Miskwabik, Metal of Ritual
Metallurgy in Precontact Eastern North America
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Word Count
80,250 words, Guess
Page Count
321 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8022505M
- ISBN-139780813122724
- ISBN-100813122724
- OCLC Control Number51854747
- Library of Congress Control Number2003005795
and 2 more
- LibraryThing4289228
- Goodreads5910241
Classifications
- LCCE98.C76T74 2003
Description
"Miskwabik, Metal of Ritual is the first comprehensive study of this 3,000 year old phenomenon among the ancient peoples of eastern North America. By concentrating on the artifacts themselves, their complex aesthetics and iconography as well as their cultural context and technical sophistication, Miskwabik, Metal of Ritual describes the significance of the copper objects as well as their special function within the societies that created them."--Jacket.
First Sentence
Copper was central to five major ritual manifestations in eastern North America, dubbed by scholars: the Old Copper Culture; the Adena, Hopewell, and Copena peoples; and the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.
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- Miskwabik, Metal of Ritual: Metallurgy in Precontact Eastern North America
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