Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
What is a gift? -- The Swift Creek cultures -- Cultural history and archaeological overview -- Instrumental neutron activation analysis : patterns of Swift Creek interaction -- Petrographic analysis : patterns of Swift Creek interaction -- The form, technology, and function of Swift Creek pottery -- The Swift Creek gift |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-240) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Woodland culture -- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States)
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Indians of North America -- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) -- Antiquities
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Indian pottery -- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) -- Analysis
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Ceremonial exchange -- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) -- History
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Social interaction -- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States)
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Social archaeology -- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States)
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Antiquities
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Ceremonial exchange
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Indian pottery -- Analysis
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Indians of North America -- Antiquities
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Social archaeology
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Social interaction
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Woodland culture
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SUBJECT |
Swift Creek Site (Ga.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98001057
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Atlantic Coast (Ga.) -- Antiquities
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Atlantic Coast (Fla.) -- Antiquities
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Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) -- Antiquities
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Florida -- Atlantic Coast
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Georgia -- Atlantic Coast
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Georgia -- Swift Creek Site
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United States -- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States)
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780817384845 |
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0817384847 |
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0817317171 |
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9780817317171 |
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