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Quarterly Bulletins (cumulative index and back issues)
Quarterly Bulletins (current listing with articles/issue)
Index to the Quarterly Bulletins
ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA
2010 PUBLICATIONS
A Field Guide for Virginia Archaeology
(and the Middle Atlantic Region, in General):
A Practical Guide to a Dirty Business
by: Michael B. Barber, Ph.D.
ASV Special Publication #43; ISBN# 1-884626-46-7
Published 2010, 8.5x11", 61 pages, $15.00
SPECIAL 2007 PUBLICATIONS
The Jamestown Trilogy
Volume I "Pots, Pipes and Trashpits" published 2006. 252 Pages. Soft Cover. 8 ½ x 11 $40.00 members - $45.00 non-members
Volume II "Pottery, Projectile Points and Native People" published 2007. 251 Pages.
Soft Cover. 8 ½ x 11 $42.00 members - $48.00 non-members
Volume III "The Powhatan Indians of Virginia" published 2007. 320 Pages.
Soft Cover 8 ½ x 11 $45.00 members - $50.00 non-members
The trilogy is a compilation of articles taken from the ASV Quarterly Bulletins.
Each Volume Includes a Consolidated Bibliography.
Add $3.00 shipping and handling for first copy and $1.25 for each additional copy.
New! Pots, Pipes and Trashpits (ASV 2007 Trilogy)
Abbyville : A Complex of Archeological Sites in
John H. Kerr Reservoir, Halifax County, Virginia (ASV No. 39) $26.00
Bioarcheological and Geophysical Investigation, The Soldiers Plot, Emmanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery, New Market, Virginia ASV No. 41) $23.00
Contributions to the Archeology of Southwestern Virginia(ASV No. 40) $22.00
Historical Archeology
New!Pots, Pipes and Trashpits (ASV 2007 Trilogy)
The Archaeology of 19th-Century Virginia (ASV No. 36) $28.00
The Archaeology of 18th-Century Virginia (ASV No. 35) $28.00
The Archaeology of 17th-Century Virginia (ASV No. 30) $28.00
Treasures from Jamestown (ASV No. 7) $9.00
Archeological Excavations at Jamestown, Virginia (ASV No. 32) $37.00
The Archaeology of Shirley Plantation (ASV No. SP) $24.00
The Archives Survival Guide, 2nd Edition (ASV No. 37) $14.00
An Easy Identification Guide and Typology for Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Bottles (ASV No. 42) $15.00
Native American Lifeways
Young Pocahontas in the Indian World (ASV No. YP) $10.00
First People: The Early Indians of Virginia (ASV No. FP) $13.00
Upland Archeology, East Series
All Seven Symposia
- Symposium #1 (1981):
- Prehistoric site models for ridge and valley areas (ASV No. 38-1) $26.00
- Symposium #2 (1984):
- Prehistoric resource exploitation, ceramic taxonomy, and external cultural influences. Historical topics range from research design to public archaeology. (ASV No. 38-2) $20.00
- Symposium #3 (1987):
- Cabinetmaking, charcoal manufacturing, and pottery are some of the historic industries examined. Prehistoric topics include rockshelter archaeology and pictographs. (ASV No. 38-1) $23.00
- Symposium #4 (1990):
- Prehistorians discuss subsistence strategies and lithic resource utilization. Among the historic topics explored are Civil War projectiles, sectionalism, and winter quarters. (ASV No. 38-4) $21.00
- Symposium #5 (1992):
- Topics range from megafauna to the October 2, 1864 Battle of Saltville, Virginia. Also explores farmsteads, pine tar manufacturing, and blacksmithing. Concludes with an ARPA case. (ASV No. 38-5) $16.00
- Symposium #6 (1994):
- Nineteenth-century agriculture, settlement, and industry topics presented include Kentland Plantation, Burrell Pharmacy, and rural milling. Prehistorians analyze Native American interaction between the Piedmont and the mountains. (ASV No. 38-6) $15.00
- Symposia #7/8/9 (2005):
- A combination of the three symposia. (ASV No. 38-7) $35.00
COVA Symposiums Synthesized
All Four Prehistoric Symposia
- Paleoindian Research in Virginia: A Synthesis (ASV No. 19) $28.00
- An excellent reference for 21st-century prehistorians. Chronology, lithic technology, material cultural, settlement patterns, and subsistence strategies are among the topics explored
- Early and Middle Archaic Research in Virginia: A Synthesis
(ASV No. 22) $28.00
- Touching on cultural diversity and continuity within the region, this book contains eight papers (presented in 1989) exploring chronology, subsistence, technology, and settlement patterns.
- Late Archaic and Early Woodland Resarch in Virginia: A
Synthesis (ASV No. 23) $28.00
- Eight papers (also from 1989) discuss various aspects of the formative transition in Virginia: material culture settlement patterns, paleoecology, ceramics, and subsistence. Virginia data is emphasized -- especially that gleaned from CRM reports.
- Middle and Late Woodland Research in Virginia: A Synthesis
(ASV No. 29) $28.00
- Ranging across Virginia from uplands to Tidewater, this book contains 11 papers presented in 1990. Economics, cultural diversification, and settlement organization are examined -- along with ceramics, fortifications, and mortuary viability.
Lithics and Tools
ASV No. 31, 12, and EC
- Clovis Technology in Virginia (ASV No. 31) $19.00
- This publication presents a comprehensive analysis of the McCary Fluted Point Survey. A brief history of the discovery of the Paleoindian Clovis point (and its importance to prehistory) is combined with statistical analyses of physical characteristics.
- Survey of Virginia Fluted Points (ASV No. 12) $31.00
- In December of 1946, the Quarterly Bulletin urged ASV members to help "...make a tabulation of Virginia Folsoms..." Over 40 years' worth of the late Dr. McCary's articles on fluted points, Paleoindian artifacts, and their excavations are gathered together here. Filled with detailed drawings.
- The Basics of Biface Knapping in the Eastern Fluted Point
Tradition: A Manual for Flintknappers and Lithic Analysis
(ASV No. EC) $20.00
- An enthusiastic primer on the manufacture of bifaces. The author discusses and debates fluting techniques while providing step-by-step illustrations of successful and unsuccessful executions. Includes a comprehensive bibliography.
ASV No. 17, 15, and 34
- A Guide to the Indentification of Virginia Projectile Points
(ASV No. 17) $20.00
- Chapters on lanceolate, notched, stemmed, and triangular points are included in this well-illustrated presentation on prehistoric points.
- Dictionary of terms for American Prehistoric Projectile Points
(ASV No. 15) $9.00
- Lithic technology and points from Adena to Yadkin are defined in this nearly pocket-size reference. Many illustrations of specific points.
- Prehistoric Axes, Celts, Bannerstones, and Other Large Tools in Virginia and Various States (ASV No. 34) $20.00
- Abraders and axes, celts and chisels, hammerstones and hoes -- all are among the 32 classes of prehistoric macrotools in this photo- filled publication. The author also discusses the human activities associated with these tools.