North American Archaeology

An Introduction to Native North America..

This second edition of the best-selling textbook and anthology, Reflecting on America, again focuses on how we can recognize the common cultural thread running through diverse American phenomena—from heroin addiction and Big Business’s efforts to shape the identities of children, to Civil War reenac..

This collection explores the interplay of religion and politics in the pre-Columbian Americas. Each chapter positions religion as a primary factor influencing political innovations in this period, reinterpreting examining how religion both facilitated and constrained transformations in political org..

In this exciting new volume several leading researchers use settlement ecology, an emerging approach to the study of archaeological settlements, to examine the spatial arrangement of prehistoric settlement patterns across the Americas. This diverse collection showcases successful applications of the..

Comprising 17 chapters and with a wide geographic reach stretching from the Florida Keys to the Guianas, this volume places a well-needed academic spotlight on what is generally considered an integral topic in Caribbean and circum-Caribbean archaeology. _x005F_x000D_ The narrative revolves around a ..

Comprising 17 chapters and with a wide geographic reach stretching from the Florida Keys to the Guianas, this volume places a well-needed academic spotlight on what is generally considered an integral topic in Caribbean and circum-Caribbean archaeology. _x000D_ The narrative revolves around a variet..

Vernacular Architecture in the Pre-Columbian Americas reveals the dynamism of the ancient past, where social relations and long-term history were created post hole by post hole, brick by brick. This collection shift attention away from the elite and monumental architectural traditions of the ancient..