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Primitive Baptists of the Wiregrass South: 1815 to the Present

Writing with insight and sensitivity, Crowley navigates the history of this denomination through the 20th century and the emergence of at least twenty mutually exclusive factions of Primitive Baptists in this specific region of the Deep South.

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Children and Childhood in Bioarchaeology

Emphasizing a life course approach and developmental perspective, this volume’s interdisciplinary nature marks a paradigm shift in the way children of the past are studied. It points the way forward to a better understanding of childhood as a dynamic lived experience both physically and socially.  

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Jackie Cochran: Pilot in the Fastest Lane

This riveting story of Americas greatest woman pilot draws from previously unpublished information about Cochrans early years and her first marriage, and on her extensive correspondence with U.S. Presidents, Air Force generals, and business tycoons to

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Maya E Groups: Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Early Lowlands

This volume presents new archaeological data to reveal that E Groups were constructed earlier than previously thought. In fact, they are the earliest identifiable architectural plan at many Maya settlements. 

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Trees of Northern Florida

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Hernando de Soto and the Indians of Florida

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Race, Politics, and Governance in the United States

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The Archaeology of Contemporary America

This book provides a survey of contemporary archaeology in the United States, demonstrating the plurality of theoretical and methodological approaches that make this discipline in the US unique.

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Flora of Florida, Volume IV: Dicotyledons, Combretaceae through Amaranthaceae

This fourth volume of the <i>Flora of Florida</i> collection continues the definitive and comprehensive identification manual to the Sunshine State's 4,000 kinds of native and nonnative ferns and fern allies, nonflowering seed plants, and flowering seed plants. Volume IV contains the taxonomic treatments of 31 families of Florida's dicotyledons.