Between 1985 and 2014, the number of US doctoral graduates in Anthropology increased
from about 350 to 530 graduates per year. This rise in doctorates entering the work force …

Circular shell rings along the South Atlantic Coast of North America are the remnants of
some of the earliest villages that emerged during the Late Archaic (5000–3000 BP). Many of …

Over the past 30 years, the number of US doctoral anthropology graduates has increased
by about 70%, but there has not been a corresponding increase in the availability of new …

Regional exchange during the Woodland period in Eastern North America manifested itself
in a variety of material forms, most notably in the wide distribution of elaborate artifacts …

The Late Archaic in the Southeast US (c. 4500–3100 BP) was a time of increased sedentism
and social complexity, long-distance trade, and relatively large-scale societies. Along the …

Oral history indicates that a large wooden trough held in storage at the University of Kentucky’s
William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology was a component of the saltpeter mining …

Wiggle-match dating of tree-ring sequences is particularly promising for achieving high-resolution
dating across periods with reversals and plateaus in the calibration curve, such as the …

We sampled individual growth rings from three ancient remnant bald cypress (Taxodium
distichum) trees from a massive buried deposit at the mouth of the Altamaha River on the …

Few researchers have investigated shell midden sites in western Ireland. Here, we discuss
the geoarchaeological approach undertaken at an Atlantic Ocean-facing dunefield shell …

Circular shell rings along the Atlantic Coast of southeastern North America are the remnants
of some of the earliest villages that emerged during the Late Archaic Period (5000 – 3000 …