| Shell Gorgets: Styles of the Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric Southeast Contributor(s): Brain, Jeffrey P. (Author), Phillips, Philip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873658124 ISBN-13: 9780873658126 Publisher: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1996 Annotation: Engraved shell gorgets are found throughout prehistoric southeastern North America. The artistic sophistication of these gorgets lends itself to the senstive stylistic and chronological analysis offered here. In part one of this volume, the gorgets are classified into styles; in part two, described archaeological sites are analyzed for associations and chronology; and in part three, information about the gorgets is correlated with other artifactual evidence, and patterns of intersite distribution are examined for chronological insights and dynamic interpretations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 736.6 |
| LCCN: 90064119 |
| Series: Peabody Museum |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 8.94" W x 11.48" (3.77 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Engraved shell gorgets are found throughout prehistoric southeastern North America. The artistic sophistication of these gorgets lends itself to the sensitive stylistic and chronological analysis offered here. In part one of this volume, the gorgets are classified into styles; in part two, described archaeological sites are analyzed for associations and chronology; and in part three, information about the gorgets is correlated with other artifactual evidence, and patterns of intersite distribution are examined for chronological insights and dynamic interpretations. |