"A must-have for anyone interested in the role of ancestors in past and present societies."--Mercourios Georgiadis, author of Kos in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age: The Halasarna Finds and the Aegean Settlement Pattern "Ancestor veneration and manipulation are of great importance to our understanding of societies past and present. This volume will become a … Continue reading The Archaeology of Ancestors
March 2016 Paperback Releases
. In Skyway: The True Story of Tampa Bay’s Signature Bridge and the Man Who Brought It Down author Bill DeYoung tells the story of the worst ship-bridge collision in U.S. history. . . An intimately detailed account of this disaster, its victims and the survivors, the legal aftermath, as well as a complete history of the bridge, … Continue reading March 2016 Paperback Releases
Excavating Memory
"A rounded overview of historical and sociocultural approaches to memory that offers a series of interesting and compelling case studies with good global coverage."—Andrew Jones, author of Prehistoric Materialities "Contests constructions of collective memory, the political uses of memory, and the sensory and mnemonic roles played by materials in this process. Excavating Memory is as … Continue reading Excavating Memory
Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland
“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 … Continue reading Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland
Fort San Juan and the Limits of Empire
. “An insightful analysis of the excavations of the most exciting Spanish colonial site to be found in recent years.”—Marvin T. Smith, author of Coosa: The Rise and Fall of a Southeastern Mississippian Chiefdom . “A rich chronicle of the rise and fall of Spanish imperial ambitions in the North American interior.”—Charles R. Ewen, coauthor … Continue reading Fort San Juan and the Limits of Empire
Archaeology of Early Colonial Interaction at El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba
"This book, a true milestone in the archaeology of the Greater Antilles, presents a bold new synthesis and interpretation of El Chorro de Maíta, a native Cuban Indian town caught up in the political and economic domination of the early colonial world." —Vernon James Knight Jr., author of Iconographic Method in New World Prehistory . … Continue reading Archaeology of Early Colonial Interaction at El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba
2016 SHA Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology
This past weekend, our director Meredith Morris-Babb and acquisitions editor Shannon McCarthy traveled to Washington, DC, to showcase our latest and bestselling historical archaeology titles at the Society for Historical Archaeology 2016 Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. We sold out of dozens of books at the conference, and our latest releases were particularly popular. As always, many … Continue reading 2016 SHA Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology
How to Do Archaeology the Right Way, Second Edition
. Praise for the previous edition: . . "[A] clearly written, compelling guide to the practice of professional archaeology."—Library Journal"Conveys the complex and rigorous nature of modern archaeology, and the interesting story of Florida prehistory that it yields, in an approachable manner."—Southeastern Archaeology "A deftly written overview of how the original inhabitants of Florida lived, … Continue reading How to Do Archaeology the Right Way, Second Edition
The Archaeology of the North American Fur Trade
"Nassaney draws together an amazing amount of information about the fur trades that once existed in North America and includes illuminating and imaginative interpretations of archaeological data by researchers from across the continent."—Gregory A. Waselkov, author of A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814 "The Archaeology of the North American Fur … Continue reading The Archaeology of the North American Fur Trade
Victims of Ireland’s Great Famine
"Sets Irish archaeology on an exciting new course by tangibly proving the harshness of the famine and the workhouse system."—Charles E. Orser Jr., author of The Archaeology of Race and Racialization in Historic America "Sheds critical new light on the actualities of daily life in Famine-era Ireland, challenges some of the myths about the horrors … Continue reading Victims of Ireland’s Great Famine
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