Geological and archeological research indicates that humans first colonized the Americas
with the use of watercraft along the southern coast of the Bering Land Bridge and the …

The first Europeans who ventured into the forests of southeastern North America found them
inhabited by a dense and diverse native population. It is clear from the sixteenth-century …

Sexual division of labor with females as gatherers and males as hunters is a major empirical
regularity of hunter-gatherer ethnography, suggesting an ancestral behavioral pattern. We …

The initial colonization of the Americas remains a highly debated topic, and the exact timing
of the first arrivals is unknown. The earliest archaeological record of Mexico—which holds a …

This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor's seminal book Radiocarbon
Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments …

We reviewed literature in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, ethnobotany, palynology
and ecology to try to determine the impacts of Native Americans as active and passive …

The colonization of Beringia appears closely linked to the arrival of the oldest firmly
documented archeological tradition in mid-latitude North America (Paleoindian). The …

The transition from Pleistocene to Archaic/Mesolithic is analyzed in broad ecological terms.
The trend throughout most of the Pleistocene toward increasing technological diversity is …

Praise for the first edition:" The most up-to-date and wide-ranging encyclopedia work on
human evolution available."--American Reference Books Annual" For student, researcher …

Field Methods in Archaeology has been the leading source for instructors and students in
archaeology courses and field schools for 60 years since it was first authored in 1949 by the …