| Contents |
Introduction / Michelle R. Bebber and Christopher B. Wolff -- Hunter-gatherer native copper innovation in Northwestern North America / H. Kory Cooper, Matthew Pike and Garett Hunt -- Comparing the scales of metal use between the Inuit and Dorset (Tuniit) in the Eastern North American Arctic / Patrick C. Jolicoeur -- Hammer-ons in heavy metal : Hopewell metalsmithing adaptation to iron meteorites / Timothy J. McCoy and Catherine M. Corrigan -- Red metal, domestic gods : prehistoric copper use in the Middle Atlantic region / Gregory D. Lattanzi -- Copper use in the Lower Southeast North America before agriculture / Matthew C. Sanger, Shawn P. Lambert, D. Shane Miller, Mark Hill, and Tiffany R. Raymond -- Miskwabik's journey beyond Minong : the life history of native copper production among archaic hunter-gatherers in the Northern Lake Superior Basin / Ryan Edward Peterson -- A morphometric comparison of copper stem points and Chert Osceola points : an assessment of artifacts in light of evolutionary experiments / Grace E. Conrad, Stephen J. Lycett, Metin I. Eren, and Michelle R. Bebber --- Re-evaluating Middle Holocene copper use, gender roles, and social organization : evidence from the Reigh Site (47WN1), Wisconsin / Michelle R. Bebber, James O'Leary, Mark Henry D. Abunda, Tiffany M. Crawford, Charissa Gilbert, Jawbone Ickes, and Nathan Shadron -- Copper- versus stone-tipped dart relative functional efficiency : an experiment assessing penetration depth into hog carcasses by human Atlatlists / Jonathan Paige, Robert S. Walker, Briggs Buchanan, Robert Berg, Cheryll Berg, Charissa Gilbert, Jacob Baldino, Scott McKinny, Metin I. Eren, and Michelle R. Bebber -- The British metal invasion : iron use and its role in cultural changes among the Beothuk of Newfoundland, Canada / Christopher B. Wolff, Donald H. Holly Jr., and Amanda G. Samuels -- Experimental archaeology on the introduction of European raw materials in indigenous technology : a case study on the Beothuk of Newfoundland, Canada / Amanda G. Samuels, Donald H. Holly Jr., Michelle R. Bebber, Metin I. Eren, Scott McKinny, Briggs Buchanan, Jonathan Paige, Robert S. Walker, Christopher B. Wolff -- An outro : conclusions on the indigenous use of metal in North America / Christopher B. Wolff and Michelle R. Bebber. |
| Abstract |
"The discovery and development of metals as tool media is a topic of global interest. This phenomenon is generally associated with sedentary, agricultural societies; however, in North America metal use by hunter-gatherer populations began as early as 9,000 years ago and continued into modern times. The regional and cultural diversity of research in this volume contributes to how we conceptualize hunter-gatherer innovation, technological proficiency, and complex decision-making in the past. Readers are challenged to reconsider long-held assumptions about how, when, and under what conditions metal became a part of humanity's story"-- Provided by publisher. |
