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The agate basin site. A record of the Paleoindian occupation of the Northwestern High Plainsst]Edited by G. C. Frison and D. J. Stanford. Academic Press, New York, 1982, 403 pp.
QUATERNARY
RESEARCH
20, 253 (1983)
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED Uranium vironmental
Series Disequilibrium. Problems. Edited
R. S. Harmon. (Clarendon).
Applications
to En-
by M. Ivanovich and London, 1982, 571 pp.
The use of the natural disequilibrium between 234U and 238U has become a standard “tool” for geochemists, providing an additional technique for dating recent and Quatemary events. This collection of invited discussions presents the theory, analytical methodology, and applications of U-Series Disequilibrium. The central areas of application include dating of speleothems, igneous rocks, archeological materials, and groundwater, tracing U- and Th-series nuclides in rivers, exploring for uranium-ore deposits, and unraveling the late Pleistocene climatic and sea-land history. Diagenesis
in Sediments
and Sedimentary
Rocks,
To study the local style of land use prior to the development of the Gates of the Arctic National Park, the authors lived with the people of the Koyukuk River area and observed the subsistence pattern of the central Brooks Range. A detailed description of traditional Koyukon Athabaskan and Nunamiut Eskimo lifeways and the effects of “white” contact are presented.
2.
Edited by G. Larsen and G. Chilingar. Elsevier, New York, 1983, 572 pp. With the development of plate-tectonic concepts. expanded programs of deep-sea drilling, and intensive exploration by petroleum geologists, our knowledge of sediments and sedimentary rocks has increased at a rapid pace. This edition introduces a host of recent developments in analytical technique and presents our current understanding of the diagenesis of argillaceous sediments, deep-sea carbonates, and iron-rich ores. Burial diagenesis and incipient metamorphism of clastics and recent insights into dolomitization are also discussed.
A Portrayal
of Koyukon
Responses
of the Natural
J. Ford. Allen
& Unwin,
London, 1982, 190 pp. In recent years, our global climate has become less equable. This deterioration has been accompanied by greater frequency of extreme heat and cold, and the destructive occurrences of flood and drought. This trend is examined in the context of longer-term climate change and its effects on plant and animal communities. Although the magnitude of climatic change this century is relatively small. the author argues that its effects on biotic systems may be disproportionately large. Human disruption of natural habitats is also highlighted.
The Agate Basin site, the type locality of the Agate Basin cultural complex, is a Paleo-Indian settlement of unusual size and complexity. The contributors to this site report come from a variety of disciplines and their investigations seek to reconstruct the paleoecology of the High Plains and its effects on human behavior. The report presents detailed descriptions of archeological aspects of the site (including bone, antler, and lithic technology), a taphonomic treatment of the fauna1 remains, paleoecological studies (geology, soils, palynology), and a concluding chapter on PaleoIndian lifeways. in the Wildland. Subsistence.
This work, the product of a 1979 symposium held in Burg Wartenstein, Austria, focuses on the unglaciated Arctic during the last Ice Age, and the enigma surrounding the evidence of comparatively abundant mammal life during a time (45,000-l 1,000 yr B.P.) of depauperate vegetation. To resolve this paradox, the organizers of the symposium invited the core of Beringian researchers and a community of specialists to shed light on the special ecological conditions that prevailed there during the Middle to Late Pleistocene. Climatologists, ecologists, range-management analysts, and ethnologists contributed to the discussion of the paleoecology of Beringia. The Changing Climate. Flora and Fauna. M.
The Agate Basin Site. A record of the Paleoindian Occupation of the Northwestern High Plains. Edited by G. C. Frison and D. .I. Stanford. Academic Press, New York, 1982, 403 pp.
Tracks Nunamiut
ofBeringia. Edited by D. M. Hopkins, J. V. Matthews, Jr., C. E. Schweger, and S. B. Young. Academic Press, New York. 1982, 489 pp.
Paleoecoiogy
Geomorphological
and V. Gardiner. 254 pp.
Field
Manual.
Alien & Unwin,
R. V. Dackombe London, 1983.
Intended to standardize field-data collection and to refamiliarize geomorphologists with a full range of field procedures, this concise manual presents the basic field techniques for study in a variety of geomorphic settings. In addition to introductory comments on general topographic and geological surveying, field methods for fluvial, glacial, aeolian. and coastal geomorphology are emphasized.
and
R. K. Nelson K. H. Mantner. and G. R. Bane. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1982, 465 pp. 253
0033-5894183 $3.00 Copyright @ 1983 by the University of Washington. AU rights of reproduction in any form reserved.
RESEARCH
20, 253 (1983)
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED Uranium vironmental
Series Disequilibrium. Problems. Edited
R. S. Harmon. (Clarendon).
Applications
to En-
by M. Ivanovich and London, 1982, 571 pp.
The use of the natural disequilibrium between 234U and 238U has become a standard “tool” for geochemists, providing an additional technique for dating recent and Quatemary events. This collection of invited discussions presents the theory, analytical methodology, and applications of U-Series Disequilibrium. The central areas of application include dating of speleothems, igneous rocks, archeological materials, and groundwater, tracing U- and Th-series nuclides in rivers, exploring for uranium-ore deposits, and unraveling the late Pleistocene climatic and sea-land history. Diagenesis
in Sediments
and Sedimentary
Rocks,
To study the local style of land use prior to the development of the Gates of the Arctic National Park, the authors lived with the people of the Koyukuk River area and observed the subsistence pattern of the central Brooks Range. A detailed description of traditional Koyukon Athabaskan and Nunamiut Eskimo lifeways and the effects of “white” contact are presented.
2.
Edited by G. Larsen and G. Chilingar. Elsevier, New York, 1983, 572 pp. With the development of plate-tectonic concepts. expanded programs of deep-sea drilling, and intensive exploration by petroleum geologists, our knowledge of sediments and sedimentary rocks has increased at a rapid pace. This edition introduces a host of recent developments in analytical technique and presents our current understanding of the diagenesis of argillaceous sediments, deep-sea carbonates, and iron-rich ores. Burial diagenesis and incipient metamorphism of clastics and recent insights into dolomitization are also discussed.
A Portrayal
of Koyukon
Responses
of the Natural
J. Ford. Allen
& Unwin,
London, 1982, 190 pp. In recent years, our global climate has become less equable. This deterioration has been accompanied by greater frequency of extreme heat and cold, and the destructive occurrences of flood and drought. This trend is examined in the context of longer-term climate change and its effects on plant and animal communities. Although the magnitude of climatic change this century is relatively small. the author argues that its effects on biotic systems may be disproportionately large. Human disruption of natural habitats is also highlighted.
The Agate Basin site, the type locality of the Agate Basin cultural complex, is a Paleo-Indian settlement of unusual size and complexity. The contributors to this site report come from a variety of disciplines and their investigations seek to reconstruct the paleoecology of the High Plains and its effects on human behavior. The report presents detailed descriptions of archeological aspects of the site (including bone, antler, and lithic technology), a taphonomic treatment of the fauna1 remains, paleoecological studies (geology, soils, palynology), and a concluding chapter on PaleoIndian lifeways. in the Wildland. Subsistence.
This work, the product of a 1979 symposium held in Burg Wartenstein, Austria, focuses on the unglaciated Arctic during the last Ice Age, and the enigma surrounding the evidence of comparatively abundant mammal life during a time (45,000-l 1,000 yr B.P.) of depauperate vegetation. To resolve this paradox, the organizers of the symposium invited the core of Beringian researchers and a community of specialists to shed light on the special ecological conditions that prevailed there during the Middle to Late Pleistocene. Climatologists, ecologists, range-management analysts, and ethnologists contributed to the discussion of the paleoecology of Beringia. The Changing Climate. Flora and Fauna. M.
The Agate Basin Site. A record of the Paleoindian Occupation of the Northwestern High Plains. Edited by G. C. Frison and D. .I. Stanford. Academic Press, New York, 1982, 403 pp.
Tracks Nunamiut
ofBeringia. Edited by D. M. Hopkins, J. V. Matthews, Jr., C. E. Schweger, and S. B. Young. Academic Press, New York. 1982, 489 pp.
Paleoecoiogy
Geomorphological
and V. Gardiner. 254 pp.
Field
Manual.
Alien & Unwin,
R. V. Dackombe London, 1983.
Intended to standardize field-data collection and to refamiliarize geomorphologists with a full range of field procedures, this concise manual presents the basic field techniques for study in a variety of geomorphic settings. In addition to introductory comments on general topographic and geological surveying, field methods for fluvial, glacial, aeolian. and coastal geomorphology are emphasized.
and
R. K. Nelson K. H. Mantner. and G. R. Bane. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1982, 465 pp. 253
0033-5894183 $3.00 Copyright @ 1983 by the University of Washington. AU rights of reproduction in any form reserved.