The benefit of the gift : social organization, and expanding networks of interaction in the western Great Lakes archaic / by Mark Andrew Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Mark Andrew, 1957- author.

Series:

International monographs in prehistory archaeological series ; Volume 18.

International monographs in prehistory archaeological series ; Volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleo-Indians--Social networks--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Paleo-Indians.

Paleo-Indians--Implements--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Paleo-Indians--Commerce--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Social exchange--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Social exchange.

Social archaeology--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Social archaeology.

Great Lakes Region (North America)--Antiquities.

Great Lakes Region (North America).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : International Monographs in Prehistory, 2012.

Summary:

"Archaeological data from the Late Archaic, 4000-2000 years ago, in the Western Great Lakes are examined to understand the production and movement of copper and lithic exchange materials, access to and benefits from exchange networks, and social changes accompanying the development of extensive, continental scale, exchange systems of interaction in this period"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Organization of this Volume

Acknowledgements

Chapter One. An Evolutionary Perspective on the Development of Intercommunity Interaction and Exchange Networks

Chapter Two. The Western Great Lakes: Landscapes and People of the Archaic

Chapter Three. Distribution of Resources and Populations: Understanding the Geography of the Late Archaic

Chapter Four. The Development of Late Archaic Regional Systems

Chapter Five. Material Symbols and Social Effects of Exchange

Chapter Six. Copper Acquisition and Production at the Duck Lake Site and its Implications for Systems of Regional Exchange

Chapter Seven. Tracing Exchange and Interaction: Using Lithic Sourcing and Chemical Composition of Copper to Identify Communities of Interaction

Chapter Eight. Summary and Conclusions

Appendix I Overview of Sites Used in this Study

Appendix II Site and Population Data for the Western Great Lakes

Appendix III Riverside Catalog (Features Only)

Appendix IV Reigh Site Catalog

Appendix V: Duck Lake Catalog

Appendix VI: Burnt Rollways Site Lithic Tool Catalog

Appendix VII: Copper Trace Element Data

References Cited

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789201796

1789201799

OCLC:

1078568232