Iowa S Archaeological Past

Author : Lynn M. Alex
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1609380150

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Iowa's Archaeological Past by Lynn M. Alex Pdf

Iowa has more than eighteen thousand archaeological sites, and research in the past few decades has transformed our knowledge of the state's human past. Drawing on the discoveries of many avocational and professional scientists, Lynn Alex describes Iowa's unique archaeological record as well as the challenges faced by today's researchers, armed with innovative techniques for the discovery and recovery of archaeological remains and increasingly refined frameworks for interpretation. The core of this book--which includes many historic photographs and maps as well as numerous new maps and drawings and a generous selection of color photos--explores in detail what archaeologists have learned from studying the state's material remains and their contexts. Examining the projectile points, potsherds, and patterns that make up the archaeological record, Alex describes the nature of the earliest settlements in Iowa, the development of farming cultures, the role of the environment and environmental change, geomorphology and the burial of sites, interaction among native societies, tribal affiliation of early historic groups, and the arrival and impact of Euro-Americans. In a final chapter, she examines the question of stewardship and the protection of Iowa's many archaeological resources.

Author : Lynn Marie Alex
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015003692186

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Exploring Iowa's Past by Lynn Marie Alex Pdf

Author : William E. Whittaker,Lynn M. Alex,Mary De La Garza
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781609383374

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The Archaeological Guide to Iowa by William E. Whittaker,Lynn M. Alex,Mary De La Garza Pdf

Provides information on 68 important archaeological sites in Iowa, including sites of every type, from every time period, and in every part of the state.

Author : David M. Gradwohl,Nancy M. Osborn
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1990-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781587296659

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Exploring Buried Buxton by David M. Gradwohl,Nancy M. Osborn Pdf

Few sources before have dealt with the archaeology of African American settlements outside the Atlantic seaboard and the southern states. This book describes in detail the archaeological investigations conducted at the town site of Buxton, Iowa, a coal mining community inhabited by a significantly large population of blacks between 1900 and 1925. David Gradwohl and Nancy Osborn present the archaeology of Buxton from “the group up” to articulate the material remains with the data acquired from archival studies and oral history interviews. They also examine the broader significance of the Buxton experience in terms of those who lived there and their children and grandchildren who have heard about Buxton all their lives.

Author : Julianne Loy Hoyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : OCLC:31032620

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Iowa's P.A.S.T. by Julianne Loy Hoyer Pdf

Author : Iowa Archeological Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : UVA:X030015036

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Journal of the Iowa Archeological Society by Iowa Archeological Society Pdf

Author : W. Raymond Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023053346

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Archaeology on the Great Plains by W. Raymond Wood Pdf

This synthesis of Great Plains archaeology brings together what is currently known about the inhabitants of the ancient Plains. The essays review the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, and Plains Village peoples, providing information on technology, diet, settlement and adaptive patterns.

Author : Thomas E. Emerson,Dale L. McElrath,Andrew C. Fortier
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 895 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438427003

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Archaic Societies by Thomas E. Emerson,Dale L. McElrath,Andrew C. Fortier Pdf

Essential overview of American Indian societies during the Archaic period across central North America.

Author : David L. Keenlyside,Jean-Luc Pilon
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781772821628

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Painting the Past with a Broad Brush by David L. Keenlyside,Jean-Luc Pilon Pdf

For over 50 years, J. V. Wright was a ground-breaking leader and inspiring mentor for the Canadian archaeological profession. This publication brings together 23 scholarly articles on various aspects of Canada’s ancient past that pay tribute to and reflect J. V. Wright’s diverse geographic and cultural interests in relation to Canadian archaeology and pre-history. This exceptional festschrift includes an annotated bibliography of J. V. Wright’s works.

Author : Fred A. Finney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Archaeological surveying
ISBN : LCCN:93622574

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Archaeological Inventory Survey and Potential of Selected Iowa State Preserves by Fred A. Finney Pdf

Author : David J. Halpin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : WISC:89058391384

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Archaeological Survey of Selected Preserves Within the Iowa State Preserves System by David J. Halpin Pdf

Author : Joseph A. Tiffany
Publisher : Bureau Oak Guide
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1587298260

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A Guide to Projectile Points of Iowa, Part 1: Paleoindian, Late Paleoindian, Early Archaic, and Middle Archaic Points by Joseph A. Tiffany Pdf

"Projectile point" is a collective term for spear and dart points, arrowheads, and hafted knives. The many Native Americans who have inhabited Iowa shaped points primarily of various cherts and chalcedonies found locally or traded regionally. The single point types illustrated in this two-part guide, the first to provide color photographs to scale for all types found in Iowa, show the wide range of variability as forms evolved from the Paleoindian period, 11,100-10,750 BC, to the Late Prehistoric period, AD 1000-1200. The two beautifully illustrated parts depict a total of sixty-one full-size stone point types in color by archaeological period. References are provided for those wishing to learn more about each type shown. Archaeologist Joseph Tiffany lists the stone type for each point as well as its estimated range of use based on calibrated radiocarbon age, catalog number, and the county where it was found. By providing actual-size color images of the typed points, each part is very easy to use in the field, lab, or classroom. From the highly finished Clovis points of the Paleoindian period to the delicate notched and stemmed points of the Woodland period, these tangible remnants of vanished cultures reveal the huge changes in the lifeways of Iowa's native populations over time. Lay and professional archaeologists, collectors, students, and enthusiasts will appreciate the beauty of the photos and the usefulness of the information in this pocket guide to Iowa projectile points.

Author : David Dye
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759113121

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War Paths, Peace Paths by David Dye Pdf

Archaeologists, ethnohistorians, osteologists, and cultural anthropologists have only recently begun to address seriously the issue of Native American war and peace in the eastern United States. New methods for identifying prehistoric cooperation and conflict in the archaeological record are now helping to advance our knowledge of their existence and importance. Focusing on four major issues in prehistoric warfare studies—settlement patterns, skeletal trauma, weaponry, and iconography—David H. Dye presents a new interpretation of ancient war and peace east of the Mississippi. He considers evidence for raiding and more organized forms of warfare, accounts of native warfare witnessed by sixteenth-century Europeans, and the various causes of warfare, such as revenge, competition for resources, and ideology. War Paths, Peace Paths offers an innovative analysis of cooperation and conflict in the prehistoric eastern United States.

Author : Timothy Pauketat
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190241094

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The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology by Timothy Pauketat Pdf

"The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology explores 15,000 years of indigenous human history on the North American continent, drawing on the latest archaeological theories, rich datasets, and time-honored methodologies. From the Arctic south to the Mexican border and east to the Atlantic Ocean, all of the major cultural developments are covered in fifty-three chapters"--Back cover

Author : William E. Whittaker
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781587298820

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Frontier Forts of Iowa by William E. Whittaker Pdf

At least fifty-six frontier forts once stood in, or within view of, what is now the state of Iowa. The earliest date to the 1680s, while the latest date to the Dakota uprising of 1862. Some were vast compounds housing hundreds of soldiers; others consisted of a few sheds built by a trader along a riverbank. Regardless of their size and function—William Whittaker and his contributors include any compound that was historically called a fort, whether stockaded or not, as well as all military installations—all sought to control and manipulate Indians to the advantage of European and American traders, governments, and settlers. Frontier Forts of Iowa draws extensively upon the archaeological and historical records to document this era of transformation from the seventeenth-century fur trade until almost all Indians had been removed from the region. The earliest European-constructed forts along the Mississippi, Des Moines, and Missouri rivers fostered a complex relationship between Indians and early traders. After the Louisiana Purchase of 1804, American military forts emerged in the Upper Midwest, defending the newly claimed territories from foreign armies, foreign traders, and foreign-supported Indians. After the War of 1812, new forts were built to control Indians until they could be moved out of the way of American settlers; forts of this period, which made extensive use of roads and trails, teamed a military presence with an Indian agent who negotiated treaties and regulated trade. The final phase of fort construction in Iowa occurred in response to the Spirit Lake massacre and the Dakota uprising; the complete removal of the Dakota in 1863 marked the end of frontier forts in a state now almost completely settled by Euro-Americans. By focusing on the archaeological evidence produced by many years of excavations and by supporting their words with a wealth of maps and illustrations, the authors uncover the past and connect it with the real history of real places. In so doing they illuminate the complicated and dramatic history of the Upper Midwest in a time of enormous change. Past is linked to present in the form of a section on visiting original and reconstructed forts today. Contributors: Gayle F. Carlson Jeffrey T. Carr Lance M. Foster Kathryn E. M. Gourley Marshall B. McKusick Cindy L. Nagel David J. Nolan Cynthia L. Peterson Leah D. Rogers Regena Jo Schantz Christopher M. Schoen Vicki L. Twinde-Javner William E. Whittaker