Archaeology in America
Subtitle: an encyclopedia
By: Francis P. McManamon, general editor ; Linda S. Cordell, Kent G. Lightfoot, and George R. Milner, editorial board.
Contributors: McManamon, Francis P.; Cordell, Linda S.; Lightfoot, Kent G., 1953-; Milner, George R., 1953-
Publisher: Greenwood Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780313331848; 9780313331855; 9780313331862; 9780313331879; 9780313350214
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) -- United States -- Encyclopedias; Historic sites -- United States -- Encyclopedias; Archaeology -- United States -- Encyclopedias; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Canada -- Encyclopedias; Historic sites -- Canada -- Encyclopedias; Archaeology -- Canada -- Encyclopedias; United States -- Antiquities -- Encyclopedias; Canada -- Antiquities -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Description: Archaeology in America is the first resource that provides students, researchers, and anyone interested in their local history with a survey of the most important archaeological discoveries in North America. Leading scholars, most with an intimate knowledge of the area, have written in-depth essays on over 300 of the most important archaeological sites that explain the importance of the site, the history of the people who left the artifacts, and the nature of the ongoing research.- Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Northeast and Southeast; title: v. 2. Midwest and Great Plains/Rocky Mountains; title: v. 3. Southwest and Great Basin/Plateau; title: v. 4. West Coast and Arctic/Subarctic.