On Solid Ground: Memoirs of a Texas Geologist

Signed and dated by author Virgil Barnes on title page with inscription to the late astronomer Eugene Shoemaker (co-discoverer of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9).📖

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Archaeological Explorations in Peru Part I and II

Offer includes both Part I (Ancient Pottery from Trujillo; 1926) and Part II (The Northern Coast; 1930). 1st Ed. Reports on Kroeber’s archaeological investigations along the central and southern coasts of Peru in the 1920s. Well illustrated with b/w photos and line drawings of project work and artifacts.

Culture Element Distributions: VIII The Reliability of Culture Element Data

Near Fine 1st Ed. (1938); unique in that it was 1 of only 25 copies printed on 100% rag paper, with label on front to that effect. One of the earliest of the long-running “Culture Element Distributions” series from the University of California.📚

From Folsom to Fogelson: The Cultural Resources Inventory Survey of Pecos National Historical Park

This is a substantial 2-volume set of an intensive archaeological survey of Pecos National Historic Park, back when federal money was available for some Parks to do a 100% or large sample survey. Not so much of that kind of cash lying around these days. A good price for the set.📚