Perishable material culture in the Northeast
By: edited by Penelope Ballard Drooker.
Contributors: Drooker, Penelope B.; New York State Museum.
Series: New York State Museum bulletin,; 500; New York State Museum bulletin ;; no. 5000.
Publisher: University of the State of New York, State Education Dept., New York State Museum
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Material culture -- Northeastern States -- Congresses.; Indians of North America -- Northeastern States -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Congresses.; Material culture -- Conservation and restoration -- Northeastern States -- Congresses.; Northeastern States -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book grew from the Northeast Natural History Conference VII, held in Albany, N.Y., April 24-27, 2002.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: perishable evidence in the Northeast / Penelope B. Drooker; title: Prehistoric perishable fiber technology in the Upper Ohio Valley / J.M. Adovasio and J.S. Illingworth; title: Perishable technology from the Hiscock site / J.M. Adovasio ... [et al.]; title: Organic preservation on prehistoric copper artifacts of the Ohio Hopewell / DeeAnne Wymer; title: Preserved textiles on Hopewell Copper / Virginia S. Wimberley; title: Population continuity and dispersal: cordage twist analysis and the Late Woodland in the glaciated Allegheny Plateau of Northwestern Pennsylvania / William C. Johnson and Andrew J. Myers; title: Cordage, fabrics, and their use in the manufacture of early late prehistoric ceramic vessels in New York / Christina B. Rieth; title: In the land of "Mawooshen": Native American perishables from two contact period sites on the Central Maine Coast / James B. Petersen and Malinda S. Blustain; title: Textiles and leather in Southeastern New England archaeological sites / Margaret T. Ordoñez and Linda Welters; title: Blue roots and fuzzy dirt: archaeological textiles from Native American burials / Linda Welters and Margaret T. Ordoñez; title: Susannah Swan's "Wampum Bag" / Penelope B. Drooker and George R. Hamell.