The Nazca Lines: A New Perspective on their Origin and Meaning. Johan Reinhard. editorial los pinos, lima, peru, 1985. 64 pp., illustrations, biblio. (first edition). no price given (paper).

The Prufer and Long volume contains descriptions of the House (33Po26-29) and Lukens Hill (33Pol80) sites in Portage County, Ohio, and a comparison of these upland knoll sites with the previously reported McKibben site (33Tr57) located on the first terrace of the Mahoning River in Trumbull County. The objective of the study is to explore questions of Archaic settlement pattern, chipped stone technology, and general cultural trends. Based on an analysis of the aforementioned sites and regional survey data, the authors conclude that territorially parochial populations living in nonseasonal, nonspecialized river valley base camps and utilizing transient camps in the uplands persisted nearly unchanged throughout the Archaic other than possibly increasing in number. Seeman's volume on the Muskingum County Locust site describes the results of the test excavation of a .2 ha site on a low terrace of the Licking River aimed at determining the site's National Register eligibility. While Middle and Late Woodland occupations were indicated by diagnostic artifacts on the surface and in the plow zone, information from approximately 20 pit features suggests to Seeman that the major components at the site are late Early Woodland and Late Woodland, the latter being the most intensive. Interestingly, radiocarbon dates from pits containing Late Woodland ceramics fall in the early thirteenth century A.D. The dates, along with the site's small size and the nature of the artifact assemblage (including archaeobotanical and faunal remains), lead Seeman to conclude that this component is a specialized seasonal element of a larger settlement system which may represent the continuation of the Late Woodland in this region several hundred years after Fort Ancient systems have appeared in other parts of the Middle Ohio area. Both volumes are welcome additions to the impoverished literature on Ohio archaeology and promise to stimulate renewed research and writing on questions of cultural change in the poorly known east-central and northeastern regions of the state. The Nazca Lines: A New Perspective on Their Origin and Meaning. JOHAN REINHARD. Editorial Los Pinos, Lima, Peru, 1985. 64 pp., illustrations, biblio. (First edition). No price given (paper).