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Author Ehrhardt, Kathleen L., 1948-

Title European metals in native hands [electronic resource] : rethinking the dynamics of technological change, 1640-1683 / Kathleen L. Ehrhardt.

Imprint Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2005.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiv, 253 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-234) and index.
Contents Native technologies, European contact, and the processes and meanings of material change -- Setting aside the "standard view" : revealing "style" and change in technological systems -- Recovering Illinois copper-base metalworking style : the analytical program -- Indigenous copper working in the midcontinent : situating Illinois copper-base metal use in late protohistory -- Lost sheep-- in the jaws of the wolf : the mid-seventeenth-century Illinois in ethnohistorical and archaeological perspective -- From kettle sheet to ornament : artifact forms, production, and use -- Finding "style" beneath the surface : artifact composition and manufacturing history -- Illinois metalworking style in contexts of social action and technological change.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Illinois Indians -- First contact with Europeans.
Illinois Indians -- Industries.
Illinois Indians -- Commerce.
Imports -- Mississippi River Valley -- History -- 17th century.
Exports -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
Indian copperwork -- Mississippi River Valley.
Copper implements -- Europe -- History.
Technological innovations -- Mississippi River Valley.
Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0817314407 (cloth : alk. paper)
0817351469 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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