Archaeology/Archeology

WHS Resources  |  Web Resources  |  Other Resources
 

WHS Resources

• Rieth, Adolf.   Archaeological fakes. - 913 RIE

• Bahn, Paul G.  The Archaeology detectives. - 930.1 ARC

A color-illustrated overview of fifty significant archaeological sites around the world that describes the finds made at each site and the work involved in their excavation.  Includes sections on Africa, Europe, Asia, and the New World and Oceania, as well as a time line, biographical sketches of archaeologists, a glossary, and a bibliography.
 
• Brennan, Louis A.  Beginners guide to archaeology. - 913 BRE

• College careers : science and agriculture. - CRC 331.7 COL Book 12

Details a day in the life of an "archeological field supervisor."
 
• Marriott, Alice.  First comers : Indians of America's dawn. - 913.7 MAR

• Ceram, C. W.  Gods, graves, and scholars. - 913 CER

• Sternberg, Charles H.  Life of a fossil hunter - B STE

• Silverberg, Robert.  Lost cities and vanished civilizations. - 913 SIL

• Childe, V. Gordon.  Man makes himself. - 913 CHI

• Gallenkamp, Charles.  Maya : the riddle and rediscovery of a fabulous civilization. - 913 GAL

• Vlahos, Olivia and Ford, George Cephas.  New World beginnings : Indian cultures in the Americas. - 913.7 VLA

Reveals the diverse cultures of the North and South American Indians before the coming of the Europeans as substantiated by the findings of archaeologists.
 
• Hicks, Brian and Kropf, Schuyler.  Raising the Hunley : the remarkable history and recovery of the lost Confederate submarine. - 973.7 HIC

An account of the final hours and rescue after more than a century of the Confederacy submarine the H.L. Hunley which disappeared off the coast of South Carolina on February 17, 1864, after an encounter with an Union battleship.
 
• Corbishley, Mike and Willis, Shirley.  Romans. - 937 COR

Describes various aspects of life in the Roman Empire as revealed through archaeological excavations.
 
• Cornell, James.  Where did they go? : lost cities and vanished people. - 913 COR

• Wooley, Leonard.  Young archaeologist. - 930.1 WOO

Web Resources

• Kansas State Historical Society.  Archeologist Resources - http://www.kshs.org/archeologists/index.htm

 
• Nebraska State Historical Society.  Archeology Division - http://www.nebraskahistory.org/archeo/index.htm

 
• A WWW Guide to Kansas Archaeology (Professional Archaeologists of Kansas - PAK) - http://www.ksarchaeo.info/

 
• Kansas Archaeology Month (April 2003) - http://www.ksarchaeo.info/2003KAM/KAM2003.html

Other Resources

The following materials may be obtained via interlibrary loan.  Check with the library staff.
 

• Wedel, Waldo R.  An Introduction to Kansas Archeology.  Bureau of American Ethnography, Bulletin No. 174, 1959.

• O'Brien, Patricia J.  Archaeology of Kansas.  University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Public Education Series No. 9, 1984.

• Wood, W. Raymond, ed.  Archaeology on the Great Plains.  University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, 1998.

• Wedel, Waldo R.  Central Plains Prehistory.  University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1986.

 

WHS Library home page.