Mississippian village textiles at Wickliffe [[electronic resource] /] / Penelope Ballard Drooker

• Autore: Drooker Penelope B
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.9/96
• Soggetto topico: Mississippian culture - Kentucky; Mississippian pottery - Kentucky; Indian textile fabrics - Kentucky; Indians of North America - Kentucky - Social life and customs
• Soggetto geografico: Wickliffe Mounds (Ky.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Setting the Scene; 3. Wickliffe Village; 4. Gleaning Information from Fabric Impressions: Methodology and Comparative Datea; 5. Characteristics of Wickliffe Textiles Impressed on ""Saltpan"" Pottery Definition of Sherd Sample; 6. Textile Production and Use at Wickliffe; 7. Regional Comparisons; Appendix A: Definitions of Textile Terms; Appendix B: General Methodology for Making Casts and Taking Measurements; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Because textiles rarely are preserved in the archaeological record outside of deserts and permafrost areas, in many regions of the world very little is known about their characteristics, functions, production technology, or socioeconomic importance. While this fact is also true of organic fabrics produced during the Mississippian period in southeastern North Anerica, a wide variety of Mississippian textiles has been preserved in the form of impressions on large pottery vessels. From attribute analysis of 1,574 fabrics impressed on Wickliffe pottery sherds and comparison of the impres
• Titolo autorizzato: Mississippian village textiles at Wickliffe
• ISBN: 0-8173-8363-8; 0-585-23218-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808011003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II