Archaeology, Native History, and Colonialism -- Writing Archaeological Histories -- Prior Heart Region Histories -- The People on the Bank : Community and Economy in the Heart Region, 1200-1750 -- Building an Archive for Archaeological History in the Heart Region -- Stone Tool Production in the Heart Region, 1400-1750 -- Pottery Production in the Heart Region, 1400-1750 -- An Archaeological History of the Heart River Region -- Appendix 1 : Time, Space, and Taxonomy in the Northern Middle Missouri -- Appendix 2 : Site Data
Summary
In this book, the author illustrates the crucial role archaeological methods and archaeological data can play in producing trans-Columbian histories. Combining an in-depth analysis of the organization of stone tool and pottery production with ethnographic and historical data, the author synthesizes the social and economic histories of the native communities located at the confluence of the Heart and Missouri rivers, home for more than five centuries to the Mandan people