A review of recent research on complex hunter–gatherers in North America suggests that
age-old tensions between evolutionary and historical epistemologies continue to cultivate …

" Relevant, timely, and approachable, California Indians and Their Environment is an instant
classic that should be invaluable for anyone interested in California's diverse natural and …

Originally designed to explain causes of increased productivity in agricultural systems, the
concept of intensification has become widely linked to hunter-gatherer archaeology …

Kenneth M. Ames how inequality develops. The fourth discusses some methods
archaeologists use to establish whether a particular ancient society had one form or another …

Once a thriving center with commercial links to the Indian Ocean, what remains of Great
Zimbabwe is its monumental architecture. Its rise and decline have long been linked to …

When Russians made contact with the natives of Kodiak (Kodiak Alutiiq or Koniag) 1 in the
second half of the 18th century, they encountered one of the most densely populated and …

This volume is the first text to focus specifically on the archaeology of domestic architecture.
Covering major theoretical and methodological developments over recent decades in areas …

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The onset of Little Ice Age conditions in California's Sierra Nevada mountains resulted in
increased temporal and spatial variability, and hence uncertainty regarding the distribution …

Evidence of early Homo sapiens populations at the Atlantic coast of Africa remains relatively
poorly known in relation to other regions of the continent. Nevertheless, available data …