Time before history: the archaeology of North Carolina.

Time before history: the archaeology of North Carolina. H. TRAWICK WARD & R. P. STEPHEN DAVIS Davis,city (1990 pop. 46,209), Yolo co., central Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1917. It is an education center with light industry; machinery, processed foods, and computer equipment are produced. The extensive Univ. JR. Time before history:the archaeology of North Carolina North Carolina,state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N).Facts and FiguresArea, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . xiv+313 pages, 95 figures. 1999.Chapel Hill (NC) & London: University of North Carolina Press The University of North Carolina Press (or UNC Press), founded in 1922, is a university press that is part of the University of North Carolina. External linkUniversity of North Carolina Press ;0-8078-2497-6 hardback 31.95 [pounds sterling]; 0-8078-480-1 paperback15.50 [pounds sterling]. Drs WARD & DAVIS describe and sum up, for students and thegeneral reader, the archaeology of the regions of North Carolina fromthe earliest Clovis-like points to the remains of unhappy mid19th-century Native settlements (not covering the colonists exceptinasmuch as they bore directly on the Indians). The authors take acocuntof many new discoveries and discuss recent reinterpretations. It is ashame, in a popular book, that, owing to the quality of the paper, thephotographs look so dull. Written in the light of popular interest and a history of localtreasure hunters, Wonderful power is an approachable summary and reviewof: the geography; history of research (1845-1962); ore extraction andmetalworking; the prehistory prehistory,period of human evolution before writing was invented and records kept. The term was coined by Daniel Wilson in 1851. It is followed by protohistory, the period for which we have some records but must still rely largely on archaeological evidence to from Palaeoindian to Contact and the tradein copper in particular. Dr MARTIN concludes with a review of the`fringe' interpretations and concludes with a plea for protectionof the remaining sites. She explains that progress in research `willrequire hard work, painstaking method, wide collaboration, and yourparticipation' (p. 224). There is an appendix on tools andornaments. This is a notable experiment in `consciousness raising'.Compare the following title.