War paths, peace paths
Subtitle: an archaeology of cooperation and conflict in native eastern North America
By: David H. Dye.
Series: Issues in Eastern Woodlands archaeology
Publisher: Altamira Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780759107458; 9780759107465; 9780759113121
Subjects: Woodland Indians -- Warfare; Woodland Indians -- History; Diplomacy -- East (U.S.) -- History; East (U.S.) -- History
Description: "Focusing on four major issues in prehistoric warfare studies - settlement patterns, skeletal trauma, weaponry, and iconography - David H. Dye presents a new interpretation of ancient war and peace east of the Mississippi. He considers evidence for raiding and more organized forms of warfare, accounts of native warfare witnessed by sixteenth-century Europeans, and the various causes of warfare, such as revenge, competition for resources, and ideology. War Paths, Peace Paths offers an innovative analysis of cooperation and conflict in the prehistoric eastern United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.