Investigations of the Andean Past: Papers from the First Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory

The papers included in this volume represent fourteen of the twenty-three original papers presented at the First Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory held at Cornell University on November 13th and 14th, 1982. The papers are: The Preceramic Occupations of the Casma Valley, Peru by Michael A. Malpass, The Historical Development of a Coastal Andean Social Formation in Central Peru, 6000 to 500 B.C. by Thomas C. Patterson, Stone Tools in Ceramic Contexts: Exploring the Unstructured by Joan M. Gero, Possible Uses, Roles, and Meanings of Chavin-style Painted Textiles of South Coast Peru by Rebecca R. Stone, Megalithic Sites in the Nepena Valley, Peru by Richard E. Daggett, Huaca del Loro Revisited: The Nasca-Huarpa Connection by Allison C. Paulsen, Spatial Patterning and the Function of a Huari Architectural Compound by Christine C. Brewster-Wray, The Development of Huari Administrative Architecture by Lynda E. Spickard, Aspects of State Ideology in Huari and Tiwanaku Iconography: The Central Deity and the Sacrificer by Anita G. Cook, Shared Ideology and Parallel Political Development: Huari and Tiwanaku by William H. Isbell, Casma Incised Pottery: An Analysis of Collections from the Nepena Valley by Cheryl Daggett, High Altitude Land Use in the Huamachuco Area by T. McGreevy and R. Shaughnessy, La Lengua Pescadora: the Lost Dialect of Chimu Fishermen by Joel Rabinowitz, and The Chancas of Angaraes: 1450(?)--1765 by Paul H. Dillon.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/andean_past_special/1002/thumbnail.jp

World History by the World\u27s Historians

This text is a survey of excerpts from the work of some of the major historians since the dawn of written history. The authors have included introductions to each excerpt giving some geographical and historical context, as well as discussing the types of information and ways of thinking that inform each historian\u27s view of the world. These selections provide the reader the opportunity to contemplate the nature and purposes of history as it has been practiced by people from many different tradition and in many eras. This text can be used in the undergraduate Historical Methods course or as a supplement in the Western and World History courses.https://inspire.redlands.edu/oh_books/1043/thumbnail.jp

Comparison of Three Biomass Sampling Techniques on Submersed Aquatic Plants in a Northern Tier Lake

PURPOSE: Quantifying biomass to measure aquatic plant abundance can be costly and labor intensive. This technical note compares several alternate, less exhaustive techniques for biomass sampling in the field. INTRODUCTION: Quantifying biomass in the field is necessary for monitoring the effectiveness of nuisance aquatic plant management strategies. However, measuring relative plant abundance can be costly and labor intensive, typically involving a boat with dredging capabilities or divers using quadrats. Because resources required to assess plant communities are usually limited, simpler but effective and scientifically acceptable sampling techniques should help ensure that valid plan

Book Reviews

Book Reviews: The First Strange Place: The Alchemy Of Race And Sex In World War II Hawaii by Beth Bailey And David Farber; She Was A Sister Sailor: The Whaling Journals Of Mary Brewster, 1845-1851 Edited By Joan Druett; Paradise Remade: The Politics Of Culture And History In Hawai'i by Elizabeth Buck; The Gifts Of Civilization: Germs And Genocide In Hawai'i by O. A. Bushnell; Fruitful Fields: American Missionary Churches In Hawaii by Alan Gowans, Daina Penkiunas, And Augie Salbosa; The Specter Of Communism In Hawaii by T. Michael Holmes; Japanese Immigrant Clothing In Hawaii: 1885 - 1941 by Barbara F. Kawakam; At Sea With The Scientifics: The Challenger Letters Of Joseph Makin Edited By Philip F. Rehbock; Reconciling The Past: Two Basketry Ka'ai And The Legendary Liloa And Lonoikamakahiki by Roger G. Rose; Architecture In Hawai'i: A Chronological Survey by Rob Sandler; Americanization, Acculturation And Ethnic Identity: The Nisei Generation In Hawaii by Eileen H. Tamura; High Tea At Halekulani: Feminist Theory And American Clubwomen by Margit Misangyi Watt

Options: Racial/Ethnic Identification of Children of Intermarried Couples

Whites of various European ethnic backgrounds usually have weak ethnic attachment and have options to identify their ethnic identity (Waters, 1990). What about children born to interracially married couples? Copyright (c) 2004 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.