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Spatiality of the Everyday: 19th Century Slave Life in Western Tennessee (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Claire Norton. Kimberly Kasper. Corena Hasselle.

Throughout ten-years of excavation in western Tennessee, a more nuanced picture of 19th century everyday life in the antebellum South has emerged. With over twenty contiguous plantations on the 18,400-acre contemporary Ames land base, we compare specific characteristics of material culture from large (3,000+ acres) and small plantations (300-1000 acres). Our research focuses on Fanny Dickins, a woman with the financial means to purchase and run a small cotton plantation in Western Tennessee....

A spear thrower from Oklahoma (1937)

DOCUMENT Citation Only W E Baker. A V Kidder.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...

The Spear-Thrower from 15,000 Years Ago to the Present (1979)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Campbell Grant.

J. Whittaker: Nice summary, nothing new, emphasis on rock art, California and W US, several drawings, summarizes ethnographic evidence. Grant experiments with Basketmaker replica: 200', accurate 30-50', weights give more power at close range, don't help distance.

Spears, Darts, and Arrows: Late Woodland Hunting Techniques in the Upper Ohio Valley (1993)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael J Shott.

J. Whittaker: Shift from notched or stemmed to generally smaller triangular bifaces in eastern N. America between 1500 and 1200 B.P. often interpreted as introduction of bow and arrow. Numerous theories of cultural change discussed: increased hunting and warfare efficiency, fall of the Hopewell, population dispersals, etc. Test with data from two late Woodland sites. Childers site, 1295 B.P. wide range native domesticates and wild plants, mostly late notched point forms e.g. Chesser and...

Spearthrower (2004)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Doug Leeth.

J. Whittaker: 120 Min. DVD. Starts with info on WAA and ISAC. Richard Lyons outlines prehistory with his board of different models, emphasizing Webb’s Indian Knoll forms, with bannerstone toward hook. Also Eskimo models and Basketmaker-inspired form. Promotes atlatl leading to bow because both flex. DL: Throwing Techniques and atlatl construction, shows several modern models, 2 grips – forward (split finger) or to side, likes former and Bracken’s version, blames closed fist side grip for tendon...

Special events and their impact on museums: the eleven commandments of public programs (2019)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ken Yellis.

Specification - Exhibit, Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Visitor Center Redesign, Monmouth County, New Jersey (1994)