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The swordfish hunters [electronic resource] : the history and ecology of an ancient American sea people / Bruce Bourque.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bourque, Bruce J. (Bruce Joseph)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Red Paint culture.
- Indians of North America--Maine--Atlantic Coast--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America.
- Swordfish fishing--Maine--History.
- Swordfish fishing.
- Fish remains (Archaeology)--Maine--Atlantic Coast.
- Fish remains (Archaeology).
- Coastal archaeology--Maine.
- Coastal archaeology.
- Underwater archaeology--Maine.
- Underwater archaeology.
- Atlantic Coast (Me.)--Antiquities.
- Atlantic Coast (Me.).
- Maine, Gulf of--Antiquities.
- Maine, Gulf of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Piermont, N.H. : Bunker Hill Pub., c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Thousands of years ago, Maine's Red Paint People, so called because of the red ochre in their burial sites, were among the first maritime cultures in the Americas. They could have subsisted on easily caught cod, but they chose to capture dangerous and elusive swordfish. This book explains beautifully the prehistory of these people, the evolution of archaeological thinking about them, and the myriad new scientific threads that shed new light on this old culture. Anyone with even a passing interest in New England's deep maritime roots must read this book.In the closing years of the nineteenth ce
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. THE RED PAINT PEOPLE, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND ME; 2. THE WORLD 4,000 YEARS AGO; 3. DISCOVERING THE TURNER FARM SITE; 4. DISCOVERING THE MOOREHEAD PHASE; 5. GLEANING INFORMATION FROM THE ARTIFACTS; 6. PARSING THE MOOREHEAD PHASE; 7. EXPLAINING THE MOOREHEAD PHASE: PART 1; 8. EXPLAINING THE MOOREHEAD PHASE: PART 2; 9. CONCLUSION; Notes; Glossary; B; C; E; F; H; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Z; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-59373-115-9
- OCLC:
- 817892901
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