Archaeology Copper And Complexity In The Middle Atlantic Region

Author : Gregory Denis Lattanzi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781793619327

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Archaeology, Copper, and Complexity in the Middle Atlantic Region by Gregory Denis Lattanzi Pdf

For the prehistoric people of the Middle Atlantic region, copper held a fascination higher than rank, achievement, or status. Native copper artifacts, along with other exotic objects, were seen as a conduit or connection between the living and the dead and were used in burial. Other studies have viewed the use of such artifacts in burials as indicative of an individual’s status and rank, providing evidence for complex society. In Archaeology, Copper, and Complexity, Gregory Denis Lattanzi contends that such economic explanations should be rethought, arguing that the presence of highly exotic artifacts like copper beads and gorgets could be representative of the different mechanisms at play within prehistoric ideology, ceremonialism, and ritual.

Author : Heather A. Wholey,Carole L. Nash
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442228764

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Middle Atlantic Prehistory by Heather A. Wholey,Carole L. Nash Pdf

Regional identities and practices are often debated in American archaeology, but Middle Atlantic prehistorians have largely refrained from such discussions, focusing instead on creating chronologies and studying socio-political evolution from the perspective of sub-regions. What is Middle Atlantic prehistoric archaeology? What are the questions and methods that identify our practice in this region or connect research in our region to larger anthropological themes? Middle Atlantic Prehistory: Foundations and Practice provides a basic survey of Middle Atlantic prehistoric archaeology and serves as an important reference for situating the development of Middle Atlantic prehistoric archaeology within the present context of culture area studies. This edited volume is a regional, historic overview of important themes, topics, and approaches in Middle Atlantic prehistory; covering major practical and theoretical debates and controversies in the region and in the discipline. Each chapter is holistic in its review of the historical development of a particular theme, in evaluating its contributions to current scholarship, and in proposing future directions for productive scholarly work. Contributing authors represent the full range of professional practice in archaeology and include university professors, cultural resources professionals, government regulatory/review archaeologists and museums curators with many years of practical and theoretical immersion in his/her chapter topic, and is highly regarded in the discipline and in the region for their expertise. Middle Atlantic Prehistory provides a much-needed synthesis and historical overview for academic and cultural resource archaeologists and independent scholars working in the Middle Atlantic region in particular.

Author : John R. Halsey
Publisher : U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780915703890

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Prehistoric Copper Mining in Michigan by John R. Halsey Pdf

Isle Royale and the counties that line the northwest coast of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are called Copper Country because of the rich deposits of native copper there. In the nineteenth century, explorers and miners discovered evidence of prehistoric copper mining in this region. They used those “ancient diggings” as a guide to establishing their own, much larger mines, and in the process, destroyed the archaeological record left by the prehistoric miners. Using mining reports, newspaper accounts, personal letters, and other sources, this book reconstructs what these nineteenth-century discoverers found, how they interpreted the material remains of prehistoric activity, and what they did with the stone, wood, and copper tools they found at the prehistoric sites. “This volume represents an exhaustive compilation of the early written and published accounts of mines and mining in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It will prove a valuable resource to current and future scholars. Through these early historic accounts of prospectors and miners, Halsey provides a vivid picture of what once could be seen.” —John M. O’Shea, curator of Great Lakes Archaeology, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

Author : Kurt W. Carr,C. Bergman,Christina B. Rieth,Roger W. Moeller,Bernard K. Means
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 9780812250787

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The Archaeology of Native Americans in Pennsylvania by Kurt W. Carr,C. Bergman,Christina B. Rieth,Roger W. Moeller,Bernard K. Means Pdf

The Archaeology of Native Americans in Pennsylvania is the definitive reference to the rich artifacts representing 14,000 years of cultural evolution and includes environmental studies, descriptions and illustrations of artifacts and features, settlement pattern studies, and recommendations for directions of further research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : America
ISBN : WISC:89082418161

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Archaeology of Eastern North America by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bernard K. Means
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817357184

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Shovel Ready by Bernard K. Means Pdf

Beginning in March 1933 with the excavation of the Marksville mound site in Louisiana, and throughout the next decade, ordinary citizens labored in New Deal jobs programs and participated in archaeological excavations across the United States. Under the auspices of work relief programs, people were provided the opportunity to explore and document American Indian villages and mounds, important historic places, and homes associated with events and people critical to the foundation of the country.

Author : Timothy G. Baugh,Jonathon E. Ericson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781475762310

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Prehistoric Exchange Systems in North America by Timothy G. Baugh,Jonathon E. Ericson Pdf

In this unique volume, archaeologists examine the changing economic structure of trade in North America over a period of 6,000 years. Organined by geographical and chronological divisions, each chapter focuses on trade in one of nine regions from the Arachiac through the late prehistoric period. Each contribution explores neighboring areas to llustrate the complexity of North American exchange. By charting the econmic structure of these regions, archaeologists, economic anthropologists, and economic geographers gain greater insight into the dynamics of North American trade and exchange on a continental wide basis.

Author : Kenneth R. Holyoke,M. Gabriel Hrynick
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780776629667

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The Far Northeast by Kenneth R. Holyoke,M. Gabriel Hrynick Pdf

The Far Northeast: 3000 BP to Contact is the first volume to synthesize archaeological research from across Atlantic Canada and northern New England for the period spanning from 3000 years ago to European contact. Recently, notions of the “Woodland period” in the broader Northeast have drawn scrutiny from experts due to increasing awareness that its hallmarks—such as horticulture, village formation, mortuary ceremonialism, and the advent of various technologies—appear to be less synchronous than once thought. By paying particular attention to the Far Northeast and its unique (yet sometimes marginal) position in Woodland discourse, this work offers a much-needed in-depth look at one of the best-documented cases of hunter-gatherer persistence and adaptation at the eve of European contact. Penned by academic, government, and cultural-resource-management archaeologists, the seventeen chapters in The Far Northeast: 3000 BP to Contact draw on decades of research in considering this period, both in terms of variability within the region, and integration with broader cultural patterns in the Northeast and beyond. Published in English.

Author : Heather A. Wholey,Carole L. Nash
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-10
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 1538158493

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Middle Atlantic Prehistory by Heather A. Wholey,Carole L. Nash Pdf

This edited volume is comprised of individual chapters on topics foundational to the theory and practice of prehistoric archaeology in the Middle Atlantic region, but that also transcend regional scholarship and culture area research.

Author : R. Barry Lewis
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813185354

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Kentucky Archaeology by R. Barry Lewis Pdf

Kentucky's rich archaeological heritage spans thousands of years, and the Commonwealth remains fertile ground for study of the people who inhabited the midcontinent before, during, and after European settlement. This long-awaited volume brings together the most recent research on Kentucky's prehistory and early history, presenting both an accurate descriptive and an authoritative interpretation of Kentucky's past. The book is arranged chronologically—from the Ice Age to modern times, when issues of preservation and conservation have overtaken questions of identification and classification. For each time slice of Kentucky's past, the contributors describe typical communities and settlement patterns, major changes from previous cultural periods, the nature of the economy and subsistence, artifacts, the general health and characteristics of the people, and regional cultural differences. Sites discussed include the Green River shell mounds, the Central Kentucky Adena mounds and enclosures, Eastern Kentucky rockshelters, the important Wickliffe site at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, Fort Ancient culture villages, and the fortified towns of the Mississippian period in Western Kentucky. The authors draw from a wealth of unpublished material and offer the detailed insights and perspectives of specialists who have focused much of their professional careers on the scientific investigation of Kentucky's prehistory. The book's many graphic elements—maps, artifact drawings, photographs, and village plans—combined with a straightforward and readable text, provide a format that will appeal to the general reader as well as to students and specialists in other fields who wish to learn more about Kentucky's archaeology.

Author : Laura Perucchetti
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784916152

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Physical Barriers, Cultural Connections: A Reconsideration of the Metal Flow at the Beginning of the Metal Age in the Alps by Laura Perucchetti Pdf

This book considers the early copper and copper-alloy metallurgy of the entire Circum- Alpine region. It introduces a new approach to the interpretation of chemical composition data sets, which has been applied to a comprehensive regional database for the first time.

Author : Karine Taché
Publisher : U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780915703746

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Structure and Regional Diversity in the Meadowood Interaction Sphere by Karine Taché Pdf

Author : Jay F. Custer
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 0874132851

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Late Woodland Cultures of the Middle Atlantic Region by Jay F. Custer Pdf

Provides a comparative overview of the late prehistoric cultures that lived in the Middle Atlantic region between A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1600. Regional specialists address issues regarding social complexity, community pattering and organization, social organizations, subsistence (especially the use of agriculture), warfare, and use of storage.

Author : Robert Chapman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1990-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780521232074

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Emerging Complexity by Robert Chapman Pdf

At the heart of Emerging Complexity is the thesis that complex societies developed independently during the Copper and Bronze Ages in south-east Spain.

Author : Arthur Bernard Knapp
Publisher : Coronet Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032338357

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Copper Production and Divine Protection by Arthur Bernard Knapp Pdf