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417 |
The Cherokee Indian Nation
King, Duane H. The University of Tennessee Press 1979 Hard VG Fair Octavo
i-xix; 256 pp.; Book is a collection of 12 articles that details the origins and development of the Cherokee culture. Book is illustrated with photos and maps.
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15.00 USD
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Projectile Technology
Knecht, Heidi (ed.) 1997 Hard Very Good Octavo
i-xviii; 408 pages. The book focuses on the addressing the questions concerning the design, manufacture, and use of projectile weapons, as well as the environmental and cultural influences on weapon selection and projectile design. It discusses the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and New World bows and arrows. It is a world ranging look at archaeological, ethnological and experimental bows, arrows and points. The book is illustrated with diagrams, photos, tables, charts and maps.
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100.00 USD
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449 |
The Georgia and South Carolina Costal Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore
Larson, Lewis, editor Tuscaloosa, Alabama The University of Alabama Press 1998 Reprint Soft Very good Quarto
152 Pp. Crease front cover, bottom right. Book is illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings, and maps. Contains reprints of Clarence B. Moores's origianl works: Certain Aboriginal Mounds of the Georgia Coast, Certain Aboriginal Mounds of the Coast of South Carolina, Certain Aboriginal Mounds of the Savannah River, Certain Aboriginal Mounds of the Altamaha River, Recent Acquisitions.
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25.00 USD
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460 |
Pawnee
Linton, Ralph Chicago, Illnois Field Museum of Natural History 1923 Soft Very good Octavo
20 Pp, 17 Pp, 11 Pp, 18 Pp. Series of four books entitled: Annual Ceremony of the Pawnee Medicine Men, The Thunder Ceremony of the Pawnee, Purification of the Sacred Bundles, a Ceremony of the Pawnee, The Sacrifice to the Morning Star by the Skidi Pawnee. Book is illustrated with photographs.
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40.00 USD
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466 |
The Ancient Quipu: A Peruvian Knot Record
Locke, L. Leland 1923 Hard Very Good Quarto
84 pp.; 59 plates From ancient times, bureaucrats have kept numerical records of people and property. Those working for the Inca emperor in 16th-century Peru recorded data on arrangements of knotted strings known as quipus. The devices may also have been used as aids to memory in recounting histories of Inca exploits—the Incas had no written language.
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468 |
Archaeology of the Diquis Delta, Costa Rica
Lothrop, S. K. 1963 soft very good Quarto
x; 142 Pp. Report from the Diquis Delta. Discusses the several limited excavations and the recovered materials, including,lithics (including sculpture) ceramics and metallurgy. 51 plates, including photographs of the site and the artifacts found there. 8 tables and 82 figures, showing pottery and drawings of various artifacts.
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472 |
Pottery of Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Lothrop, Samuel K. New York Heye Foundation Museum of the American Indians 1926 1st Hard Very Good Large Octavo
i-xxvii; 529 pages. This volume is actually 2 volumes bound as one. The book describes the distribution of of linguistic stocks and tribes, together with a thorough resume of early historical sources covering material culture, manners and religion. This is to put the ceramics of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, which are the subject of the study, into their cultural context. Book is profusely illustrated with photos, drawings and paintings of thousands of vessels and other artifacts, as well as ethnographic maps and drawings and a color linguistics map. Book plate removed from fly-leaf and a Heye Foundation blind stamp on the title page
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225.00 USD
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Classification of South American Indian Languages
Loukotka, Cestmir 1968 soft good Octavo
453 Pp. Analysis of South American languages, including phonetics and whether on not it is an isolated language. Large linguistic map covering some South, Central America, Caribbean in pocket in back cover. Front cover creased and slightly soiled. Upper 1/3 of back cover separated from spine due to weight of folding maps in pocket. Owner's name stamped on title page.
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480 |
Preliminary Archaeological Investigations in the Sierra de Tamaulipas, Mexico
MacNeish Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The American Philosophical Society Independence Square 1958 Soft Good + Quarto
210 Pp. Spine has been repaired with tape. Has signature of J. Charles Kelly marked out with a not, "Transferred to Howard Winters" on front cover. Title page has JCK marked out and a note, Transferred to Howard Winters-- Happy birthday! JCK." Apparently given to Winters as a birthday present by noted scholar of the US Southwest and the northern Mesoamerican Frontier. Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and tables documenting excavations in caves, rock shelters and adjacent open areas.
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482 |
Archaeological Investigations in Utah at Fish Springs, Clay Basin, Northern San Rafael Swell, Southern Henry Mountains
Madsen, David B., La Mar W. Lindsay, Michael P. Benson Salt Lake City, Utah Utah State Office Bureau of Land Management 1982 Soft Very good Quarto
197 Pp. Back cover is bent, along with 5 previous pages, at corner. Book is illustrated with photographs, tables, and maps.
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30.00 USD
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485 |
Upper Delaware River and Tributaries Watershed: Results of Geomorphological and Archeological Studies in Atchison, Brown, Jackson, and Nemaha Counties, Kansas
Mandel, Rolfe D., John D. Reynolds, Barry G. Williams, Virginia A. Wulfkuhle Kansas Kansas State Historical Society 1991 Soft Very good Quarto
vii; 130 Pp. Book is illustrated with photographs, maps, and charts.
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