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Memoirs, no. 39
Ships and Shipwrecks of the Au Sable Shores Region of Western Lake Huron , by John M. O'Shea

Focusing on this area of coastline particularly known for vessel strandings, this volume includes: histories of over 50 lost vessels; a description of remains of vessels and wreckage documented during archaeological research in the area; an analysis of shoreline change in the last 150 years and a model for matching wreckage to lost ships. This book will be of interest to archaeologists, historians and anyone who loves the Great Lakes. [ 2004, 116 pp, 13 tables, 87 figs. $28 ISBN 0-915703-57-2]

Memoirs, no. 38
Plants of the Petén Itza’ Maya: Plantas de los maya itza’ del Petén, by Scott Atran, Ximena Lois, and Edilberto Ucan Ek’

The Itza’ Maya of the Petén in Guatamala preside over a unique rainforest biosphere in danger of disappearing. Equally at risk is their own botanical knowledge—from their own taxonomy to medicinal uses. This is an invaluable reference set for botanists, historians, anthropologists, linguists, ecologists, historians and all medical fields. The book contains a history of the Petén Itza’ Maya, explanation of Itza’ taxonomy, tables and keys to plant usage, common names in English, Spanish and several indigenous languages, and much more. The accompanying CD-ROM presents this information in a searchable database, along with hundreds of color photos of plants. CD-ROM is Mac/PC compatible. [2004, 248 pp, plus CD-ROM. $50 ISBN 0-015703-55-6]
Errata, Memoir 38 (pdf file)

Memoirs, no. 37
Life on the Periphery: Economic Change in Late Prehistoric Southeastern New Mexico, edited by John D. Speth

Dramatic economic changes transformed an isolated 13th-century village of farmer-hunters in the arid grasslands of southeastern New Mexico into a community heavily engaged in long-distance bison hunting and intense exchange with the Puebloan world to the west. Individual chapters consider the procurement and use of bison, antelope, deer, dogs, rabbits, rodents, birds, molluscs, and fish; the importance of maize; changing patterns of fuel use; flaked and groundstone tools; and the ceramics which saw a sudden influx of pottery from as far afield as west-central New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and northern Mexico. Speth’s concluding chapter discusses the economic and political forces that may have pulled this isolated Plains-margin village into the Pueblo world. [2004, 429 pp, 177 tables, 96 figs, $44. ISBN 0-915703-54-8]

Memoir 36
The Sola Valley and the Monte Alban State: A study of Zapotec Imperial Expansion, by Andrew K. Balkansky

Balkansky's full-coverage survey of the Sola Valley, 65 km southwest of Oaxaca City, documents 120 sites. By combining his data with that of 13 other regions of Oaxaca, he produces a model for Zapotec state expansion that integrates colonization, diplomacy, and military conquest. He also reflects on the origins of the cacicazgo and the indiscriminate application of "world system" models. The book includes chapters on shell artifacts by L. M. Nicholas and G. M. Feinman, and the carved stones of the Sola region by J. Marcus. [2002. 182 pp, $25 ISBN 0-915703-53-x]

Memoir 35
The Land of Houlouf: Genesis of a Chadic Polity, 1900 B.C.-A.D. 1800, by Augustin F.C. Holl

A thorough review of the important archaeological sites on the Chadian Plain, including Houlouf, excavated by the author 1980-90. Other sites discussed are Deguesse, Krenak, Hamei, Ble Mound Complex and Yaere sites Mishiskwa, Madaf and others. Holl examines the rise and fall of the Houlouf chiefdom, patterns of Holocene Late Stone Age colonization, diachonic trends, paleoclimatology, and historical linguistic evidence for this little-studied area of northern Africa. [2002. 272 pp, $30. ISBN 0-915703-52-1]

Memoir 34
Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in the Upper Mantaro and Tarma Drainages, Junin, Peru: The Tarama-Chinchaycocha Region, by Jeffrey R. Parsons, Charles M. Hastings, and Ramiro Matos M.

An archaeological study of ancient settlement patterns in Peru's rugged and diverse central highlands. The data derive from occupations between 500 B.C. and the mid-16th century A.D. Introductory chapters cover methodology, environmental context, ethnographic analogies for agriculture and pastoralism, and ethnohistory. Substantive chapters consider long-term trends in population, land use, settlement configuration, public architecture, and polity and economy at the local and regional levels. Two appendices provide detailed site and ceramic descriptions, including over 400 photos. [2000. 537 pp, $45. ISBN 0-915703-49-1]

Memoir 33
Women's Ritual in Formative Oaxaca: Figurine-Making, Divination, Death and the Ancestors, by Joyce Marcus

This book covers divination, figurine-making, and women's ritual treatment of ancestors in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, from 1600 to 500 B.C. Women's ritual was distinguished from men's through excavation strategy: houses, dooryards, activity areas, features, middens and public buildings were excavated and studied as separate units, and context was used to link artifacts with women's domains. They were then interpreted using ethnographic and ethnohistoric data on women's ritual. Included are illustrations of more than 800 figurines or figurine parts. [1998. 333 pp, $25. ISBN 0-915703-48-3]

Memoir 32
The Sandy Ridge and Halstead Paleo-Indian Sites: Unifacial Tool Use and Gainey Phase Definition in South-Central Ontario, by Lawrence J. Jackson

This study fills in some missing links in the Michigan-Ontario Paleo-Indian record. Jackson focuses on the Gainey phase. Lacking fluted projectile points, Jackson uses primarily end scrapers to study use-related variation and stylistic variation. This volume includes detailed tabulations and measurements, as well as a phytolith analysis as part of the Paleo-climate study. [1998. 192 pp, $26. ISBN 0-915703-45-9]

31. The View from Madisonville: Protohistoric Western Fort Ancient Interaction Patterns, by Penelope Ballard Drooker

Madisonville was one of the key settlements of the Ohio Valley Fort Ancient people, and was the subject of James Griffin's 1943 classic, The Fort Ancient Aspect. It is a site rich in burials and artifacts documenting the earliest European influences. Drooker reexplores a century of excavation to explain how Contact Period events affected Madisonville inhabitants and their links to eastern Ft. Ancient, northern Ohio, Iroquoian, Oneota, and Mississipian groups. [1997. 378 pp, $28. ISBN 0-915703-42-4]

31a. Memoir 31 Maps

A full set of the Memoir 31 artifact distribution maps of Madisonville. This packet makes the 71 maps available at their full 8.5 x 11 size. [1997. $5, including postage. ISBN 0-915703-44-0]

30. The Fisher Site: Archaeological, Geological and Paleobotanical Studies at an Early Paleo-Indian Site in Southern Ontario, Canada, by Peter Storck.

A detailed, multidisciplinary report on a large Early Paleo-Indian site in the Georgian Bay region. The site produced 1500 artifacts, including 156 fluted points and over 30,000 pieces of debitage, all Parkhill Complex. Published with the Royal Ontario Museum with the support of the Ontario Heritage Foundation. [1997. 328 pp, $28. ISBN 0-915703-38-6]

29. The Spiro Ceremonial Center: The Archaeology of Arkansas Valley Caddoan Culture in Eastern Oklahoma, by James A. Brown with a foreword by James B. Griffin

Finally, the long promised, full-scale review of the archaeology of the most intriguing, important and famous Caddoan site, Spiro. Brown's work includes a total review and analysis of the artifact collections, with hundreds of photographs, illustrations and tables. It also includes a detailed history of excavations, a new mortuary analysis, comprehensive gravelot chronology, and much in published material. [1996. 900 pp, 2 vol., $65. ISBN 0-915703-39-4]

28. Tribal and Chiefly Warfare in South America, by Elsa Redmond

Presents new data on warfare from both ethnohistoric and ethnographic sources. This book documents principal differences between tribal and chiefly warfare, outlines kinds of evidence archaeologists can expect to recover from warfare, and formulates testable hypotheses of the role of warfare in social and political evolution. [1994. 148 pp, $25. ISBN 0-915703-35-1]

27. Early Formative Pottery in the Valley of Oaxaca, by Kent V. Flannery and Joyce Marcus, with a technical ceramic analysis by William O. Payne

This long-awaited volume describes and illustrates the pottery of the Espiridion, Tierras Largas and San Jose phases of the Valley of Oaxaca (1600-850 B.C.). Stratigraphic contexts are discussed. Sherds from house floors, features and middens are analyzed separately. In addition to chronological change, authors also discuss synchronic differences. Payne's chapter lays to rest a number of misconceptions about the making of pottery, past and present, in Oaxaca. [1994. 410. pp, $45. ISBN 0-915703-34-3]

26. Temples for Cahokia Lords: Preston Holder's 1955-56 Excavations of Kunnemann Mound, by Tim Pauketat

Holder, a brilliant iconoclast, excavated these mounds in 1955 and the excavation still stands 35 years later as one of the best-documented major excavations of the Cahokia area. Unfortunately, he never completed the project. Meticulously researched and written, Pauketat wrote the book Holder never completed, but this volume also reflects the massive research and theoretical developments that have emerged since 1957. [1993. 166 pp, $28. ISBN 0-915703-33-5]

25. The Leavitt Site: A Parkhill Phase Paleo-Indian Occupation in Central Michigan, by Michael Shott

A companion volume to Memoir 24, this profusely illustrated volume is an innovative volume in forager archaeology in general and Paleo-Indian studies in particular. Shott's approach includes detailed descriptions of all retouched tools, an argument for three separate reduction sequences, sophisticated cluster analyses, and more. [1993. 145 pp, $20. ISBN 0-915703-32-7]

24. Thedford II: A Paleo-Indian Site in the Ausable River Watershed of Southwestern Ontario, by D. Brian Deller and Christopher Ellis

A detailed and profusely illustrated analysis of material recovered from this Early Paleo-Indian, Parkhill phase site. The Thedford II fluted bifaces most closely conform to the Barnes type. In the rest of the uniface-dominated assemblage the authors identify several distinctive, never-reported tool types. A final chapter compares Thedford II material to other fluted point sites in North America. [1992. 154 pp, $20. ISBN 0-915703-25-4]

22. Agricultural Intensification and Prehistoric Health in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, by Denise C. Hodges. 1989. 132 pp, $16. ISBN 0-915703-16-5

21. Conflicts over Coca Fields in Sixteen-Century Peru, by Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco. 1988. 314 pp, $19.50. ISBN 0-915703-13-0.

20. Chipped Stone Tools in Formative Oaxaca, Mexico: Their Procurement, Production and Use, by William J. Parry. 1987. 178 pp, $18. ISBN 0-915703-10-6

19. Early Neolithic Settlement and Society at Olszanica, by Sarunas Milisauskas. 1986. 320 pp, $20. ISBN 0-915703-03-3

17. Irrigation and the Cuicatec Ecosystem: A Study of Agriculture and Civilization in North Central Oaxaca, by Joseph W. Hopkins III. 1984. 148 pp, $15. ISBN 0-915703-00-9

16. A Fuego y Sangre: Early Zapotec Imperialism in the Cuicatlan Canada, Oaxaca, by Elsa Redmond. 1983. 216 pp, $15. ISBN 0-915703-97

15. Monte Alban's Hinterland, Part I: The Prehispanic Settlement Patterns of the Central and Southern Parts of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, by Richard E. Blanton et al. 1982. 506, $10. ISBN 0-932206-91-3.

14. Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in the Southern Valley of Mexico, by Jeffrey R. Parsons et al. 1982. 504 pp, $8. ISBN 0-932206-88-3.

13. An Early Town on the Deh Luran Plain: Excavation at Tepe Farukhabad, edited by Henry T. Wright. 1981. $7.

12. Excavations at Santo Domingo Tomaltepec: Evolution of a Formative Community, by Michael E. Whalen. 1981. $6.

11. An Archaeological Survey of the Keban Reservoir Area of East-Central Turkey, edited by Robert E. Whallon. 1979. $5.

10. The Vegetational History of Oaxaca Valley, by C. Earle Smith, and Zapotec Plant Knowledge, by Ellen Messer. 1978. $4.

8. Fabrica San Jose and Middle Formative Society in the Valley of Oaxaca, by Robert D. Drennan. 1976. $4.

4. The Schultz Site at Green Point: A Stratified Occupation Area in the Saginaw Valley of Michigan, by James E. Fitting. 1972. $2.

3. Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Texcoco Region, by Jeffrey R. Parsons. 1971. $4.

		Memoirs, no. 39 Ships and Shipwrecks of the Au Sable Shores Region of Western Lake Huron , by John M. O'Shea Focusing on this area of coastline particularly known for vessel strandings, this volume includes: histories of over 50 lost vessels; a description of remains of vessels and wreckage documented during archaeological research in the area; an analysis of shoreline change in the last 150 years and a model for matching wreckage to lost ships. This book will be of interest to archaeologists, historians and anyone who loves the Great Lakes. [ 2004, 116 pp, 13 tables, 87 figs. $28 ISBN 0-915703-57-2]
		Memoirs, no. 38 Plants of the Petén Itza’ Maya: Plantas de los maya itza’ del Petén, by Scott Atran, Ximena Lois, and Edilberto Ucan Ek’ The Itza’ Maya of the Petén in Guatamala preside over a unique rainforest biosphere in danger of disappearing. Equally at risk is their own botanical knowledge—from their own taxonomy to medicinal uses. This is an invaluable reference set for botanists, historians, anthropologists, linguists, ecologists, historians and all medical fields. The book contains a history of the Petén Itza’ Maya, explanation of Itza’ taxonomy, tables and keys to plant usage, common names in English, Spanish and several indigenous languages, and much more. The accompanying CD-ROM presents this information in a searchable database, along with hundreds of color photos of plants. CD-ROM is Mac/PC compatible. [2004, 248 pp, plus CD-ROM. $50 ISBN 0-015703-55-6] Errata, Memoir 38 (pdf file)
		Memoirs, no. 37 Life on the Periphery: Economic Change in Late Prehistoric Southeastern New Mexico, edited by John D. Speth Dramatic economic changes transformed an isolated 13th-century village of farmer-hunters in the arid grasslands of southeastern New Mexico into a community heavily engaged in long-distance bison hunting and intense exchange with the Puebloan world to the west. Individual chapters consider the procurement and use of bison, antelope, deer, dogs, rabbits, rodents, birds, molluscs, and fish; the importance of maize; changing patterns of fuel use; flaked and groundstone tools; and the ceramics which saw a sudden influx of pottery from as far afield as west-central New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and northern Mexico. Speth’s concluding chapter discusses the economic and political forces that may have pulled this isolated Plains-margin village into the Pueblo world. [2004, 429 pp, 177 tables, 96 figs, $44. ISBN 0-915703-54-8]
		Memoir 36 The Sola Valley and the Monte Alban State: A study of Zapotec Imperial Expansion, by Andrew K. Balkansky Balkansky's full-coverage survey of the Sola Valley, 65 km southwest of Oaxaca City, documents 120 sites. By combining his data with that of 13 other regions of Oaxaca, he produces a model for Zapotec state expansion that integrates colonization, diplomacy, and military conquest. He also reflects on the origins of the cacicazgo and the indiscriminate application of "world system" models. The book includes chapters on shell artifacts by L. M. Nicholas and G. M. Feinman, and the carved stones of the Sola region by J. Marcus. [2002. 182 pp, $25 ISBN 0-915703-53-x]
		Memoir 35 The Land of Houlouf: Genesis of a Chadic Polity, 1900 B.C.-A.D. 1800, by Augustin F.C. Holl A thorough review of the important archaeological sites on the Chadian Plain, including Houlouf, excavated by the author 1980-90. Other sites discussed are Deguesse, Krenak, Hamei, Ble Mound Complex and Yaere sites Mishiskwa, Madaf and others. Holl examines the rise and fall of the Houlouf chiefdom, patterns of Holocene Late Stone Age colonization, diachonic trends, paleoclimatology, and historical linguistic evidence for this little-studied area of northern Africa. [2002. 272 pp, $30. ISBN 0-915703-52-1]
		Memoir 34 Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in the Upper Mantaro and Tarma Drainages, Junin, Peru: The Tarama-Chinchaycocha Region, by Jeffrey R. Parsons, Charles M. Hastings, and Ramiro Matos M. An archaeological study of ancient settlement patterns in Peru's rugged and diverse central highlands. The data derive from occupations between 500 B.C. and the mid-16th century A.D. Introductory chapters cover methodology, environmental context, ethnographic analogies for agriculture and pastoralism, and ethnohistory. Substantive chapters consider long-term trends in population, land use, settlement configuration, public architecture, and polity and economy at the local and regional levels. Two appendices provide detailed site and ceramic descriptions, including over 400 photos. [2000. 537 pp, $45. ISBN 0-915703-49-1]
		Memoir 33 Women's Ritual in Formative Oaxaca: Figurine-Making, Divination, Death and the Ancestors, by Joyce Marcus This book covers divination, figurine-making, and women's ritual treatment of ancestors in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, from 1600 to 500 B.C. Women's ritual was distinguished from men's through excavation strategy: houses, dooryards, activity areas, features, middens and public buildings were excavated and studied as separate units, and context was used to link artifacts with women's domains. They were then interpreted using ethnographic and ethnohistoric data on women's ritual. Included are illustrations of more than 800 figurines or figurine parts. [1998. 333 pp, $25. ISBN 0-915703-48-3]
		Memoir 32 The Sandy Ridge and Halstead Paleo-Indian Sites: Unifacial Tool Use and Gainey Phase Definition in South-Central Ontario, by Lawrence J. Jackson This study fills in some missing links in the Michigan-Ontario Paleo-Indian record. Jackson focuses on the Gainey phase. Lacking fluted projectile points, Jackson uses primarily end scrapers to study use-related variation and stylistic variation. This volume includes detailed tabulations and measurements, as well as a phytolith analysis as part of the Paleo-climate study. [1998. 192 pp, $26. ISBN 0-915703-45-9]