This book was not helpful to me at all. Matson and Coupland left out many of the major archaeology sites from the Pacific Northwest. They wrote in a technical style which if you had little to no background information this book would not help you to understand. They also wrote insignifigant background information about the site(s) being discussed. Over all this book should be used for information on the archaeology of southern Vancouver B.C. For better information on Pacific Northwest Archaeology you should check out the book "Peoples of the Northwest Coast: Their archaeology and Prehistory" by Ames and Maschner

This book was not helpful to me at all. Matson and Coupland left out many of the major archaeology sites in the Pacific Northwest. They wrote in a very technical style so if you had little to no background information it was very hard to understand. They also tended to write background information about things that were insignifigant to the site(s)being discussed. The reading didn't seem to flow well. Over all I think the book should have mainly be used for information on archaeology sites in the South region of Vancouver B.C.

This has to be the worst book I have ever read on Peru. The author channels an inka mummy while in the gold museum in lima. This might have been interesting but for the totally bogus bunk that he claims the mummy tells him. For example the story about how the mummy was named by his parents. It was the practice of his tribe for the father to name the baby after the first thing that he sees upon leaving the birth hut, for the mummy green parrot, but his poor brother got the name DOGGY DOODOO, makes one think of the joke about Two Dogs F**king. It goes down hill from there. Futhermore the photos are of the poorest quality.