Eating in the Side Room: Food, Archaeology, and African American Identity Mark S. Warner “A long-awaited and much-needed contribution to the study of urban African American identity through the zooarchaeological study of an extended African American family household in the Chesapeake. Warner makes a powerful case for the utility of faunal analysis in historical archaeology.”—Kenneth … Continue reading New Releases in Archaeology
Migration and Disruptions
“Artfully integrates scholarship on both past and present migration. With its thematic focus on disruption, this volume develops unprecedented nuance in the treatment of migration.”—Graciela S. Cabana, coeditor of Rethinking Anthropological Perspectives on Migration “A significant contribution to the social sciences. Migration and Disruptions demonstrates the importance of collaboration and constructive dialogues between the traditional … Continue reading Migration and Disruptions
June Review Roundup
The highlights below are from just some of the nearly 100 reviews and news mentions our authors received throughout June. . . Walking St. Augustine Elsbeth "Buff" Gordon "Through descriptive prose, pictures, photos and maps, [Walking St. Augustine] brings to life five centuries of the city’s past. . . .A welcome addition to the lexicon of … Continue reading June Review Roundup
Society for American Archaeology 2015
Last week, director Meredith Morris-Babb and our office manager Cindy Laukert traveled to San Francisco to take part in the Society for American Archeology's 80th annual meeting! We displayed a ton of archaeology and anthropology books at our booth. If you want to see at all of the books we displayed, we've created a virtual booth. You can even … Continue reading Society for American Archaeology 2015
American Association of Physical Anthropologists 2015
Last week our director, Meredith Morris-Babb, traveled to St. Louis to take part in the 84th Annual AAPA meeting, connect with scholars, and display UPF's wide collection of physical anthropology books! Our booth featured over 30 different titles from a varied group of archaeologists and anthropologists. If you missed the booth in person, you can see … Continue reading American Association of Physical Anthropologists 2015
Tracing Childhood
New! Tracing Childhood: Bioarchaeological Investigations of Early Lives in Antiquity Edited by Jennifer L. Thompson, Marta P. Alfonso-Durruty, and John J. Crandall Bioarchaeology, the study of human remains from archaeological sites, is a fascinating field that explores the link between biology and culture and tells us about the different factors that have shaped the human … Continue reading Tracing Childhood
The Florida Bookshelf 