Claassen’s work focuses on the American Archaic period (marked by the end of the Ice Age approximately 11,000 years ago) and a geographic area bounded by the

In the long history of documenting the material culture of the archaeological record, meaning and actions of makers and users of these items is often overlooked

In the long history of documenting the material culture of the archaeological record, meaning and actions of makers and users of these items is often overlooked

Unlike extant texts, this textbook treats pre-Columbian Native Americans as history makers who yet matter in our contemporary world.

For at least two centuries, the South's economy, politics, religion, race relations, fiction, music, foodways and more have figured prominently in nearly all fa