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A World Engraved: Archaeology of the Swift Creek Culture. Mark Williams and Daniel T. Elliott, editors. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, xvi + 356 pp., 72 figures, 25 tables, references cited, index. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8713-0912-8.

Interpretive quibbles notwithstanding, this volume is a major contribution to the literature of Eastern Woodlands prehistory. Daniel's thorough and thoughtful analysis of the flaked stone assemblage will be a benchmark for early Holocene archaeology for generations. The writing is straightforward and polished, the transitions between chapters virtually seamless. Tables, graphs, and photos are uniformly elucidating. Students of southeastern U.S. prehistory should consider this required reading; others interested in lithic technology and hunter-gatherer settlement will be rewarded with a great deal of comparative material.