North American Archeology (Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology)

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Summary: Hot topics in archeology on the North American continent
Review: Collaboratively compiled and co-edited by Timothy R. Pauketat and Diana DiPaolo Loren, North American Archaeology is an anthology of essays by learned and scholarly authors concerning hot topics in archeology on the North American continent. Individual contributions include The Peopling of North America, Creolization in the French and Spanish Colonies, Archaeology and the African Diaspora on the Atlantic Seabord, Labor and Class in the American West, and more. Each essay is carefully researched, presenting its reasonings and conclusions in detail, with a handful of black-and-white maps or diagrams as needed. A glossary of technical terms rounds out this welcome contribution to archaeology studies and reference shelves.

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