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Archaeology, Narrative, and the Politics of the Past

The View from Southern Maryland

by Julia A. King ...

In this innovative work, Julia King moves nimbly among a variety of sources and disciplinary approaches—archaeological, historical, architectural, literary, and art-historical—to show how places take on, convey, and maintain meanings. Focusing on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay region of Maryland, King looks at the ways in which various groups, from patriots and politicians of the antebellum era to ... Read more

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In this innovative work, Julia King moves nimbly among a variety of sources and disciplinary approaches—archaeological, historical, architectural, literary, and art-historical—to show how places take on, convey, and maintain meanings. Focusing on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay region of Maryland, King looks at the ways in which various groups, from patriots and politicians of the antebellum era to
... Read more
Exploring Earth's Secrets: 71 Geology Books

The Elements of Geology, Principles of Geology, Volcanoes: Past and Present, Hugh Miller, etc.

by William Harmon Norton, Henry Alleyne Nicholson, William J. Miller, Roy Lee Moodie, Israel C. Russell, Julia Ellen Rogers, Sir John William Dawson, Charles Sir Lyell, Edward Hull, William Herbert Hobbs, G. F. Rodwell, Louis Figuier, G. Hartwig, Thomas McKenny Hughes, Joan Echols, Georges baron Cuvier, Frederic Brewster Loomis, Frederick Chapman, George Frederick Herbert Smith, Archibald Geikie, Edwin Sharpe Grew, Robert W. Wilson, H. E. Balch, Ernest A. Baker, Stanley William Lohman, Roselle M. Girard, William H. Storms, Harold W. Fairbanks, John Chronic, Halka Chronic, Howard A. Meyerhoff, George W. Bain, John C. Reed, J. D. Love, Lucius J. Boyd, W. Keith Leask, John George Francis, Harvey C. Markman, United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications, William Henry Matthews, Elbert A. King, A. S. Walker, Gideon Algernon Mantell, W. H. Collins, Steven R. Brantley, Robert I. Tilling, J. E. Lamar, Romayne Skartvedt, Charles William Collinson, Richard Owen, James L. Dyson, Frank Hall Knowlton, John Collins Warren, Kaye M. Shedlock, L. C. Pakiser, Harry W. Dodge, Illinois State Geological Survey, Thomas P. Thayer, Robert O. Vernon, Robert A. Christman, Dama Margaret Smith, Thomas Wiltshire, L. Fletcher, Erik Norman Kjellesvig-Waering, Gerald Molloy, Michael Casilliano, Paul O. McGrew, Wallace Walter Atwood, Rollin D. Salisbury, John Tyndall, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz, A. P. Coleman ...

Exploring Earth's Secrets: 71 Geology Books offers a comprehensive collection that traverses the vast terrains of geological literature. This anthology stands as a testament to the diversity of thought and styles found within the field of geology, showcasing an impressive range of scientific essays, detailed analyses, and vivid narratives. From transformational theories that laid the groundwork ... Read more

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Exploring Earth's Secrets: 71 Geology Books offers a comprehensive collection that traverses the vast terrains of geological literature. This anthology stands as a testament to the diversity of thought and styles found within the field of geology, showcasing an impressive range of scientific essays, detailed analyses, and vivid narratives. From transformational theories that laid the groundwork
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Materializing Colonial Identities in Clay

Colonoware in the African and Indigenous Diasporas of the Southeast

by Jon Bernard Marcoux, Corey A. H. Sattes, Andrew Agha, Ronald W. Anthony, Jodi A. Barnes, David J. Cranford, Katherine P. Gill, J. W. Joseph, Julia A. King0, Sarah E. Platt1, Scott M. Strickland2, Martha A. Zierden3, Craig T. Sheldon Jr.4, Martha A. Zierden Jr.5 ...

Series series Archaeology of the American South: New Directions and Perspectives
An interdisciplinary excavation of colonoware as a material archive of African, Indigenous, and colonial entanglements across the early American South.In Materializing Colonial Identities in Clay, Jon Bernard Marcoux, Corey A. H. Sattes, and contributors examine colonoware to explore the active roles that African Americans and Indigenous people played in constructing southern colonial culture and ... Read more

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An interdisciplinary excavation of colonoware as a material archive of African, Indigenous, and colonial entanglements across the early American South.In Materializing Colonial Identities in Clay, Jon Bernard Marcoux, Corey A. H. Sattes, and contributors examine colonoware to explore the active roles that African Americans and Indigenous people played in constructing southern colonial culture and
... Read more
Broken Bones, Broken Bodies

Bioarchaeological and Forensic Approaches for Accumulative Trauma and Violence

by Caryn E. Tegtmeyer, Debra L. Martin, Petra Banks, Eric J. Bartelink, Derek A. Boyd, John J. Crandall, Michelle Davenport, Carlina de la Cova, Sharon M. Derrick0, William O. Gazza1, Ryan P. Harrod2, Margaret Judd3, Meaghan A. Kincaid4, Ryan King5, Kristin A. Kuckelman6, Jennifer C. Love7, Sarah A. Mathena8, Heather L. MacInnes9, Colleen F. Milligan0, Julia R. Prince-Buitenhuys1, Sarah A. Schrader2, Stuart Tyson Smith3, Alyssa Y. Willett4, Aaron R. Woods5, Molly K. Zuckerman6 ...

Injury recidivism is a continuing health problem in the modern clinical setting and has been part of medical literature for some time. However, it has been largely absent from forensic and bioarchaeological scholarship, despite the fact that practitioners work closely with skeletal remains and, in many cases, skeletal trauma. The contributors to this edited collection seek to close this gap by ... Read more

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Injury recidivism is a continuing health problem in the modern clinical setting and has been part of medical literature for some time. However, it has been largely absent from forensic and bioarchaeological scholarship, despite the fact that practitioners work closely with skeletal remains and, in many cases, skeletal trauma. The contributors to this edited collection seek to close this gap by
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Indigenous Homelessness

Perspectives from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

by Paul Andrew, Tim Aubry, Yale Belanger, Cynthia Bird, Christina Birdsall-Jones, Marleny M. Bonnycastle, Deidre Brown, Rebecca Cherner, Patricia Franks, Susan Farrell0, Joshua Freistadt1, Charmaine Green2, Kelly Greenop3, Shiloh Groot4, Darrin Hodgetts5, Selena Kern6, Pita Richard Wiremu King7, Fran Klodawsky8, Gabrielle Lindstrom9, Paul Memmott0, Daphne Nash1, Julia Parrel2, Sarah Prout3, Mohi Rua4, Rebecca Schiff5, Rebecca Schiff6, Annette Siddle7, Maureen Simpkins8, Barbara A. Smith9, Wilfreda E. Thurston0, Alina Turner1, David Turner2, Jeanette Waegemakers Schiff3, Tiniwai Chas Te Whetu4, Rob Willetts5 ...

Being homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies. The construction of Commonwealth nation-states from colonial settler societies depended on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands. The legacy of that dispossession and related attempts at assimilation that disrupted Indigenous practices, languages, and cultures—including ... Read more

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Being homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies. The construction of Commonwealth nation-states from colonial settler societies depended on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands. The legacy of that dispossession and related attempts at assimilation that disrupted Indigenous practices, languages, and cultures—including
... Read more
Collaborative Teaming

by Margaret E. King-Sears Ph.D., Rachel Janney Ph.D., Martha E. Snell Ph.D., Dr. Julia Renberg, M.Ed., Rachel Hamberger, M.A., Melissa Ainsworth, Ph. D., Leighann Alt, M.A., Kimberly Avila, Ph.D., Colleen Barry, M.Ed., Michelle Dunaway, M.ed., Catherine Morrison, M.Ed., Karen King Scanlan, M.Ed., Philip Yovino, M.Ed. ...

Series series Teachers' Guides
Collaborative teaming is the glue that holds an inclusive school together. But most educators don't get explicit training on teamwork skills—and that's why you need the new third edition of this popular how-to book. Packed with practical tips, tools, and vignettes, Collaborative Teaming shows your staff how to work together effectively to support students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms. ... Read more

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Collaborative teaming is the glue that holds an inclusive school together. But most educators don't get explicit training on teamwork skills—and that's why you need the new third edition of this popular how-to book. Packed with practical tips, tools, and vignettes, Collaborative Teaming shows your staff how to work together effectively to support students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms.
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Another's Country

Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Cultural Interactions in the Southern Colonies

by Ellen Shlasko, Daniel T. Elliott, Chester B. DePratter, Thomas R. Wheaton, Bobby Gerald Southerlin, Dave Crass, Katherine A. Saunders, Michael O. Hartley, Monica Beck, Natalie Adams0, Carl Steen1, Bruce R. Penner2, Tammy Forehand3, Rita Folse Elliott4, J. W. Joseph5, Martha A. Zierden6, Ronald W. Anthony9, William Green0 ...

An engaging look at the rise and fall of cultural diversity in the colonial South and its role in shaping a distinct southern identityThe 18th-century South was a true melting pot, bringing together colonists from England, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, and other locations, in addition to African slaves—all of whom shared in the experiences of adapting to a new environment and interacting ... Read more

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An engaging look at the rise and fall of cultural diversity in the colonial South and its role in shaping a distinct southern identityThe 18th-century South was a true melting pot, bringing together colonists from England, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, and other locations, in addition to African slaves—all of whom shared in the experiences of adapting to a new environment and interacting
... Read more

Critical Historical Archaeology

by Mark P Leone ...

How can we use the past to make sense of the issues and problems that concern us in the present? Mark Leone, the leading critical theorist in historical archaeology, urges archaeologists to view their discipline as an activist pursuit. This volume is partly his autobiographical reflection on a thirty five year career, part a collection of Leone’s classic writings on Annapolis, Williamsburg, ... Read more

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How can we use the past to make sense of the issues and problems that concern us in the present? Mark Leone, the leading critical theorist in historical archaeology, urges archaeologists to view their discipline as an activist pursuit. This volume is partly his autobiographical reflection on a thirty five year career, part a collection of Leone’s classic writings on Annapolis, Williamsburg,
... Read more
This Is Our Home

Slavery and Struggle on Southern Plantations

by Whitney Nell Stewart ...

The cultural memory of plantations in the Old South has long been clouded by myth. A recent reckoning with the centrality of slavery to the US national story, however, has shifted the meaning of these sites. Plantations are no longer simply seen as places of beauty and grandiose hospitality; their reality as spaces of enslavement, exploitation, and violence is increasingly at the forefront of our ... Read more

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The cultural memory of plantations in the Old South has long been clouded by myth. A recent reckoning with the centrality of slavery to the US national story, however, has shifted the meaning of these sites. Plantations are no longer simply seen as places of beauty and grandiose hospitality; their reality as spaces of enslavement, exploitation, and violence is increasingly at the forefront of our
... Read more
New Philadelphia

An Archaeology of Race in the Heartland

by Paul Shackel ...

New Philadelphia, Illinois, was founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, a Kentucky slave who purchased his own freedom and then acquired land on the prairie for establishing a new—and integrated—community. McWorter sold property to other freed slaves and to whites, and used the proceeds to buy his family out of slavery. The town population reached 160, but declined when the railroad bypassed it. By ... Read more

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New Philadelphia, Illinois, was founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, a Kentucky slave who purchased his own freedom and then acquired land on the prairie for establishing a new—and integrated—community. McWorter sold property to other freed slaves and to whites, and used the proceeds to buy his family out of slavery. The town population reached 160, but declined when the railroad bypassed it. By
... Read more
Archaeology of a Brothel in Nineteenth-Century Boston, MA

Erotic Facades

by Jade W. Luiz ...

Series series Archaeology of Gender and Sexuality
Archaeology of a Brothel in Nineteenth-Century Boston, MA provides an accessible and thought-provoking account of the archaeological understanding of nineteenth-century prostitution in Boston, Massachusetts.The book explores how the practice of nineteenth-century sex work involved a careful construction of fantasy for brothel customers. This fantasy had the potential to provide financial stability ... Read more

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Archaeology of a Brothel in Nineteenth-Century Boston, MA provides an accessible and thought-provoking account of the archaeological understanding of nineteenth-century prostitution in Boston, Massachusetts.The book explores how the practice of nineteenth-century sex work involved a careful construction of fantasy for brothel customers. This fantasy had the potential to provide financial stability
... Read more
The Underground Railroad

Next Stop, Toronto!

by Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper, Karolyn Smardz Frost ...

"The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! stands out as an engaging and highly readable account of the lives of Black people in Toronto in the 1800s. Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper and Karolyn Smardz Frost offer many helpful points of entry for readers learning for the first time about Black history in Canada. They also give surprising and detailed information to enrich the understanding of ... Read more

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"The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! stands out as an engaging and highly readable account of the lives of Black people in Toronto in the 1800s. Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper and Karolyn Smardz Frost offer many helpful points of entry for readers learning for the first time about Black history in Canada. They also give surprising and detailed information to enrich the understanding of
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