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| Other authors / contributors: | Cobb, Charles R. (Charles Richard), 1956-
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| ISBN: | 9780817381752
0817381759
0817313729
0817313737
9780817313722
9780817313739
0817313729
9780817313722
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-204) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Explores the impact of European colonization on Native American and Pacific Islander technology and culture. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the partial replacement of flaked stone and ground stone traditions by metal tools in the Americas during the Contact Era. It examines the functional, symbolic, and economic consequences of that replacement on the lifeways of native populations, even as lithic technologies persisted well after the landing of Columbus. Ranging across North America and to Hawaii, the studies show that, even with wide access to metal objects, Native Americans con.
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| Other form: | Print version: Stone tool traditions in the contact era. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2003 0817313729 9780817313722
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| Standard no.: | 9780817313722
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