A collection of new studies dedicated to Professor Beno Rothenberg, focused on copper in antiquity in the Near East, the eastern Mediterranean, and the British Isles.
The structures of Chaco Canyon, built by native peoples between AD 850 and 1130, are among the most compelling ancient monuments on earth. Recognized as a World Heritage Site, these magnificent ruins are consistently featured in scholarly books and popular media.
A panoramic view of research on the first peoples of the Southwest The North American Southwest looms large in American archaeology, well known for the agricultural societies that dominated its austere landscape in later times. However, the traces of its earliest occupants, Native American ancestors who shared the ancient landscape with mammoth ......
One of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last century, which rocked the field of archaeology and fundamentally shifted our collective knowledge of human occupation in the Americas. On a warm winter day in 2005, while mending fences in the backcountry of White Sands National Park, David F. Bustos, the park's biologist turned ......
A groundbreaking overview of how disability studies can enrich interpretations of the past and make the profession of archaeology more inclusive and accessible An Introduction to Crip Archaeology is a groundbreaking exploration of how disability studies and critical disability studies can transform the way archaeologists interpret the past. ......
An Archaeoethnography of Geoglyphs in Northern Chile
An anthropological and narrative exploration of ancient llama caravans and their associated geoglyphs in the Chilean Atacama Desert Caravan Trails of Tamentica is a vivid exploration of ancient Andean llama caravans and their associated geoglyphs-ground drawings-in the Chilean Atacama Desert. In retracing the paths of caravans and documenting ......
Relationships, Mobility, and Landscapes of Possibility
Reinterpreting the Great Lakes fur trade as a dynamic interplay of ambition, alliances, and evolving identities The North American fur trade was more than a system of economic exchange. In this book, Amelie Allard examines the Great Lakes region as a dynamic landscape where European traders and Indigenous peoples negotiated clashing ......
A novel cross-cultural exploration of how maritime peoples have engaged with the sea through cosmology, spirituality, and ritual Sentient Seas offers a global perspective on maritime cultures, examining how societies across time and space have understood and interacted with the sea. Synthesizing archaeological evidence, historical documents, and ......