The Swift Creek gift : vessel exchange on the Atlantic Coast /
A unique dataset for studying past social interactions comes from Swift Creek Complicated Stamped pottery that linked sites throughout much of the Eastern Woodlands but that was primarily distributed over the lower Southeast. Although connections have been demonstrated, their significance has remain...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
©2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | A unique dataset for studying past social interactions comes from Swift Creek Complicated Stamped pottery that linked sites throughout much of the Eastern Woodlands but that was primarily distributed over the lower Southeast. Although connections have been demonstrated, their significance has remained enigmatic. How and why were apparently utilitarian vessels, or the wooden tools used to make them, distributed widely across the landscape? This book assesses Woodland Period interactions using technofunctional, mineralogical, and chemical data derived from Swift Creek Complicated Sta. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-240) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780817384845 0817384847 0817317171 9780817317171 |