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Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands - Papers in Honor of Patty Jo Watson (Hardcover)
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Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands - Papers in Honor of Patty Jo Watson (Hardcover)
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Patty Jo Watson's prolific career began in the early 1950s as an
energetic graduate student at the University of Chicago and
culminated with her induction into the National Academy of Sciences
and subsequent retirement from Washington University in 2003.
During that time her groundbreaking research impacted multiple
fields within the discipline of archaeology, but her astonishing
research into the underground caves of the eastern United States
recognizes her as one of the world's leading experts on cave
archaeology. In honor of Dr. Watson and her monumental achievements
in the field, twenty-two established scholars present in this
volume new and insightful research into prehistoric and historic
use of southeastern dark zones. Cave Archaeology of the Eastern
Woodlands, edited by David H. Dye, explores how prehistoric and
historic peoples utilized caves as a means to further their
economic growth and represent cultural values within their
societies. The essays range in topics from early gypsum mining to
rare American Indian cave art, from historic saltpeter extraction
to current archaeobotanical and paleofecal research. Dye and the
contributors contend that studies of deep zone caves reveal
multiple insights into the values, beliefs, and cultural lifeways
of ancient and historic peoples. In addition to presenting new
research in the field, contributors also place particular emphasis
on Dr. Watson's influential cave research and how it has molded
their own work. The essays convey a sense of wonder at the unique
and sometimes harrowing world of caves, and readers will get a
sense of why Native Americans regarded the Underworld or
Beneathworld as a supernatural realm to be tread upon with great
respect and caution. This volume of uniformly excellent essays will
no doubt be a lantern that sheds light onto the importance of
studying and understanding the all too secret world of underground
caves. David H. Dye is professor of archaeology in the Department
of Earth Sciences at the University of Memphis and a former student
of Patty Jo Watson's. He is author of Cycles of Violence: An
Archaeology of Peace and War in Native Eastern North American,
coeditor, with Richard J. Chacon, of The Taking and Displaying of
Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians, and, with Cheryl Anne
Cox, of Towns and Temples Along the Mississippi.
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