1. Uri A. Grunder
As a student I was asked to create a bibliography that reflects the person I am. What are listed below are
pieces of work that have greatly contributed to my perspective.
Adelman, L., Herbes-Sommers, C., Strain, T,.Smith, L. and Cheng, J. (2003). This was a series of movie
episodes dedicated to exploring the idea of race, its origins, and its implications. I first watched this in a
Physical Anthropology class and it became a cornerstone of much of my ideology towards race and its
social reality.
Andrefsky, W. (2006).Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis. This book was fantastic for
introducing me to some of the jargon used to describe lithics and their morphology – in particular
describing different stages of development. It was a book that shifted my attention to researching lithic
technology for a large part of my college career.
Angulo, G. (1995). The Life of Jaime de Angulo: The Old Coyote of Big Sur. This is a biography of a
linguistic anthropologist written by his daughter later in life. De Angulo was a linguistic anthropologist
who made substantial contributions to our knowledge of the Achuawmi people in California. He was a
very quirky and disturbed character who drew much attention in his time.
Angulo, J. (2003). Indian Tales. This book was a story of Northern California Native Americans that was
based on actual ethnographic detail with a great deal of de Angulo’s personal imagination. I’m no tsure
how I feel about the book as a product of its time, but it was worth while to read and hear a little more
about stories of Native California.
Baumhoff, M. A. (1957). An introduction to Yana archaeology. Until this point I had always thought that
although methods in archaeology were different in the past they still collected all pertinent data for
thurough analysis. After reading this document I realized that collecting animal remains was a
revolutionary idea at this time and that the collection method may have been skewed, valuing large
animal remains over small animal remains.
Brown, D. (1970). This book is a conglomeration of stories about the expansion of contemporary America
and the Native cost of that expansion. False treaties, massacres, and – maybe more importantly – stories
of successful resistance adorned this book which coagulated at the Battle of Wounded Knee. I was
influenced to see American history through a new light, wider than what a typical high school education
could provide.
Burger, O. et al (2005). The prey as patch model: optimal handling of resources with diminishing returns.
This article and the Yesner article were the first serious articles that looked at archaeology through the
lens of theory. As weird as that sounds, I had always thought that there were theory people and methods
people and the two didn’t ever have to cross. This was the first time that I had integrated theory into my
work and theory itself still doesn’t make sense to me.
Collins, G.E. (2010). Bone fragmentation as an indicator of subsistence stress in the north coast ranges
of California. This was a dissertation that I read to become familiar with bone grease analysis.
Specifically I was looking for a set of criteria that may have been developed that I could adopt. I was very
grateful to have found this document but I felt a little uncomprehending of the criteria it suggests and
need to revisit this piece.

2. Diamond, J. (2005). How societies in general may succumb to full collapse. This book explores five
fundamental reasons for societal collapse using examples like the Norse in Greenland. It was among the
first books that pulled me out of the bubble of false societal security and begged to compare my own
society against this five-point framework.
Farmer, J. (2010). Basketry Plants Used by Western American Indians, A book that I sought out after
taking the Ethnobotany seminar offered at Humboldt State University. I was interested in learning more
about how different plant materials can be treated and manipulated into a wide range of uses – focusing
on basketry. This is a great resource for a quick overview of utilized plants over a huge landscape.
Ferrow-Ferman, T. (2012).Personal Interview at the North West Anthropological Convention. Mrs. Ferro-
Ferman was the project coordinator (as I recall) of the Umatilla tribe. It was the first time I had
interviewed another person and a tribal person. I was very concerned because of the historical
relationships between natives and archetypes, I didn’t know what to expect. She was such a
pleasure to talk with, not only was our conversation very open and kind but she was very excited
to see students coming to her for information rather than gleening it from other anthro sources. It
was an interviewed that completely changed my thoughts about Native American and
Archaeologist relationships.
Felton, E. (1965). California’s Many Climates. An interesting book that I bought from a used book store
to brush up on the specific microclimates of California prior to attending a Zooarchaeological fieldschool.
It had great information of average temperatures and patterns of weather through time in specific
locations (generally large cities or well named areas).
Golla, V. (2010) California Indian Languages.This book came out as I was taking the Anthropological
Linguistics class with Professor Golla. It turned out to be a great aid for his class and made linguistics
much more interesting than I initially thought.
Hardesty, D. and Little, B. (2000).Assessing Site Significance. This is a comprehensive guide to the
assessment of archaeological sites based on the four national recognized criteria (A-D). It was a great
crutch as I entered the CRM world through the Cultural Resources Facility since I had not been
introduced to Thomas King’s work in the CRM class offered at Humboldt State.
Howorth, P. (1978). The Abalone Book. I became interested in how Abalone was harvested as I don’t
think the process has changed very much in 150 years. Prior to my first trip out I sought out as many
resources as I could, a little experimental archaeology was on my mind. This book was fantastic for
explaining where to be, what to be doing, and how to be searching for Abalone.
Hurst, T. (2001).Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, And The Battle For Native American
Identity. During my exposure to the social existence of race and the use of biological anthropology to
classify a corpse’s race, I came across this book and the loaded-ness of its content. This debate is essential
to me for becoming introduced to the contemporary political implications of anthropological publications.
Knapp, W. (2010).The New Atlatl and Dart Workbook.A book that helped me to understand the
complexity of making an Atlatl. Until I attempted to make a fully functioning Atlatl of my own, I did not
realize how much effort it would take to create one. It was fundamental in assisting other students in
building their own functional Atlatl.

3. Kroeber, T. (1961).Ishi: In Two Worlds. This was one of the first Native American novels told by an
Anthropologist type that I had a chance to read. A story about the “Last Wild Indian”, his cultural
differences, and the bonds shared between he and Mr. Kroeber as he left an imprint on history. I read this
during a Native American course that aimed to embolden certain stereotypes that make it into the
literature that founds our archeological/ethnographic expertise.
Lawrence, B. (1951). Part II: post-cranial skeletal characters of deer, pronghorn, and sheep-goat with
notes on bos and bison. I used this manual to help identify definitive characteristic of faunal remains
during a field class. Between contrasting the faunal remains from site and the comparison collection and
reading about minute differences between all the title claims I found a liking for Zooarchaeological study.
MacKinnon, A. (2004). The Making of South Africa: Culture and Politics. I fell in Love with my South
Africa: Race/Class/ Culture class. This book was the backbone of information for the class. It was
full of detached history prior to Portuguese contact and almost up to the present. Learning about
South African indigenous groups was so exciting to me that I am currently considering a teachers
life in South Africa.
Malinowski, B. (1939). The Group and the Individual in Functional Analysis. This was an article that I in
an anthropological theory book. I had always heard of the pioneer Malinowski but never
understood his contribution until now. His theory of Functionalism – the cultural response to
human need – is something I agree with very much and have imbedded in my own thinking.
Mda, Zakes (2001). Heart of Redness. This was a novel I got to read in the South African course
(mentioned in the MacKinnon citation). It was a novel written in a very different style than what I am
used to reading. It is valuable to me as a document that expanded my views of how a novel is written.
Peters, J. &Oritz, B. (2011). After the First Full Moon in April: A Sourcebook of Herbal Medicing from a
California Indian Elder. This was a book recommended for the Ethnobotany seminar at Humboldt State.
It’s a great resource for medicinal recipes and plant identification. I only wish the pictures were in color!
Platt, T. (2011). This book illustrates a history of archaeologist in California (with emphasis on Northern
California). It brings to light the unethical practices that dominated the field of Archaeology in the United
States since it became a science and reveals the attempts to stand up for ethical treatment of Native by
Natives. There are discussions of AIM and NAGPRA; however, I was disappointed that contemporary
efforts to change archaeological practices were not acknowledged.
Rapp, G. (1998). Geoarchaeology: The Earth-Science Approach to Archaeological Interpretation Ch. 1-
5. After getting into lithic technology I began to feel a great deal of subjectivity in the field of
archaeology and I wanted to integrate more into it. I wanted to bring in other fields of education like
Geology and Soils. I took classes in these during my academic career but nothing synthesized my desires
like this book. It was exactly what I wanted in my Life.
Redman, C. (2001). Human Impacts on Ancient Environments.During my first couple years of school I
had always thought that Paleo-Indian groups were great stewards of the land and that they mastered the
ability to live in balance. This book let me in on the flux of over-exploitation, habitat destruction, and
other problems that were observed from so long ago. It was kind of a shift to me to take down ancient
people and view them as just people who have the same difficulties that we’re dealing with (not quite the
same..).

4. Smiley, J. (2000).The Sagas of Icelanders. On my own time, I became fascinated with Icelandic religion
and migration. I sought out this book as well as linguistic books in hopes of learning more. Like
the Heart of Redness this book was written in a very different way than what I am used to
reading. I experienced similar effects to Mda’s book and declared that Iceland and the
archaeological study of the Norse were something that I could see myself doing for the rest of my
life.
White, L. (1949). Energy and the Evolution of Culture. I read this article in the same book as the
Malinowski citation. I was intrigued at the attempt of creating an equation that could create a
numerical value for cultural development – more specifically, levels of efficiency of energy
usage.
Whittaker, J. (1994). Flintknapping: Making & Understanding Stone Tools. A book I refer back to often
that introduced me to the concepts of Flintknapping. During a class I assisted in, this book was a
great resource for print outs that could be given to students during Flintknapping demonstrations.
Yesner, D.R. (1981). Archaeological applications of optimal foraging theory: harvest strategies of Aleut
hunter-gatherers.