Continuity and change in the Native American village : multicultural origins and descendants of the Fort Ancient Culture / Robert A. Cook, The Ohio State University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio River Valley.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Ohio River Valley--Antiquities.

Ohio River Valley.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xx, 280 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Two common questions asked in archaeological investigations are: where did a particular culture come from and which living cultures is it related to? In this book, Robert A. Cook brings a theoretically and methodologically holistic perspective to his study on the origins and continuity of Native American villages in the North American midcontinent. He shows that to affiliate archaeological remains with descendant communities fully, we need to unaffiliate some of our well-established archaeological constructs. Cook demonstrates how and why Native American villages formed and responded to events such as migration, environment, and agricultural developments. He focuses is on the big picture of cultural relatedness over broad regions and the amount of social detail that can be gleaned from archaeological and biological data, as well as oral histories.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107043794

1107043794

OCLC:

986237020