This volume is one of seven in a series about the 1959-63 excavations at Altar de Sacrificios, Department of Peten, Guatemala. Here, project director Gordon Willey describes the artifacts recovered and reviews them in the context of a general comparison of Maya lowland archaeology.
This volume is one of seven in a series about the 1959-63 excavations at Altar de Sacrificios, Department of Peten, Guatemala. Here, project director ...
A detailed report on the excavations of, and a comprehensive account and analysis of artifacts and materials from, seven settlements that varied in size from units of one or two families to small communities of several dozen individual houses.
A detailed report on the excavations of, and a comprehensive account and analysis of artifacts and materials from, seven settlements that varied in si...
Bone remains of a considerable range of vertebrate mammals, many of them unique to Central America, have been recovered from archaeological excavations at Maya sites. This volume aids in identifying faunal remains recovered in the Maya area and is especially useful for archaeologists who do not have large comparative collections readily available.
Bone remains of a considerable range of vertebrate mammals, many of them unique to Central America, have been recovered from archaeological excavation...
Utilizing and expanding the database presented in his earlier monographs "Cranial Variation in Man" and "Skull Shapes and the Map," Howells develops methods for allocating a human skull to one of 28 modern populations for historical or forensic purposes.
Utilizing and expanding the database presented in his earlier monographs "Cranial Variation in Man" and "Skull Shapes and the Map," Howells develops m...
This volume presents data and analysis on settlement structure, subsistence patterns, manufacturing, and trade from the Peabody Museum's four seasons of excavation at Hascerkeller, Bavaria, a typical Central European agricultural community at the start of the final millennium B.C.
This volume presents data and analysis on settlement structure, subsistence patterns, manufacturing, and trade from the Peabody Museum's four seasons ...
The 1968 excavation of the Neville Site in Manchester, New Hampshire, was a major event in the archaeological history of New England. Analysis of the site extended the known duration of continuous occupation in the region by some 3,000 years and demonstrated early connections between the New England area and the Southeast. The Neville Site was first occupied nearly 8,000 years ago, when the Eastern coastal plain from North Carolina to New Hampshire was essentially a single cultural province. Current excavations in Manchester have reinvigorated interest in the archaeology of New Hampshire and...
The 1968 excavation of the Neville Site in Manchester, New Hampshire, was a major event in the archaeological history of New England. Analysis of the ...