The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology by Timothy Pauketat (English)

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The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology reviews the continent's first and last foragers, farmers, and great pre-Columbian civic and ceremonial centers, from Chaco Canyon to Moundville and beyond.

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This volume explores 15,000 years of indigenous human history on the North American continent, drawing on the latest archaeological theories, time-honored methodologies, and rich datasets. From the Arctic south to the Mexican border and east to the Atlantic Ocean, all of the major cultural developments are covered in 53 chapters, with certain periods, places, and historical problems receiving special focus by the volume's authors. Questions like who first peopledthe continent, what did it mean to have been a hunter-gatherer in the Great Basin versus the California coast, how significant were cultural exchanges between Native North Americans and Mesoamericans,and why do major historical changes seem to correspond to shifts in religion, politics, demography, and economy are brought into focus. The practice of archaeology itself is discussed as contributors wrestle with modern-day concerns with the implications of doing archaeology and its relevance for understanding ourselves today. In the end, the chapters in this book show us that the principal questions answered about human history through the archaeology of North America are central to any largerunderstanding of the relationships between people, cultural identities, landscapes, and the living of everyday life.

Author Biography

Timothy R. Pauketat is an Archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology and Medieval Studies at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

Section 1. Histories, Perspectives, and Definitions1. Questioning the Past in North America, Timothy R. Pauketat2. Hunter-Gatherer Theory in North American Archaeology, Kenneth E. Sassaman and Asa R. Randall3. Bone Lickers, Grave Diggers, and Other Unsavory Characters: Archaeologists, Archaeological Cultures, and the Disconnect from Native Peoples, Joe WatkinsSection 2. Pan-American Connections, Migrations, and Encounters4. Historical Archaeology and Native Agency across the Spanish Borderlands, David Hurst Thomas5. Some Commonalities Linking North America And Mesoamerica, Robert L. Hall6. The North American Oikoumene, Peter N. Peregrine and Stephen H. Lekson7. People, Plants, And Culinary Traditions, Deborah M. Pearsall8. Early Paleoindians from Colonization to Folsom, Nicole Waguespack9. Pleistocene Settlement in the East, David G. AndersonSection 3. Archaeological Histories and Cultural ProcessesI. Arctic and Subarctic10. Adapting to a Frozen Coastal Environment, Robert W. Park11. Rethinking Eastern Subarctic History, Donald H. Holly, Jr. and Moira Mccaffrey12. Archaeology of the North Pacific, Herbert D. G. MaschnerII. The West13. Foundations for the Far West: Paleoindian Cultures on the Western Fringe of North America, Jon Erlandson and Todd J. Braje14. Archaeology of the Northwest Coast, Herbert D. G. Maschner15. The Winter Village Pattern on the Plateau of Northwestern North America, Anna Marie Prentiss16. Great Basin Foraging Strategies, Christopher Morgan and Robert L. Bettinger17. The Evolution of Social Organization, Settlement Patterns, and Population Densities in Prehistoric Owens Valley, Jelmer Eerkins18. Mound Building by California Hunter-Gatherers, Kent G. Lightfoot and Edward M. Luby19. Diversity, Exchange, and Complexity in the California Bight, Jennifer E. Perry20. Archaeologies of Colonial Reduction and Cultural Production in Native Northern California, Stephen W. SillimanIII. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Seaboard21. Overview of the St. Lawrence Archaic through Woodland, Claude Chapdelaine22. New England Algonquians: Navigating "Backwaters" and Typological Boundaries, Elizabeth S. Chilton23. What Will Be Has Always Been: The Past and Present of Northern Iroquoians, Ronald F. Williamson24. Regional Ritual Organization in the Northern Great Lakes, AD 1200-1600, Meghan C. L. Howey25. Villagers and Farmers of the Middle and Upper Ohio River Valley, 11th to 17th Centuries AD: The Fort Ancient and Monongahela Traditions, Bernard K. Means26. Native History in the Chesapeake: The Powhatan Chiefdom and Beyond, Martin GallivanIV. Plains and Upper Midwest27. Lifeways through Time in the Upper Mississippi River Valley and Northeastern Plains, Guy Gibbon28. The Archaeological Imprint of Oral Traditions on the Landscape of Northern Plains Hunter-Gatherers, Gerald A. Oetelaar29. Situating (Proto)History on the Northwestern Plains and Rocky Mountains, Laura L. Scheiber and Judson Byrd Finley30. The Origins and Development of Farming Villages in the Northern Great Plains, Mark D. Mitchell31. Planting the Plains: The Development and Extent of Plains Village Agriculturalists in the Southern and Central Plains, Richard R. Drass32. Women on the Edge: Looking at Protohistoric Plains-Pueblo Interaction from a Feminist Perspective, Judith A. Habicht-Mauche33. Cahokia Interaction and Ethnogenesis in the Northern Midcontinent, Thomas E. Emerson34. The Effigy Mound to Oneota Revolution in the Upper Mississippi River Valley, Robert F. Boszhardt35. Post-Contact Cultural Dynamics in the Upper Great Lakes Region, Vergil E. NobleV. Mid-South and Southeast36. Mound Building Societies of the Midsouth and Southeast, George R. Milner37. Re-envisioning Eastern Woodlands Archaic Origins, Dale L. McElrath and Thomas E. Emerson38. Poverty Point, Tristram R. Kidder39. Origins of the Hopewell Phenomenon, Douglas K. Charles40. Monumental Landscape and Community in the Southern Lower Mississippi Valley during the Late Woodland and Mississippi Periods, Mark A. Rees41. Making Mississippian at Cahokia, Susan M. Alt42. Mississippian in the Deep South: Common Themes in Varied Histories, Adam King43. Living With War: The Impact Of Chronic Violence In The Mississippian Period Central Illinois Valley, Gregory D. Wilson44. Moundville in the Mississippian World, John H. BlitzSection 4. Greater Southwest and Northern Mexico45. The Archaeology of the Greater Southwest: Migration, Inequality, and Religious Transformations, Barbara J. Mills46. Diversity in First Century AD Southwestern Farming Communities, Lisa Young47. Hohokam Society and Management, Suzanne K. Fish and Paul R. Fish48. Terraced Lives: Cerros De Trincheras Sites In The Northwest/ Southwest, Bridget M. Zavala49. Chaco's Hinterlands, Stephen H. Lekson50. The Mesa Verde Region, Mark D. Varien, Timothy A. Kohler, and Scott G. Ortman51. Warfare and Conflict in the Late Pre-Columbian Pueblo World, James E. Snead52. The Pueblo Village in an Age of Reformation (AD 1300-1600), Severin Fowles53. Casas Grandes Phenomenon, Christine S. VanPool and Todd L. VanPool

Review

"If any editor is to be given special praise for his work, vision and services to the cause of clarity, then it is Timothy Pauketat. His handbook, marshalling the contributions of 62 authors, is a model of organization."--Madeleine Hummler, Antiquity

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This volume explores 15,000 years of indigenous human history on the North American continent, drawing on the latest archaeological theories, time-honored methodologies, and rich datasets. From the Arctic south to the Mexican border and east to the Atlantic Ocean, all of the major cultural developments are covered in 53 chapters, with certain periods, places, and historical problems receiving special focus by the volume's authors. Questions like who first peopled thecontinent, what did it mean to have been a hunter-gatherer in the Great Basin versus the California coast, how significant were cultural exchanges between Native North Americans and Mesoamericans, and why do major historical changes seem to correspond to shifts in religion, politics, demography, andeconomy are brought into focus. The practice of archaeology itself is discussed as contributors wrestle with modern-day concerns with the implications of doing archaeology and its relevance for understanding ourselves today. In the end, the chapters in this book show us that the principal questions answered about human history through the archaeology of North America are central to any larger understanding of the relationships between people, cultural identities, landscapes, and the living ofeveryday life.

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"If any editor is to be given special praise for his work, vision and services to the cause of clarity, then it is Timothy Pauketat. His handbook, marshalling the contributions of 62 authors, is a model of organization." --Madeleine Hummler, Antiquity

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If any editor is to be given special praise for his work, vision and services to the cause of clarity, then it is Timothy Pauketat. His handbook, marshalling the contributions of 62 authors, is a model of organization."

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Selling point: Presents avante-garde archaeological theories alongside time-honored and traditional approachesSelling point: Mixes grand overviews with detalied studies by regional expertsSelling point: Includes over 170 vivid photographs, maps, and detailed illustrations

Details ISBN0190241098 Series Oxford Handbooks Language English ISBN-10 0190241098 ISBN-13 9780190241094 Format Paperback Pages 704 Year 2015 Short Title OXFORD HANDBK OF NORTH AMER AR Media Book DEWEY 970.01 Illustrations 178 illus. Author Timothy Pauketat Position Professor of Anthropology Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Affiliation Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Publication Date 2015-04-16 UK Release Date 2015-04-16 AU Release Date 2015-04-16 NZ Release Date 2015-04-16 US Release Date 2015-04-16 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Alternative 9780195380118 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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