This page is a course in its own right even if you never attend class. Some of the pages have mini-tests at the bottom of them. Archaeologists and anthropologists, due to misguided ethnic and religious considerations, are losing a resource which could change the thinking about the origins of man in North America. This page is about the archaeological analysis of freshwater bivalves in North America. The material covers their use as a food source in ancient times to button manufacturing in the 19th century.
Photos are few, but there are several downloadable charts and graphs.
This is an excellent overview of the archaeological timeline of the North American plains. You will learn something of the artifacts and culture of each time period covered. As Native Americans begin to strip and demolish the collections of U.S. museums, they are running into another problem. Many of the artifacts have been rendered poisonous due to preservation techniques. Now there is a call to unleash another federal program to correct this issue and dump more money down a bottomless pit.