Kenneth L Feder
Biographic Data
| ID | 282374 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth L Feder |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth L |
| FAMILY NAME | Feder |
| SIGNATURE | FEDER K L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Connecticut State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Native America
An epic deep history of the Indigenous peoples of North America, covering more than 20,000 years of astonishing diversity, adaptation, resilience, and continuity Native America presents an infinitely surprising and fascinating deep history of the continent’s Indigenous peoples. Kenneth Feder, a leading expert on Native American history and archaeology, draws on archaeological, historical, and cultural evidence to tell the ongoing story, more than…
Native America
Native America
Crusading against straw men
Judith: Well, why do you want to be Loretta, Stan? Loretta: I want to have babies. Reg: You want to have babies?! Loretta: It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them. Reg: But ... you can
The Spanish Entrada
The vast majority of evidence marshaled by those who support scenarios of the pre-Columbus, pre-Viking discovery, exploration, and settlement of the New World has been epigraphic. Virtually no archaeological evidence has been presented in support of such claims. Here, the historically documented, early sixteenth-century Spanish exploration of the American Southeast is used as a model for the kind of archaeological evidence to be expected for such…
On Folk Archaeology in Anthropological Perspective
Irrationality and Popular Archaeology
An important aspect of archaeology is communicating the significance of data and research results to a fascinated, although often uninformed public. However, on the basis of book sales, newspaper coverage, television programming, and film presentations, it would seem that the public is inordinately fascinated by the more extreme, speculative, and often pseudoscientific claims made by those purporting to use archaeological data. Through questionna…
Waste Not, Want Not—Differential Lithic Utilization and Efficiency of Use
Prehistoric people utilized different lithic raw materials differently. The differential “efficiency of use” as measured by average debitage flake weight and average percentage of flake edge retouched should differ as a function of raw materials' value. Value is a product of inherent qualities in the stone including ease of flake production and edge characteristics. Value is also a function of the labor input necessary for a material's procuremen…
Combating "Creationists" in the Schools
Crusading against straw men
Judith: Well, why do you want to be Loretta, Stan? Loretta: I want to have babies. Reg: You want to have babies?! Loretta: It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them. Reg: But ... you can
Waste Not, Want Not—Differential Lithic Utilization and Efficiency of Use
Prehistoric people utilized different lithic raw materials differently. The differential “efficiency of use” as measured by average debitage flake weight and average percentage of flake edge retouched should differ as a function of raw materials' value. Value is a product of inherent qualities in the stone including ease of flake production and edge characteristics. Value is also a function of the labor input necessary for a material's procuremen…
Irrationality and Popular Archaeology
An important aspect of archaeology is communicating the significance of data and research results to a fascinated, although often uninformed public. However, on the basis of book sales, newspaper coverage, television programming, and film presentations, it would seem that the public is inordinately fascinated by the more extreme, speculative, and often pseudoscientific claims made by those purporting to use archaeological data. Through questionna…
Combating "Creationists" in the Schools
Waste Not, Want Not—Differential Lithic Utilization and Efficiency of Use
Prehistoric people utilized different lithic raw materials differently. The differential “efficiency of use” as measured by average debitage flake weight and average percentage of flake edge retouched should differ as a function of raw materials' value. Value is a product of inherent qualities in the stone including ease of flake production and edge characteristics. Value is also a function of the labor input necessary for a material's procuremen…
Irrationality and Popular Archaeology
An important aspect of archaeology is communicating the significance of data and research results to a fascinated, although often uninformed public. However, on the basis of book sales, newspaper coverage, television programming, and film presentations, it would seem that the public is inordinately fascinated by the more extreme, speculative, and often pseudoscientific claims made by those purporting to use archaeological data. Through questionna…
On Folk Archaeology in Anthropological Perspective
The Spanish Entrada
The vast majority of evidence marshaled by those who support scenarios of the pre-Columbus, pre-Viking discovery, exploration, and settlement of the New World has been epigraphic. Virtually no archaeological evidence has been presented in support of such claims. Here, the historically documented, early sixteenth-century Spanish exploration of the American Southeast is used as a model for the kind of archaeological evidence to be expected for such…
Crusading against straw men
Judith: Well, why do you want to be Loretta, Stan? Loretta: I want to have babies. Reg: You want to have babies?! Loretta: It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them. Reg: But ... you can
Native America
An epic deep history of the Indigenous peoples of North America, covering more than 20,000 years of astonishing diversity, adaptation, resilience, and continuity Native America presents an infinitely surprising and fascinating deep history of the continent’s Indigenous peoples. Kenneth Feder, a leading expert on Native American history and archaeology, draws on archaeological, historical, and cultural evidence to tell the ongoing story, more than…
Native America
Native America
Archaeology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (2 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (2 works) · Arctic (2 works)