Hunting for hides: deerskins, status, and cultural change in the protohistoric Appalachians
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Main Author: Lapham, Heather A. 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press © 2005
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Item Description:"A Dan Josselyn memorial publication"--Page [ii]. - Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Virginia)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-177) and index
Economic intensification and cultural change -- Late Woodland and protohistoric archaeology in the southern ridge and valley -- Ridge and valley animal exploitation -- Deer hunting and hide production -- Mortuary practices and prestige goods use -- Understanding cultural change in the protohistoric southern Appalachian highlands
Changes in Native American communities as they adapted to advancing Europeans. ¡ This volume investigates the use of deer, deerskins, and nonlocal goods in the period from A.D. 1400 to 1700 to gain a comprehensive understanding of historic-era cultural changes taking place within Native American communities in the southern Appalachian Highlands. In the 1600s, hunting deer to obtain hides for commercial trade evolved into a substantial economic enterprise for many Native Americans in the Middle Atlantic and Southeast.¡ An overseas market demand for animal hides and furs imported from the Americ
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 184 pages)
ISBN:0817314938
0817352767
0817383778
9780817314934
9780817352769
9780817383770

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