Archaeology of Minnesota : the prehistory of the upper Mississippi river region
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Archaeology of Minnesota : the prehistory of the upper Mississippi river region
University of Minnesota Press, c2012
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-254) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Histories of Minnesota typically begin with seventeenth-century French fur traders exploring the western shores of Lake Superior. And yet, archaeology reveals that Native Americans lived in the region at least 13,000 years before such European incursions. Archaeology of Minnesota tells their story-or as much as the region's wealth of artifacts, evidence of human activity, and animal and plant remains can convey.
From archaeological materials, Guy Gibbon reconstructs the social, economic, and political systems-the lifeways-of those who inhabited what we now call Minnesota for thousands of years before the first contact between native peoples and Europeans. From the boreal coniferous forests to the north, to the tall grass prairie to the west and southwest, to the deciduous forest to the east and southeast, the richly diverse land of the upper Mississippi River region, crossed and bordered by all manner of waterways, was a virtual melting pot of prehistoric cultures.
Demonstrating how native cultures adapted and evolved over time, Gibbon provides an explanation that is firmly rooted in the nature of local environments. In doing so, he shows how the study of Minnesota archaeology is relevant to a broader understanding of long-term patterns of change in human development throughout the world.
目次
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Tools of the Trade
1.Environments of Minnesota
Paleoindian and Archaic Period, ca. 11,200 to 500 BC
2First People: Paleoindian and Early Archaic Adaptations
3Prairie Everywhere: Middle and Late Archaic Adaptations
Initial Woodland Period, ca. 1000-500 BC to AD 500-700
4Southern Deer Hunters, Gardeners, and Bison Hunters: Initial Woodland Adaptations in Southern Minnesota
5Northern Hunters, Fishers, and Wild Rice Harvesters: Initial Woodland Adaptations in Central and Northern Minnesota
Terminal Woodland and Mississippian Period, ca. AD 500-700 to 1650
6Terminal Woodland Effigy Mound Builders and Bison Hunters: Terminal Woodland Adaptations in Southern Minnesota
7First Tribes in Southern Minnesota: Mississippian and Plains Village Adaptation
8.First Tribes in Central and Northern Minnesota: Terminal Woodland Adaptations
Conclusion: Long-Term Pattern in the Past
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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