Miskwabik, Metal of Ritual
Subtitle: Metallurgy in Precontact Eastern North America
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780813122724
Subjects: Art of indigenous peoples; Base metal & ironworking; North American archaeology; Indians of North America; East (U.S.); Antiques; Material Culture; Rites and ceremonies; Social Science; Art & Art Instruction; Indian metal-work; Sociology; North America; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; American - Native American; Anthropology - Cultural; American - General; Anthropology - General; General; Indian copperwork
First sentence: Copper was central to five major ritual manifestations in eastern North America, dubbed by scholars: the Old Copper Culture; the Adena, Hopewell, and Copena peoples; and the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.
Description: "Miskwabik, Metal of Ritual is the first comprehensive study of this 3,000 year old phenomenon among the ancient peoples of eastern North America. By concentrating on the artifacts themselves, their complex aesthetics and iconography as well as their cultural context and technical sophistication, Miskwabik, Metal of Ritual describes the significance of the copper objects as well as their special function within the societies that created them."--Jacket.