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The Benefit of the Gift : Social Organization and Expanding Networks of Interaction in the Western Great Lakes Archaic / Mark Andrew Hill.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: International Monographs in Prehistory: Archaeological Series ; 18Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (217 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781879621442
  • 9781789201796
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 977/.01
LOC classification:
  • E78.G7H55 2012
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Organization of this Volume -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One. An Evolutionary Perspective on the Development of Intercommunity Interaction and Exchange Networks -- Chapter Two. The Western Great Lakes: Landscapes and People of the Archaic -- Chapter Three. Distribution of Resources and Populations: Understanding the Geography of the Late Archaic -- Chapter Four. The Development of Late Archaic Regional Systems -- Chapter Five. Material Symbols and Social Effects of Exchange -- Chapter Six. Copper Acquisition and Production at the Duck Lake Site and its Implications for Systems of Regional Exchange -- Chapter Seven. Tracing Exchange and Interaction: Using Lithic Sourcing and Chemical Composition of Copper to Identify Communities of Interaction -- Chapter Eight. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix I Overview of Sites Used in this Study -- Appendix II Site and Population Data for the Western Great Lakes -- Appendix III Riverside Catalog (Features Only) -- Appendix IV Reigh Site Catalog -- Appendix V: Duck Lake Catalog -- Appendix VI: Burnt Rollways Site Lithic Tool Catalog -- Appendix VII: Copper Trace Element Data -- References Cited
Summary: Archaeological data from the Late Archaic (4000-2000 years ago) in the Western Great Lakes are analyzed to understand the production and movement of copper and lithic exchange materials. Also considered in this volume are access to and benefits from exchange networks, as well as social changes accompanying the development of extensive, continental scale, exchange systems of interaction in this period.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Organization of this Volume -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One. An Evolutionary Perspective on the Development of Intercommunity Interaction and Exchange Networks -- Chapter Two. The Western Great Lakes: Landscapes and People of the Archaic -- Chapter Three. Distribution of Resources and Populations: Understanding the Geography of the Late Archaic -- Chapter Four. The Development of Late Archaic Regional Systems -- Chapter Five. Material Symbols and Social Effects of Exchange -- Chapter Six. Copper Acquisition and Production at the Duck Lake Site and its Implications for Systems of Regional Exchange -- Chapter Seven. Tracing Exchange and Interaction: Using Lithic Sourcing and Chemical Composition of Copper to Identify Communities of Interaction -- Chapter Eight. Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix I Overview of Sites Used in this Study -- Appendix II Site and Population Data for the Western Great Lakes -- Appendix III Riverside Catalog (Features Only) -- Appendix IV Reigh Site Catalog -- Appendix V: Duck Lake Catalog -- Appendix VI: Burnt Rollways Site Lithic Tool Catalog -- Appendix VII: Copper Trace Element Data -- References Cited

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Archaeological data from the Late Archaic (4000-2000 years ago) in the Western Great Lakes are analyzed to understand the production and movement of copper and lithic exchange materials. Also considered in this volume are access to and benefits from exchange networks, as well as social changes accompanying the development of extensive, continental scale, exchange systems of interaction in this period.

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In English.

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