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

Author/creator Ehrhardt, Kathleen L., 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoTuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxiv, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
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. --17th century.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-234) and index.
LCCN 2004014702
ISBN0817314407 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0817351469 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E99.I2 E47 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold