John D. Speth Books
Bison Kills And Bone Counts: Decision Making By Ancient Hunters
The Late Prehistoric Hunters Of Bison In What Would Become The Plains Of The United States Typically Slaughtered The Cows, And Left The Remains Of Bulls Behind, Hunting In The Fall And Winter. But...
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Bison Kills And Bone Counts: Decision Making By Ancient Hunters
The Late Prehistoric Hunters Of Bison In What Would Become The Plains Of The United States Typically Slaughtered The Cows, And Left The Remains Of Bulls Behind, Hunting In The Fall And Winter. But...
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The Henderson Site Burials: Glimpses Of A Late Prehistoric Population In The Pecos Valley
By John D. Speth, Jonathan C. Driver, Thomas R. Rocek, With A Foreword By John D. Speth
In this volume, Jonathan C. Driver presents the results of his study of faunal remains that represent several prehistoric communities in the Sacramento Mountain area and document the range and prop...
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Elements For An Anthropology Of Technology (Volume 88) (Anthropological Papers Series)
By John D. Speth, Pierre Lemonnier
Renowned anthropologist Pierre Lemonnier presents a refreshing new look at the anthropology of technology: one that will be of great interest to ethnologists and archaeologists alike.
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Life On The Periphery: Economic Change In Late Prehistoric Southeastern New Mexico (Memoirs) (Volume 37)
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 hu...
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Late Prehistoric Bison Procurement In Southeastern New Mexico: The 1977 Season At The Garnsey Site
By John D. Speth, William J. Parry, Speth, John D., Parry, William J.
Introduction -- Site Description -- Methodology -- Stratigraphy -- The Bison -- Lithic Artifacts And Ceramics -- Conclusions. By John D. Speth, William J. Parry. Tables. Bibliography: P. 137-139.
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The Garnsey Spring Campsite: Late Prehistoric Occupation In Southeastern New Mexico
By John D. Speth, William J. Parry, William J. Parry, John D. Speth, With Contributions By Regge N. Wiseman, Stephen A. Hall, And Virginia Popper
In 1977 and 1978, Parry and Speth excavated the Garnsey Spring site, an aboriginal campsite southeast of Roswell, New Mexico. Here they describe their fieldwork and the analysis of the artifacts fo...
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The Paleoanthropology And Archaeology Of Big-Game Hunting: Protein, Fat, Or Politics?
By John D. Speth, John D. Speth (Auth.)
Since its inception, paleoanthropology has been closely wedded to the idea that big-game hunting by our hominin ancestors arose, first and foremost, as a means for acquiring energy and vital nutrie...
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Human Paleoecology In The Levantine Corridor
By John D. Speth, N. Goren-Inbar, Naama Goren Inbar, Naama Goren-Inbar And John D. Speth, Editors
Few areas of the world have played as prominent a role in human evolution as the Levantine Corridor, a comparatively narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Mediterranean Sea on the west and th...
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