The analysis of ancient proteins from paleontological, archeological, and historic materials is
revealing insights into past subsistence practices, patterns of health and disease, evolution …

This article reviews recent archaeological research on warfare in prestate societies of native
North America. This survey comprises six regions: Arctic/Subarctic, Northwest Coast …

Skeletons represent the most direct evidence of the biology of past populations, and their
study provides insight into health and well-being, dietary history, lifestyle (activity), violence …

Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) are widespread and abundant in major freshwater
ecosystems in North America, even though the phytoplankton food resources in some of …

The existence of cannibalism is one of the most controversial issues in the archaeology of
the American Southwest. Disarticulated, cut-marked and heat-altered human remains from …

Challenging the tidy links among authorial position, narrative perspective, and fictional
content, Stephen Hong Sohn argues that Asian American authors have never been limited …

Archaeology is the study of past human societies through the analysis of material remains.
The application of analytical chemistry to archaeological research has increased …

Recent excavations at the Sacred Ridge Site, just south of the town of Durango, Colorado,
have uncovered the single largest deposit (to date) of mutilated and processed human …

Faunal remains are commonly found in coprolites and provide direct evidence of animal
consumption. An evaluation of hunter‐gatherer coprolites from the Southwest US shows that …

Blood protein analysis provides a method for acquiring and interpreting archaeological data
bearing on human–animal relationships. The present study makes use of cross-over …