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California and Great Basin olivella shell bead guide / Randall T. Milliken, Al W. Schwitalla ; photographs by David W. Nicholson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milliken, Randall, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--California--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America.
- Shell beads--California.
- Shell beads.
- Shell beads--Great Basin.
- California--Antiquities.
- California.
- Great Basin--Antiquities.
- Great Basin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (90 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Olivella shell beads are ubiquitous at Central California Indian sites and were traded far inland by the local inhabitants. Their distinctive patterns of manufacture provide archaeologists with important chronological, morphological, and distributional information. This guide--authored by a professional artifact replicator and an archaeological expert on shell bead typology-- offers a well developed 16-category typology, including the descriptive, temporal, and metric characteristics of each style, illustrated with almost 200 color photographs. Spiral bound to facilitate field and laboratory work, it is an essential tool for conducting archaeology in the American west. Sponsored by the Society for California Archaeology and Pacific Legacy, Inc.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword - Robert J. Jackson; Acknowledgements; Part I. Replica Set Purpose and History - Al W. Schwitalla; Overview of the Project; Documenting Replica Choices; Bead Reproduction Process; Part II. Replica Set Typology and Commentary - Randall T. Milliken; Naming Beads is no Substitute for Metrics; The 1987 Typology and 2007 Modifications; Rethinking Temporal Significance; Bead Description: Attributes and Indices; Olivella Specifies Differences ; Typology and Replica Set Examples ; Bibliography
- Notes:
- First published 2012 by Left Coast Press, Inc.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-43251-X
- 1-315-43252-8
- 1-315-43253-6
- 1-61132-233-2
- 9781315432533
- OCLC:
- 819635370
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