Wonderful Power: The Story of Ancient Copper Working in the Lake Superior BasinWayne State University Press, 1999 - 286 Seiten Long before the arrival of European settlers, Native Americans in the Lake Superior basin mined and worked copper and traded it well beyond the region. They directed white settlers to copper lodes and explained the mineral's significance and "wonderful power." Wonderful Power examines the archaeological record to relate the story of that unique industry. Susan Martin has collected critical but scattered information about the uses of ancient copper to address long-standing puzzles over how long it had been used, where it was mined, and who these ancient coppersmiths were. |
Inhalt
List of Figures | 13 |
2 | 21 |
What Has Particularly Recommended Their Labors to Me | 45 |
Of Heaps of Rubble and Earth along the Courses of the Veins | 81 |
Implements Ornaments and Objects of Faith of Great Variety | 113 |
6 | 123 |
They Must Have Been Numerous Industrious and Persevering | 139 |
7 | 146 |
Wonderful Power | 183 |
8 | 215 |
Some Native Copper Artifacts | 227 |
Notes | 253 |
References | 261 |
| 277 | |
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Wonderful Power: The Story of Ancient Copper Working in the Lake Superior Basin Susan R. Martin Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1999 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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