From Hard Rock to Heavy Metal : Metal Tool Production and Use by Indigenous Hunter-Gatherers of North America.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bebber, Michelle Rae.

Contributor:

Wolff, Christopher B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Implements.

Indians of North America.

Copper implements, Prehistoric--North America.

Copper implements, Prehistoric.

Tools, Prehistoric--North America.

Tools, Prehistoric.

Hunting and gathering societies--North America.

Hunting and gathering societies.

Indians of North America--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2025.

Summary:

"The discovery and development of metals as tool media is a topic of global interest. This phenomenon is generally associated with sedentary, agricultural societies; however, in North America metal use by hunter-gatherer populations began as early as 9,000 years ago and continued into modern times. The regional and cultural diversity of research in this volume contributes to how we conceptualize hunter-gatherer innovation, technological proficiency, and complex decision-making in the past. Readers are challenged to reconsider long-held assumptions about how, when, and under what conditions metal became a part of humanity's story"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

From Hard Rock to Heavy Metal

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Hunter-Gatherer Native Copper Innovation in Northwestern North America

Chapter 2 - Comparing the Scales of Metal Use Between the Inuit and Dorset (Tuniit) in the Eastern North American Arctic

Chapter 3 - Hammer-ons in Heavy Metal

Chapter 4 - Red Metal, Domestic Gods

Chapter 5 - Copper Use in the Lower Southeast North America Before Agriculture

Chapter 6 - Miskwabik's Journey Beyond Minong

Chapter 7 - A Morphometric Comparison of Copper Stem Points and Chert Osceola Points

Chapter 8 - Re-evaluating Middle Holocene Copper Use, Gender Roles, and Social Organization

Chapter 9 - Copper- versus Stone-Tipped Dart Relative Functional Efficiency

Chapter 10 - The British Metal Invasion

Chapter 11 - Experimental Archaeology on the Introduction of European Raw Materials in Indigenous Technology

An Outro: Conclusions on the Indigenous Use of Metal in North America

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-83695-045-4

1-83695-046-2

OCLC:

1521494217