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A most indispensable art : native fiber industries from eastern North America / edited by James B. Petersen

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Author:
Petersen, James B  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 212 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
East (U.S.)
Date:
1996
C1996
Contents:
The study of native fiber industries from eastern North America : resume and prospect / James B. Petersen -- The origins of fiber perishables production east of the Rockies / R. L. Andrews and J. M. Adovasio -- Fiber industries from the Boucher site : an early woodland cemetery in northwestern Vermont / Michael J. Heckenberger, James B. Petersen, Frances B. King, and Louise A. Basa -- Inferring behavior and function from an Etowah fabric incorporating feathers / Lucy R. Sibley, Kathryn A. Jakes, and Lewis H. Larson -- Cordage twist and ethnicity / Robert F. Maslowski -- Fiber industries from northern New England : ethnicity and technological traditions during the woodland period / James B. Petersen -- Native fiber industries in the upper Great Lakes : a late woodland case study from the Juntunen site / Nathan D. Hamilton, James B. Petersen, and Alan L. Mcpherron -- New twist to an old tale : analysis of cordage impressions on late woodland ceramics from the Potomac River valley / William C. Johnson -- Mississippian textile evidence on fabric-impressed ceramics from Mound Bottom, Tennessee / Jenna Tedrick Kuttruff and Carl Kuttruff -- The role of storage and handling in the preservation of fibrous materials in museums and other repositories / Joan S. Gardner -- Eastern North American textiles : a western perspective / Catherine S. Fowler
Topic:
Indian textile fabrics  Search this
Indian baskets  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Woodland culture  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_502625