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- catalog abstract "This collection of essays chronicles the diversity and richness of one broad category of traditional material culture - fiber industries or textiles - among prehistoric and historic Native Americans in eastern North America. Such industries, which include basketry, fabrics, cordage, and netting, played an important role in the economic, social, and ceremonial life of indigenous cultures. However, because of the extreme age of the artifacts, their fragile nature, and unfavorable preservation conditions, knowledge of these industries has long been incomplete - resulting in a gap in scholarship that this volume does much to address.".
- catalog contributor b10564464.
- catalog coverage "East (U.S.) Antiquities.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The study of native fiber industries from eastern North America : resume and prospect / James B. Petersen -- The origins of fiber perishables production east of the Rockies / R. L. Andrews and J. M. Adovasio -- Fiber industries from the Boucher site : an early woodland cemetery in northwestern Vermont / Michael J. Heckenberger, James B. Petersen, Frances B. King, and Louise A. Basa -- Inferring behavior and function from an Etowah fabric incorporating feathers / Lucy R. Sibley, Kathryn A. Jakes, and Lewis H. Larson -- Cordage twist and ethnicity / Robert F. Maslowski -- Fiber industries from northern New England : ethnicity and technological traditions during the woodland period / James B. Petersen -- Native fiber industries in the upper Great Lakes : a late woodland case study from the Juntunen site / Nathan D. Hamilton, James B. Petersen, and Alan L. Mcpherron -- New twist to an old tale : analysis of cordage impressions on late woodland ceramics from the Potomac River valley / William C. Johnson -- Mississippian textile evidence on fabric-impressed ceramics from Mound Bottom, Tennessee / Jenna Tedrick Kuttruff and Carl Kuttruff -- The role of storage and handling in the preservation of fibrous materials in museums and other repositories / Joan S. Gardner -- Eastern North American textiles : a western perspective / Catherine S. Fowler.".
- catalog description "This collection of essays chronicles the diversity and richness of one broad category of traditional material culture - fiber industries or textiles - among prehistoric and historic Native Americans in eastern North America. Such industries, which include basketry, fabrics, cordage, and netting, played an important role in the economic, social, and ceremonial life of indigenous cultures. However, because of the extreme age of the artifacts, their fragile nature, and unfavorable preservation conditions, knowledge of these industries has long been incomplete - resulting in a gap in scholarship that this volume does much to address.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 212 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0870499157 (alk. pa.)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press,".
- catalog spatial "East (U.S.) Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "East (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "746.41/0974 20".
- catalog subject "E98.T35 M67 1996".
- catalog subject "Indian baskets East (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "Indian textile fabrics East (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America East (U.S.) Antiquities.".
- catalog subject "Woodland culture.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The study of native fiber industries from eastern North America : resume and prospect / James B. Petersen -- The origins of fiber perishables production east of the Rockies / R. L. Andrews and J. M. Adovasio -- Fiber industries from the Boucher site : an early woodland cemetery in northwestern Vermont / Michael J. Heckenberger, James B. Petersen, Frances B. King, and Louise A. Basa -- Inferring behavior and function from an Etowah fabric incorporating feathers / Lucy R. Sibley, Kathryn A. Jakes, and Lewis H. Larson -- Cordage twist and ethnicity / Robert F. Maslowski -- Fiber industries from northern New England : ethnicity and technological traditions during the woodland period / James B. Petersen -- Native fiber industries in the upper Great Lakes : a late woodland case study from the Juntunen site / Nathan D. Hamilton, James B. Petersen, and Alan L. Mcpherron -- New twist to an old tale : analysis of cordage impressions on late woodland ceramics from the Potomac River valley / William C. Johnson -- Mississippian textile evidence on fabric-impressed ceramics from Mound Bottom, Tennessee / Jenna Tedrick Kuttruff and Carl Kuttruff -- The role of storage and handling in the preservation of fibrous materials in museums and other repositories / Joan S. Gardner -- Eastern North American textiles : a western perspective / Catherine S. Fowler.".
- catalog title "A Most indispensable art : native fiber industries from eastern North America / edited by James B. Petersen.".
- catalog type "text".