European metals in native hands : rethinking the dynamics of technological change, 1640-1683

European metals in native hands : rethinking the dynamics of technological change, 1640-1683 / Kathleen L. Ehrhardt.

Author/creator	Ehrhardt, Kathleen L., 1948-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2005.
Description	xiv, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Illinois Indians--First contact with Europeans. Illinois Indians--Industries. Illinois Indians--Commerce. Imports--Mississippi River Valley --History --17th century. Exports--Europe --History --17th century. Indian copperwork--Mississippi River Valley. Copper implements--Europe --History. Technological innovations--Mississippi River Valley. Mississippi River Valley--History --17th century.

Contents	Native technologies, European contact, and the processes and meanings of material change -- Setting aside the "standard view" : revealing "style" and change in technological systems -- Recovering Illinois copper-base metalworking style : the analytical program -- Indigenous copper working in the midcontinent : situating Illinois copper-base metal use in late protohistory -- "Lost sheep-- in the jaws of the wolf" : the mid-seventeenth-century Illinois in ethnohistorical and archaeological perspective -- From kettle sheet to ornament : artifact forms, production, and use -- Finding "style" beneath the surface : artifact composition and manufacturing history -- Illinois metalworking style in contexts of social action and technological change.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-234) and index.
LCCN	2004014702
ISBN	0817314407 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0817351469 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E99.I2 E47 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold