Twelve millennia : archaeology of the upper Mississippi River Valley / James L. Theler and Robert F. Boszhardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Theler, James L., 1946-

Contributor:

Boszhardt, Robert F.

Series:

Bur oak book.

Bur oak book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Mississippi River Valley--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Mound-builders--Mississippi River Valley.

Mound-builders.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Mississippi River Valley.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Mississippi River Valley--Antiquities.

Mississippi River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The people of Taquile Island on the Peruvian side of beautiful Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the Americas, are renowned for the hand-woven textiles that they both wear and sell to outsiders. One thousand seven hundred Quechua-speaking peasant farmers, who depend on potatoes and the fish from the lake, host the forty thousand tourists who visit their island each year. Yet only twenty-five years ago, few tourists had even heard of Taquile. In Weaving a Future: Tourism, Cloth, and Culture on an Andean Island, Elayne Zorn documents the remarkable transformation

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Intro to Archaeology; 2 .Environment of the Upper Mississippi River Valley; 3. Past Climate of the Upper Mississippi River Valley; 4. A Brief History of Upper Mississippi River Valley Archaeology; 5. The First People; 6. The Archaic Tradition; 7. The First Revolution; 8. The Woodland Tradition; 9. The Beginning of Tribes; 10. The Second Revolution; 11. The Oneota Culture; 12. The End of Prehistory; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Recommended Readings; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-243) and index.

ISBN:

9781587294396

1587294397

OCLC:

56109468