24)
A Perspective on North America's Past	612	(2)
Reconsidering the North American Archaeological Story	614	(1)
Issues and Debates: Box 14.1 How Can We Stop Looting of Archaeological Sites?	615	(6)
The Changing Discipline	621	(5)
Issues and Debates: Box 14.2 Displaying the Past at Dickson Mounds	626	(2)
Concluding Thoughts	628	(3)
Issues and Debates: Box 14.3 Can Academia Train Archaeologists for the Twenty-first Century?	631	(2)
Chapter Summary	633	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	633	(1)
Other Resources	634	(1)
Glossary	635	(45)
Index	680