Hunting for Hides [[electronic resource] ] : Deerskins, Status, and Cultural Change in the Protohistoric Appalachians

• Autore: Lapham Heather A
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 639/.1165/08997; 974.01
• Soggetto topico: Appalachian Region, Southern - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Appalachian Region, Southern; Indians of North America - Appalachian Region, Southern; Indians of North America - Hunting - Appalachian Region, Southern
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Hunting for Hides
• ISBN: 0-8173-8377-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812324603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II