Stone tool traditions in the contact era

Resource Information

The work Stone tool traditions in the contact era represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Stone tool traditions in the contact era

Statement of responsibility

edited by Charles R. Cobb

Contributor

• Cobb, Charles R., (Charles Richard), 1956-
• Cobb, Charles R., (Charles Richard), 1956-

Subject

• Indians of North America -- Antiquities
• Indians of North America -- First contact with Europeans
• Indians of North America -- Implements
• North America -- Antiquities
• Stone implements -- North America

Language

eng

Summary

Explores the impact of European colonization on Native American and Pacific Islander technology and culture. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the partial replacement of flaked stone and ground stone traditions by metal tools in the Americas during the Contact Era. It examines the functional, symbolic, and economic consequences of that replacement on the lifeways of native populations, even as lithic technologies persisted well after the landing of Columbus. Ranging across North America and to Hawaii, the studies show that, even with wide access to metal objects, Native Americans con

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

621.9/0089/97

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

E98.I4

LC item number

S76 2003eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography