Author: Charles Edward BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
The Wisconsin Archeologist
Author: Charles Edward BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
The Wisconsin archeologist
Author: Publications in Archeology
Author: Miskwabik, Metal of Ritual
Author: Amelia M. TrevelyanPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813188296
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Miskwabik, Metal of Ritual examines the thousands of beautiful and intricate ritual works of art—from ceremonial weaponry to delicate copper pendants and ear ornaments—created in eastern North America before the arrival of Europeans. The first comprehensive examination of this 3,000-year-old metallurgical tradition, the book provides unique insight into the motivation of the artisans and the significance of these objects, and highlights the brilliance and sophistication of the early civilizations of the Americas.Comparing the ritual architecture and metallurgy of the original Americans with the ethnological record, Amelia M. Trevelyan begins to unravel the mystery of the significance of the objects as well as their special functions within the societies that created them. The book includes dozens of striking color and black and white photographs.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1480
Book Description
The Stone Age in North America
Author: Warren K. MooreheadPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3846058157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1910.
The Stone Age in North America
Author: Warren K. MooreheadHero, Hawk, and Open Hand
Author: Richard F. TownsendPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300106017
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Along the Ohio, Tennessee, and Mississippi Rivers, the archaeological remains of earthen pyramids, plazas, large communities, and works of art and artifacts testify to Native American civilizations that thrived there between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 1500. This fascinating book presents exciting new information on the art and cultures of these ancient peoples and features hundreds of gorgeous photographs of important artworks, artifacts, and ritual objects excavated from Amerindian archaeological sites. Drawing on excavation findings and extensive research, the contributors to the book document a succession of distinct ancient populations in the pre-Columbian world of the American Midwest and Southeast. A team of interdisciplinary scholars examines the connections between archaeological remains of different regions and the themes, forms, and rituals that continue in specific tribes of today. The book also includes the personal reflections of contemporary Native Americans who discuss their perspectives on the significance of the fascinating and beautiful prehistoric artifacts as well as their own cultural practices today.
Transactions of the Utah Academy of Sciences
Author: Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and LettersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The Dash Reeves Site
Author: Andrew C. FortierPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252070198
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
This newest addition to the American Bottom Archaeology series reports on the Dash Reeves site, an extensive Middle Woodland habitation site that represents a major floodplain village and locality for the production of stone tools. The village area consists of clusters of pits and a dense refuse heap containing hundreds of diagnostic Middle Woodlands artifacts: an extensive collection of lamellar blades and blade cores, projectile points, Hill Lake ceramics, a diversity of flake, blade, and core tools, and several exotic Hopewell-like pieces, including earspool and human figurine fragments. Inhabited between 150 A.D. and 300 A.D., during the Hill Lake phase, Dash Reeves appears to have been an important locus of interaction with peoples far to the south. The production of blades at Dash Reeves, especially those made of local colorful red and blue Ste. Genevieve cherts, possibly served as the focal point of a far-reaching blade-exchange system in the Midwest. America, the American Bottom Archaeology series documents the excavation of sites affected by the construction of Interstate Highway 270 on the Mississippi River floodplain in Illinois counties across the river from St. Louis. The series is cosponsored by the Federal Highway Administration and the Illinois Department of Transportation. Volumes on individual sites are supplemented by a summary volume on the FAI-270 Project's contribution to the culture history of the Mississippi River Valley.