The swordfish hunters [[electronic resource] ] : the history and ecology of an ancient American sea people / / Bruce Bourque
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| Autore: |
Bourque Bruce J (Bruce Joseph)
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| Titolo: |
The swordfish hunters [[electronic resource] ] : the history and ecology of an ancient American sea people / / Bruce Bourque
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| Pubblicazione: | Piermont, N.H., : Bunker Hill Pub., c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 974.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Red Paint culture |
| Indians of North America - Maine - Atlantic Coast - Antiquities | |
| Swordfish fishing - Maine - History | |
| Fish remains (Archaeology) - Maine - Atlantic Coast | |
| Coastal archaeology - Maine | |
| Underwater archaeology - Maine | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Atlantic Coast (Me.) Antiquities |
| Maine, Gulf of Antiquities | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-185) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. THE RED PAINT PEOPLE, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND ME; 2. THE WORLD 4,000 YEARS AGO; 3. DISCOVERING THE TURNER FARM SITE; 4. DISCOVERING THE MOOREHEAD PHASE; 5. GLEANING INFORMATION FROM THE ARTIFACTS; 6. PARSING THE MOOREHEAD PHASE; 7. EXPLAINING THE MOOREHEAD PHASE: PART 1; 8. EXPLAINING THE MOOREHEAD PHASE: PART 2; 9. CONCLUSION; Notes; Glossary; B; C; E; F; H; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Z; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Thousands of years ago, Maine's Red Paint People, so called because of the red ochre in their burial sites, were among the first maritime cultures in the Americas. They could have subsisted on easily caught cod, but they chose to capture dangerous and elusive swordfish. This book explains beautifully the prehistory of these people, the evolution of archaeological thinking about them, and the myriad new scientific threads that shed new light on this old culture. Anyone with even a passing interest in New England's deep maritime roots must read this book.In the closing years of the nineteenth ce |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The swordfish hunters |
| ISBN: | 1-59373-115-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462560003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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