Forging Southeastern Identities explores the many ways archaeologists and ethnohistorians define and trace the origins of Native Americans’ collective social identity.Forging Southeastern Identities: Social Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Mississippian to Early Historic South, a groundbreaking collection of ten essays, covers a broad expanse of time—from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries—and focuses on a common theme of identity. These ess...

An early Spanish explorer’s account of American Indians.This volume mines the Pardo documents to reveal a wealth of information pertaining to Pardo’s routes, his encounters and interactions with native peoples, the social, hierarchical, and political structures of the Indians, and clues to the ethnic identities of Indians known previously only through archaeology. The new afterword reveals recent archaeological evidence of Pardo’s Fort San Juan--the earliest site of sustained inter...

Instead of soaking up the SoCal sunshine while house sitting for my aunt, I’m dealing with a Pomeranian who thinks she’s a pit bull, two half sisters who would happily prune me off the family tree, and him. Vaughn Shaughnessy. Hot model about to go nuclear, dangerously sexy flirt whose perceptive green eyes promise he’s more than just a pretty face. He’s the kind of walking, talking temptation I should avoid, but that’s impossible because he also happens to be my extremely lickable—I mean ...

This book provides a new conceptual framework for understanding how the Indian nations of the early American South emerged from the ruins of a precolonial, Mississippian world. A broad regional synthesis that ranges over much of the Eastern Woodlands, its focus is on the Indians of the Carolina Piedmont - the Catawbas and their neighbors - from 1400 to 1725. Using an 'eventful' approach to social change, Robin Beck argues that the collapse of the Mississippian world was fundamentally a tra...

Continuing a three-decade tradition, The State of the Parties 7th edition brings together leading experts to evaluate change and continuity in American electoral politics. Political parties in America have never been more contentious and divided than they are right now. Even splits within the parties themselves have the power to elevate relatively unknown candidates to power and topple established incumbents. With sections devoted to polarization and the electorate, polarization and politi...

Schon seit Jahrhunderten is die Menschheit vom Verhalten de Tiere genauso fasziniert wie irritiert. Unzählige wissenschaftliche Studien spiegeln die Anziehungskraft dieses Themas wider und die moisten Menschen hegen wohl den Wunsch, Tiere richtig zu verstehen. Auch für Gabrielle Harris spielen Tiere eine große Rolle. Als Tochter eines Tierarztes kam sie seit ihrer Kindheit mit vielen verschiedenen Individuen in Berühren und verlor an so manches von ihnen ihr Herz.1990 wurde sie Tier...

Instead of soaking up the SoCal sunshine while housesitting for my aunt, I’m dealing with a Pomeranian who thinks she’s a Pitbull, two half-sisters who would happily prune me off the family tree, and him. Vaughn Shaughnessy. Hot model about to go nuclear, dangerously sexy flirt whose perceptive green eyes promise he’s more than just a pretty face. He’s the kind of walking, talking temptation I should avoid, but that’s impossible because he also happens to be my extremely lickable—I mean li...

A young man in the prime of his life is killed in a car accident leaving his family devastated. Miraculously, Mike is able to contact his father from the higher plane where he now exists and provides answers regarding the afterlife. With these conversations with his son, Swain is able to overcome his fear of death and the unknown. Swain has recorded his moving story in easy-to-read language that not only keeps the reader engaged but also allows for many questions pertaining to the afterlif...

This book is aimed at people who wish to improve their ability to communicate with animals effectively. Effective communication is clear and ethical communication. This is simply how it works. One cannot truly be effective in communication unless one is being ethical. The focus is on improving communication by providing opportunities to gain insight from our animal friends.If we have a relationship with animals, whether we like it or not, we are training them, just as we condition t...

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The Pain Game Rules guides us to realise ourselves as we uniquely are. We become sculptors of our true being and the effort we invest into our artwork will one day become our own masterpieces. The artistry will begin when we accept who we each uniquely are with every imperfection that we may have because they make up the whole of who that is. When we love and accept who we are, we can work on the finer details of who we have discovered there.The Pain Game Rules encourages us to trea...

WHAT IF... Robin Hood defeated his nemesis Prince John and became king?In a cottage near Nottingham, the low-born son of the shire's baron is raised by his peasant mother to respect the poor and keep his honor. "Deeds make a man, Robert. Not a title," she tells her son. Spanning a half-century in the life and times of Robin Hood, this action packed and erotic Medieval thriller vividly explores the seductive undertow of power as it transforms a legendary hero into a...