A few years ago, one of us was approached by a student who asked if we really knew anything about human behavior from environmental archaeology. This student was taking an environmental archaeology course in which taphonomy and the biases of the techniques and methods used by environmental archae- ogists figured prominently. The goal was to train students to be informed users of environmental data. But the student, quite rightly, wanted to know if beyond taphonomy, recovery biases, and analytical biases, there was anything envir- mental archaeologists could say about the human condition. Her...
A few years ago, one of us was approached by a student who asked if we really knew anything about human behavior from environmental archaeology. This ...
A substantive addition to our knowledge about one of the premier archaeological sites in eastern North America. George Milner, author of The Cahokia Chiefdom Brings fresh thinking into a well-trod path of scholarship and goes well beyond the confines of the specialties of subsistence, settlement, and technology to shed light on the social function of the Moundville site. An enjoyable read for those who relish the interplay between social and political concepts and archaeological data. James A. Brown, author of The Spiro Ceremonial Center: The Archaeology of Arkansas Valley...
A substantive addition to our knowledge about one of the premier archaeological sites in eastern North America. George Milner, author of The Cahoki...
