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Author Mitchell, Mark D

Title Crafting history in the northern plains : a political economy of the Heart River Region, 1400-1750 / Mark D. Mitchell
Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 269 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Archaeology of colonialism in native North America
Archaeology of colonialism in native North America.
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples -- North Dakota -- Heart River Region
Indians of North America -- North Dakota -- Heart River Region -- Antiquities
Indians of North America -- Colonization -- North Dakota -- Heart River Region
Ethnohistory -- North Dakota -- Heart River Region
Social archaeology -- North Dakota -- Heart River Region
Social change -- North Dakota -- Heart River Region
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Antiquities
Ethnohistory
Indians of North America -- Antiquities
Indians of North America -- Colonization
Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples
Social archaeology
Social change
SUBJECT Heart River Region (N.D.) -- Antiquities
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012028164
ISBN 9780816599837
0816599831