Central Plains Archeology makes available to the archeological community and the interested public the results of new research conducted in the vast Central Plains region of North America, principally in the states of Nebraska and Kansas.
Volume 13, Number 1 (2011), 129 pages, abstracts
Editor's Note
by Amy KochMary Louise Freed Biography
by Donald Callen FreedNew Insights into the Anoka Phase:Initial Results from Work at the Lynch (25BD1), Anoka (25BD2/201),
Hostert (25BD16), and Mohr (25BD139) Sites, Boyd County, Nebraska
by Joseph A Tiffany, Austin A. Buhta, L. Adrien Hannus, and Jason M. KruseThe Beaver Creek Trail Crossing Site (25SW49): The Archaeology of a Nineteenth Century Road Ranche along the Nebraska City Cut-Off Trail
by Paul A. DemersA Petrographic Analysis of Glenwood Locality Ceramics, Mills County, Iowa
by Richard L. JosephsArcheological Investigations of the 1865 Rush Creek Battlefield, 25MO181, Morrill County, Nebraska
by Douglas D. Scott, Peter Bleed, Benjamin Bilgri
Volume 12, Number 1 (2010), 219 pages, abstract
The Eagle Ridge Site and Early Eighteenth Century Indian-European Relations in Eastern Nebraska
Edited by Gayle F. Carlson and John R. Bozell
Volume 11, Number 1 (2009), 73 pages, abstracts
The Plunkett Site: A 1930s Goshen Discovery in Northwest Nebraska
by Steven R. HolenPreliminary Report on Structural Wood Use at Pawnee Indian Village (14RP1), Republic County, Kansas
by Nicholas V. Kessler100° W Longitude: Exploring Cultural Dynamics at the Western Edge of the Central Plains Tradition
by Donna C. RoperThe Ceramic Assemblage from 25FT162, Frontier County, Nebraska
by Terry L. SteinacherBook Review: Kansas Archaeology by Robert J. Hoard and William E. Banks, editors
by William T. Billeck
Volume 10, Number 1 (2004), 167 pages, abstract
McIntosh: A Late Prehistoric Occupation in the Nebraska Sand Hills
by Amy Koch, contribution by Mary J. Adair
Volume 9, Number 1 (2002), 60 pages, abstracts
The Late Prehistoric Percussion-Blade Industry of the Central Plains
by Philip J. Wilke, Gayle F. Carlson, and John D. ReynoldsThe Role of Fire in the Destruction of Upper Republican Phase Lodges in the Medicine Creek Valley, Nebraska
by Donna C. RoperThe Mineralogical Characterization of Catlinite from Its Sole Provenance, Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota
by James Novotny Gundersen
Volume 8, Number 1 (2000), "Freshwater Mussels in the Great Plains: Ecology and Prehistoric Utilization": 150 pages, abstracts
Introduction to the Symposium
by Kerry LippincottMussels, Bison Kills, and Pots: Clarity in the Archeological Record
by Donald J. BlakesleeArcheological Interpretation of Freshwater Mussel Assemblages near the Solomon River, Kansas
by Ron DorseyFreshwater Mussels from Nebraska Phase Sites along the Missouri River Drainage in Southwestern Iowa
by K. Kris HirstA Critical Review of the Unionoid Mollusks Reported for Nebraska by Samuel Aughey (1877)
by Ellet HokeMussels and Marginal Utility
by Thomas P. Myers and Keith Perkins IIISummary of Current Known Distribution and Status of Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) in South Dakota
by Douglas C. BacklundPrehistoric Procurement and Use of Freshwater Mussels Along the Missouri River in the Northern Great Plains
by Robert E. WarrenFreshwater Mussel Management in North Dakota
by Steve DykeFreshwater Shell Tool/Ornament Production and Resource Use in the Middle Missouri Subarea of North Dakota
by Paul R. Picha and Fern E. SwensonThe Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) of Montana
by Michael M. Gangloff and Daniel L. GustafsonA Prehistoric Freshwater Mussel Collection from the Schmitt Chert Mine Site (24BW559) near Three Forks, Montana
by Kerry Lippincott and Leslie B. DavisFloating Mussels in the Upper Mississippi River, Minnesota and Their Implications for Dispersal in Paleontology and Archeology
by Alan M. CvancaraRemarks Stimulated by the Symposium, Freshwater Mussels in the Great Plains: Ecology and Prehistoric Utilization
by Alan M. Cvancara
Volume 7, Number 1 (1999): 170 pages, introduction
Waconda Lake: Prehistoric Swidden-Foragers in the Central Plains
by Donald J. Blakeslee
Volume 6, Number 1 (1998): 57 pages, abstracts
The Schudel Site Complex: Early Archaic Occupation in the North Loup River Valley
by Donna C. RoperAn Archeological Survey of the Lower Pony Creek Valley: Implications for Glenwood Locality Settlement Pattern
by Michael J. Perry
Volume 5, Number 1 (1997), "Marine Shell Ornaments from the Plains": 107 pages, abstracts
Introduction to the Symposium
by Kerry LippincottThe Marine Shell Artifacts of Kansas
by Donald J. BlakesleeA Preliminary Survey of Marine Shell Artifacts from Prehistoric Archeological Sites in Nebraska
by Gayle F. CarlsonMussels, Mussel Shell Tools, and Mussel and Marine Shell Ornaments from Missouri River Trench Sites in South Dakota
by Kerry LippincottWhorls and Valves: Marine Shell Artifacts from North Dakota
by Paul R. Picha and Fern E. SwensonFaces of Shell: Two Marine Shell Mask Gorgets from South Dakota
by Michael FoshaMarine Shell Mask Gorgets in Montana
by Stanley JaynesShell from the Plains: A Southeastern Perspective
by Marvin T. Smith
Special Publication No. 1 (1997): 77 pages introduction, reprinted May, 2006
A Good Walk Around the Boundary: Archeological Inventory of the Dyck and Other Properties Adjacent to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
by Douglas D. Scott and Peter Bleed
Volume 4, Number 1 (1994): 95 pages, abstracts
Late Prehistoric Cultural Dynamics in the Lower Kansas River Basin
by Brad Logan and Lauren W. RitterbushRiley Cord Roughened Ceramic Variation from Ten Smoky Hill Variant Sites in North-Central Kansas
by John G. HeddenSympatry-Mapping Studies of Small Mammal Remains Recovered from Six Prehistoric Central Plains Sites
by Paul SoudersThe Material Culture of 25DS21, a Lower Loup Hunting Camp in the Platte River Valley
by Donna C. Roper
Volume 3, Number 1 (1993): 250 pages introduction, reprinted 2005
The Archaeology of the Lincoln Pottery Works
by Christopher Schoen and Peter Bleed
Volume 2, Number 1 (1990): 131 pages abstracts Out of Print
Presenting Nebraska Archaeology to the Public, 1878-1986
by R. Eli PaulA Model for the Nebraska Phase
by Donald J. BlakesleeWindow Glass on the Plains: An Analysis of Flat Glass Samples from Ten Nineteenth Century Plains Historic Sites
by Christopher M. SchoenArchaeology and Reconstruction of the Fort Atkinson Council House
by Gayle F. Carlson
Volume 1, Number 1 (1989): 107 pages abstracts Out of Print
A Great Oasis Fauna from Central Nebraska
by John R. Bozell and Mary K. RogersNehawka Flint in the Paleoindian Occupation of the High Plains
by Thomas P. MyersPawnee Archaeology
by John M. O'Shea
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