Archaeology


The following list includes frequently used journal articles as well as those donated to the museum.  The latter are marked by the indicator initials "IS" (in stock).  They include some anthropology texts.  Below is also a separate list of archaeology journals and newsletters and history related journals with links to their websites if available.  Please note: we have many additional citations on archeaological studies in Maine and New England in the Native Americans in Maine bibliographies.

Andrews, Roy Chapman. (1926). On the trail of ancient man: A narrative of the field work of the central Asiatic expeditions. G. P. Putnam's Sons, NY, NY. IS.

Barnett, H.G. (1962). Being a Palauan. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, NY. IS.

Bawden, Garth. (2003). Readings in American archaeological theory: Selections from American Antiquity 1962 - 2002. Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. IS.

Beattie, John. (1960). Bunyoro: An African kingdom. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, NY. IS.

Beidelman, T.O. (1971). The Kaguru: A matrilineal people of east Africa. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, NY. IS.

Bjorn, Arne. (1969). Exploring fire and clay: Man, fire and clay through the ages. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., NY, NY.

Bonnichsen, Robsen. (1988). The coming of the fluted-point people. Habitat. 5(1). pg. 34-36.

Bordes, Francois. (1972). A tale of two caves. Harper & Row, NY, NY. IS.

Brennan, Louis A. (1975). Artifacts of prehistoric America. Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA. IS.

Buechler, Hans C. (1971). The Bolivian Aymara. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., NY, NY. IS.

Ceram, C.W. (1966). Hands on the past: Pioneering archaeologists tell their own story. Alfred A. Knopf, NY, NY. IS.

Culbert, T. Patrick. (1974). The lost civilization: The story of the classic Maya. Harper & Row, Publishers, NY, NY. IS.

Dutton, Bertha P. (1975). The Pueblos. Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ. IS.

Dutton, Bertha P. (1975). The Rancheria, Ute, and southern Paiute peoples. Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ. IS.

Fagan, Brian M. (1994). In the beginning: An introduction to archaeology. Eighth Edition. Harper Collins. IS.

Fagan, Brian M. (1995). Ancient North America: The archaeology of a continent. Second Edition. Thames and Hudson, Ltd., NY, NY. IS.

Gabel, Creighton. (1967). Analysis of prehistoric economic patterns. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, NY. IS.

Hoebel, E. Adamson. (1960). The Cheyennes: Indians of the great plains. Henry Holt and Company, NY, NY.IS.

Humphrey, Caroline and Hugh-Jones, Stephen, Eds. (1992). Barter, exchange and value: An anthropological approach. Cambridge University Press, NY, NY. IS.

Kidder, Alfred Vincent. (1924). An introduction to the study of southwestern archaeology with a preliminary account of the excavations at Pecos and a summary of southwestern archaeology today. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. IS.

Langdon, Steve J. (1989). The native people of Alaska: Historic photos from various collections: Anchorage Museum of History and Art. Greatland Graphics, Anchorage, Alaska. IS.

Larsen, Clark Spencer. (1997). Bioarchaeology: Interpreting behavior from the human skeleton. Cambridge University Press, NY.

Lewis, Oscar. (1960). Tepoztlan: Village in Mexico. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, NY. IS.

Madsen, William. (1964). Mexican-Americans of south Texas. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, NY. IS.

Mead, Margaret and Calas, Nicolas, Eds. (1953). Primitive heritage: An anthropological anthology. Random House, NY, NY. IS.

Mellaart, James. (1965). Earliest civilizations of the near east. McGraw-Hill Book Company, NY, NY. IS.

Miles, Charles. (1963). Indian and Eskimo artifacts of North America. Bonanza Books, NY, NY. IS.

National Park Service. (2004). Springfield Armory: Springfield Armory National Historic Site: Cultural Landscapes Inventory. National Park Service. IS.

Patterson, Thomas C. (1983). The theory and practice of archaeology: A workbook. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ. IS.

Pospisil, Leopold. (1963). The Kapauku Papuans of west New Guinea. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, NY. IS.

Renfrew, C. (1978). Trajectory discontinuity and morphogenesis: The implications of catastrophe theory for archaeology. American Antiquity. 43(2). pg. 203-222.

Renfrew, Colin and Bahn, Paul. (1991). Archaeology: Theories methods and practice. Thames and Hudson, Ltd., NY, NY. IS.

Ritchie, William A. (1965). The archaeology of New York state. The Natural History Press, Garden City, NY. IS.

Robbins, Maurice. (1980). Wapanucket: An archaeological report. Trustees of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Attleboro, MA. IS.

Southall, James C. (1878). The epoch of the mammoth and the apparition of man upon the earth. J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA. IS.

Spindler, George and Spindler, Louise. (1971). Dreamers without power: The Menomini Indians. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, NY. IS.

Thom, R. (1975). Structural stability and morphogenesis. W. A. Benjamin, Reading, MA. IS.

Trigger, Bruce G. (1968). Beyond history: The methods of prehistory. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, NY. IS.

Weitzman, David. (1980). Traces of the past: A field guide to industrial archaeology. Scribner's, New York, NY.

Wilmsen, Edwin N. (1974). Lindenmeier: A pleistocene hunting society. Harper & Row Publishers, NY, NY. IS.

Windschuttle, Keith. (1996). The killing of history: How literary critics and social theorists are murdering our past. The Free Press, NY, NY. IS.


Archaeology: Journals and Newsletters
Some of the following journals are in the Davistown Museum library collection.

Archaeology of Eastern North America (AENA). Eastern States Archeological Federation,PO Box 11256, Alexandria, Virginia 22312.

Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut. The Archaeological Society of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society. PO Box 700, Middleborough, MA 02346-0700, 508 947-9005. Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology (JMAA). Archaeological Services for the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference. Maine Historical Society Newsletter. Maine Historical Society, 485 Congress St., Portland, ME 04101. Maine History. Maine Historical Society, 485 Congress St., Portland, ME 04101.

MAS Newsletter. Maine Archaeological Society, Inc., PO Box 982, Augusta, ME 04332.

The Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin. Maine Archaeological Society, Inc., PO Box 982, Augusta, ME 04332.

The New-England Galaxy. Old Sturbridge Inc., Sturbridge, MA 01566. Occasional Publications in Northeastern Anthropology (OPNEA). Archaeological Services. Formerly published by Fund for Anthropology. Old-Time New England. Bulletin of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 141 Cambridge St., Boston, MA.


Pennsylvania Archaeologist. Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, P.O. Box 10287, Pittsburgh, PA 15232-0287.


History: Journals and Newsletters
Some of the following journals are in the Davistown Museum library collection.

The American Neptune. The Peabody Museum, Salem, MA.

Annual Report of Mystic Seaport. Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT 06355.

Discover Maine: Maine's History Magazine. CreMark, Inc., 10 Exchange St, Suite 208, Portland, ME 04101.

The Dukes County Intelligencer.  PO Box 827, Edgartown, MA 02539.

Explorations, A Journal of Research at the University of Maine at Orono. The Freeholder. The History Magazine of the town of Oyster Bay, The Oyster Bay Historical Society, 20 Summit St., Oyster Bay, NY 11771-0297. Friendship Sloop Days. The Friendship Sloop Society, PO Box 508, Rockland, ME 04841. Historic New England. Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities: SPNEA, 141 Cambridge St., Boston, MA 02114.

The Log of Mystic Seaport. Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT 06355.

The Northern Raven. Publication of the Center for Northern Studies, Wolcott, VT 05680. Old-Time New England. Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities: SPNEA, 141 Cambridge St., Boston, MA 02114.

Sea History. National Maritime Historical Society, 5 John Walsh Blvd., PO Box 68, Peekskill, NY 10566.