Educational Publications

Kentuckians Before Boone

By A. Gwynn Henderson

This book describes the lives of one Native American family in central Kentucky in the year 1585. Fishes-With-Hands, his wife She-Who-Watches, and their family grind corn, make cooking pots, and build their homes while in their summer village. In autumn, they attend the funeral and mourning feast of Masked-Eyes. Then they move to their winter hunting camp, where they process nuts, make arrows, and hunt and butcher animals in preparation for the winter. Readers will soon realize that their lives and experiences in many ways parallel those of this family from Kentucky's not-so-distant past.

$4.50 from The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington

Slack Farm and the Caborn-Welborn People

By David Pollack, Cheryl Ann Munson, and A. Gwynn Henderson

Drawing upon the results of the archaeological investigations that followed the 1987 looting of the Slack Farm site in Union County, Kentucky, the authors characterize Caborn-Welborn (A.D. 1400-1700) society. Information is provided on Caborn-Welborn settlements, houses, women and men's roles, social organization, foodways, trade, and health. This 32 page booklet includes photographs and drawings of artifacts and artist reconstructions of different aspects of Caborn-Welborn settlement patterns and lifeways.

Educational Series Number One

$5.00 from the Kentucky Archaeological Survey.ORDER

Mute Stones Speak: Archaic Lifeways of the Encarpment Region in Jackson County, Kentucky

By William E. Sharp and A. Gwynn Henderson

The focus of this booklet is an Early Archaic ( 8,000-6,000 B.C.) camp in Jackson County. In addition to describing the results of the archaeological research conducted at this site, the authors describe how archaeologists study chipped stone tools and reconstruct how these tools were made. This 16 page booklet includes is well illustrated and includes two artist reconstructions of Early Archaic lifeways.

Educational Series Number Two, Prepared in cooperataion with the U.S. Forest Service.

$3.00 from the Kentucky Archaeological Survey.ORDER

Prehistoric Hunters and Gathers: Kentucky's First Pioneers

By Leon Lane, Eric Schlarb, and A. Gwynn Henderson

This book describes how the very first people colonized and settled Kentucky at the end of the Ice Age, between 11,500 and 8,000 years ago. This 16 page booklet includes is well illustrated and includes an artist reconstruction of Paleoindian lifeways.

Educational Series Number Three

$3.00 from the Kentucky Archaeological Survey.ORDER

Forest, Forest Fires, & Their Makers: The Story of Cliff Place Pond, Jackson County, Kentucky

By Paul A. Delcourt, Hazel R. Delcourt, Cecil R. Ison, and A. Gwynn Henderson

This book examines the role of fire in the lives of Kentucky's earliest residents. Through the careful analysis of pond sediments and archaeological data, the authors' show that through their use of fire, Native Americans had an impact on the forests of Eastern Kentucky. The Cliff Place Pond story challenges forever our view of the "virgin" forest primeval. This 28 page booklet is well illustrated.

Educational Series Number Four, Prepared in cooperataion with the U.S. Forest Service.

$5.00 from the Kentucky Archaeological Survey.ORDER

Taming Yellow Creek: Alexander Arthur, the Yellow Creek Canal & Middlesborough, Kentucky County, Kentucky

By Maria Campbell Brent

This book presents Alexander Arthur's attempts to build a modern city in the mountains of Bell County in the late 1800s. This 32 page booklet is well illustrated.

Educational Series Number Five, Prepared in cooperataion with the Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.

$5.00 from the Kentucky Archaeological Survey.ORDER

Bringing the Past into the Future: The Reconstruction of the Detached Kitchen at Riverside

By Patti Linn and M. Jay Stottman

This book describes the discovery, reconstruction, and interpretation of this Louisville farm's first (around the late 1830s) detached kitchen. This 32 page booklet is well illustrated.

Educational Series Number Six, Prepared in cooperataion with the Riverside: The Farnsley-Moremen Landing.

$5.00 from the Kentucky Archaeological Survey.ORDER

Hunters and Gatherers of the Green River Valley

This book summarizes and interprets 100 years of research on the shell middens of the Green River valley. Twenty-three of these sites are National Historic Landmarks.This 32 page booklet is well illustrated.

Educational Series Number Seven, Prepared in cooperation with William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology and with support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services

$5.00 from the Kentucky Archaeological Survey.ORDER