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Digitalcommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Nebraska Anthropologist Anthropology, Department of 1971 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ABORIGINAL ARCHEOLOGY OF NEBRASKA Donald J. Blakeslee University of Nebraska, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebanthro Part of the Anthropology Commons Blakeslee, Donald J., "A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ABORIGINAL ARCHEOLOGY OF NEBRASKA" (1971). Nebraska Anthropologist. 127. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebanthro/127 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Anthropology, Department of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Nebraska Anthropologist by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Published in THE NEBRASKA ANTHROPOLOGIST, Volume 1 (1971). Published by the Anthropology Student Group, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ABORIGINAL ARCIIEOLOGY OF NEBRASKA DONALD J. BLAKESLEE UNIVERSITY OF NDBRASKA INTRODUCTION I have tried to make this Bibliography as complete as possible, including material from surrounding states pertinent to the archeological problems of Nebraska and references which pertain more to the history of Nebraska archeology than to its content. In compiling this list, I have used previous biblio­ graphies by Robert W. Neuman (1962b, 1968) and Jerome E. Petsche (1968) which deal in part with Nebraska archeology. ABBREVIATIONS USED AA American Antiquity Am Anth American Anthropologist AMNH American Museum of Natural History AR-NSBA Annual Report of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, Lincoln BAE-B Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletins, Washington BAE-AR Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports, Washington INQUA International Association for Quaternary Research IvIAC-NPS Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service NAS-P Nebraska Academy of Science, Proceedings, Lincoln NHM Nebraska History Magazine, Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society NPS-R National Park Service Report NSHS Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln PA Plains Anthropologist PACNL Plains Archeological Conference News Letter PISA Publications in Salvage Archeology, Smithsonian Institution, River Basin Surveys, Lincoln RBS River Basin Surveys, Smithsonian Institution SI Smithsonian Institution SI-AR Smithsonian Institution Annual Report SI-RBS­ Smithsonian Institution, River Basin Surveys, MBP-A Missouri Basin Project-Appraisal SMC Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections UNLA-NB University of Nebraska Laboratory of Anthropology, Notebook Series UNSM University of Nebraska State Museum UNSM-B University of Nebraska State Museum Bulletin USGS United States Geological Survey USNM-P United States National Museum-Proceedings UUAP University of Utah Archeological Papers American Antiquities Society of Omaha 1900 The Ancient Secret-History of Greater Omaha (How the Lost Arts Were Discovered -tne Restoration of the Ancient American Classical Literature). 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El Palacio, Vol. 33: 151. 1 Anonymous 1933a Another Clue from Nebraska. HI Palacio, Vol. 35: 8-9. 1933b A Small Stone Tool That May Indicate the Presence of ~!an in Ameri ca before the Las tel aci al Advance. illuseum News, Vol. 10, No. 20: 3. Anonymous 1936 Evidence Tending to Show That j,lan Exis ted in No rth America before the Ice Age. Science, N. S., Vol. 83, No. 2144, Supplement: 7. Anonymous 1951 Field Work for the 1951 Season (Missouri Valley). PACNL, Vol. 4, ~o. 1. Anonymous 19S2 1952 Field Season Plans. PAC:..JL, Vol. 5, No.1. Antevs, Ernst 1935 The Spre ad of Abori ginal ]I\an in North Ameri ca. Geographical Review. Vol. 25: 302- 309. 1947 Pleistocene Geology. New York: MacMillan and Co . .An tis del, Don 1960 The Scottsbluff Site. Iowa Archeological Society, ;·f 0 r t 11 we s t C11 apt e r l~ e ws 1ette r, Vol. 8, No. 6: 7 - 8 . 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