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UNINA9910791965103321 |
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Autore |
Lapham Heather A |
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Titolo |
Hunting for Hides [[electronic resource] ] : Deerskins, Status, and Cultural Change in the Protohistoric Appalachians |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Appalachian Region, Southern - Antiquities |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Appalachian Region, Southern |
Indians of North America - Appalachian Region, Southern |
Indians of North America - Hunting - Appalachian Region, Southern |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Economic Intensification and Cultural Change; 2. Late Woodland and Protohistoric Archaeology in the Southern Ridge and Valley; 3. Ridge and Valley Animal Exploitation; 4. Deer Hunting and Hide Production; 5. Mortuary Practices and Prestige Goods Use; 6. Understanding Cultural Change in the Protohistoric Southern Appalachian Highlands; References Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Changes in Native American communities as they adapted to advancing Europeans. This volume investigates the use of deer, deerskins, and non-local 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 1600's, 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 |
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