A most indispensable art
Subtitle: native fiber industries from eastern North America
By: edited by James B. Petersen.
Contributors: Petersen, James B.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Indian textile fabrics -- East (U.S.); Indian baskets -- East (U.S.); Indians of North America -- East (U.S.) -- Antiquities; Woodland culture; East (U.S.) -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The study of native fiber industries from eastern North America : resume and prospect / James B. Petersen; title: The origins of fiber perishables production east of the Rockies / R. L. Andrews and J. M. Adovasio; title: 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; title: Inferring behavior and function from an Etowah fabric incorporating feathers / Lucy R. Sibley, Kathryn A. Jakes, and Lewis H. Larson; title: Cordage twist and ethnicity / Robert F. Maslowski; title: Fiber industries from northern New England : ethnicity and technological traditions during the woodland period / James B. Petersen; title: 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; title: New twist to an old tale : analysis of cordage impressions on late woodland ceramics from the Potomac River valley / William C. Johnson; title: Mississippian textile evidence on fabric-impressed ceramics from Mound Bottom, Tennessee / Jenna Tedrick Kuttruff and Carl Kuttruff; title: The role of storage and handling in the preservation of fibrous materials in museums and other repositories / Joan S. Gardner; title: Eastern North American textiles : a western perspective / Catherine S. Fowler.