Ornaments (Other Keyword)

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Analysis of the Late Woodland Assemblage from the Sand Point Site, Baraga County, Michigan (1980)

DOCUMENT Citation Only R. David Hoxie.

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Archaeological Investigations at Guapiabit, CA-Sbr-1913. 85PP (1999)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark Q. Sutton. Joan S. Schneider.

Archeology and Stabilization of the Dominguez and Escalante Ruins, Part I, the Dominguez Ruin: a McElmo Phase Pueblo in Southwestern Colorado (1979)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alan D. Reed.

Archeology and Stabilization of the Dominguez and Escalante Ruins, Part II, Archeological Excavation at the Escalante Site, Dolores, Colorado, 1975 and 1976 (1979)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Judith A. Halasi.

Beads, Myth, and Ritual Practice: Tracing Traditions of Ornament Use in Ceremonial Deposition and Costuming in the Northern U.S. Southwest (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hannah Mattson.

As early as the sixteenth century, Spanish explorers noted the abundance of turquoise and shell jewelry adorning the Pueblo residents of the Rio Grande Valley and southern Colorado Plateau. In addition to serving as aesthetically pleasing objects of bodily decoration, these ornaments figure prominently in Pueblo creation and migration stories and are vital to the performance of various ritual practices, including ceremonial dances and the making of offerings and prayers. Archaeological research...

"Cash" As Currency: Coins and Tokens from Yreka Chinatown (1979)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Glenn J. Farris.

Cultural Resource Investigation: City of Colton New Substation and Transmission Facilities (1994)

DOCUMENT Citation Only James J. Schmidt.

Gold, Silver, and Other Ornaments Found in Florida (1884)

DOCUMENT Citation Only J. Francis Le Baron.

Human-Material Interactions during the Aurignacian of Europe, 35,000–27,000 BP: An Analysis of Marine Shell Ornament Distribution (2018)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lisa Rogers.

This research explores dynamic relationships between people and materials during the Aurignacian period of Europe, 35,000-27,000 BP. More specifically, a network analysis is used to determine whether there are discernible patterns in the geographic distribution of marine shells used for the creation of beads and pendants. As early inhabitants of Europe moved across the landscape they came into contact with others and left behind material traces of these interactions. Whether these artifacts came...

Indian Trade Implements and Ornaments (1918)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles E. Brown.

Late Prehistoric Period Bison Procurement On the Milk River In North-Central Montana (1979)

DOCUMENT Citation Only James D. Keyser.

Marshall Islands Archaeology (1987)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tom Dye.

Metal Weapons, Tools, and Ornaments of the Teton Dakota Indians (1975)

DOCUMENT Citation Only James Austin Hanson.

The Prehistory and Early History of the Niobrara River Basin (1953)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard P. Wheeler. Hubert G. Smith.

This report has been prepared in compliance with a letter dated February 2, 1953 from the Assistant Director, Region 7, Bureau of Reclamation, to the Acting Chief, Missouri Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution. The report is based, in part, on a previous report by the Missouri Basin Project, River Basin Surveys, Smithsonian Institution, entitled "Appraisal of the Archeological and Paleontological Resources of the Niobrara River Basin, Nebraska, August 1951". The present report, as well as...

Reexamining the Organization of Ornament Production at Chaco Canyon: Insights from Pueblo Bonito’s Lapidary Tool Assemblage (2023)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hannah Mattson.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Several decades ago, the NPS Chaco Project revealed evidence for widespread, small-scale ornament manufacture at small house sites in Chaco Canyon, as well as possible workshop-scale production at two locations. As consumption of finished jewelry items is clearly concentrated at great houses, it was suggested that lapidary production was part of a larger...

Results of Archaeological Test Excavations and a Request for Determination of Eligibility for Nine Sites in Crowder Canyon. 3 Vol, 1058PP (1997)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Philip de Barros.

The Slow Revolution: Chronological and Geographic Variability in Ornament Assemblages of the Early Upper Paleolithic in France (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Claire Heckel.

The gradual, mosaic nature of the development of symbolic material culture has become increasingly apparent due to discoveries outside of the Eurasian Upper Paleolithic. Even so, much remains unclear about the mechanisms and circumstances surrounding the production and use of personal ornaments in early societies. The idea that the intensification of symbolic behavior was the result of some sudden cognitive/behavioral shift is not well supported by current evidence, and finding more complex...

The Social Value of Ornaments from Pueblo Bonito and Aztec Ruin (2015)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hannah Mattson.

Ornaments are generally considered to be items of wealth, luxury, and value, and are often used as one of several indicators of social inequality. However, the value and meaning of ornaments is often assumed rather than demonstrated. Aside from power and wealth, jewelry may also relate to various aspects of social identity. It has been proposed that ornaments, turquoise, and shell may have been important symbols of status and ritual (or socially valuable goods) in Chacoan society, as they form...

Steatite Pendant -- a Unique Artifact (1987)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lawrence A. Kingsbury.

Studies Along the Lower Agua Fria River: The Eastwing Site and the Marinette Canal (1987)

DOCUMENT Full-Text James B. Rodgers.

Two sites, one prehistoric and one historic, situated northwest of Phoenix and in the south-central part of Arizona, are discussed. Limited field excavation and archival research reveal that the historic site, the Marinette Canal (NA18,267), built in 1910, may have been fed by well water, local runoff, and the seasonal flow of the Agua Fria River. It heads along Calderwood Butte and extends almost 10 km southward toward the present community of Sun City, Arizona. The prehistoric site, the...

The To'aga Site - Three Millenia of Polynesia Occupation in the Manu'a Islands, American Samoa (1992)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Patrick V. Kirch. Terry L. Hunt.

Village Life at Yukaipa't: Archaeological Data Recovery at CA-Sbr-1000 / H, Yucaipa, CA. 207PP (1996)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Donn R. Grenda.