Nature and Pace of Change in American Indian Cultures
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- ISBN 9780271070957
- Weight: 431g
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 15 Feb 2016
- Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Three thousand to four thousand years ago, the Native Americans of the mid-Atlantic region experienced a groundswell of cultural innovation. This remarkable era, known as the Transitional period, saw the advent of broad-bladed bifaces, cache blades, ceramics, steatite bowls, and sustained trade, among other ingenious and novel objects and behaviors. In The Nature and Pace of Change in American Indian Cultures, eight expert contributors examine the Transitional period in Pennsylvania and posit potential explanations of the significant changes in social and cultural life at that time.
Building upon sixty years of accumulated data, corrected radiocarbon dating, and fresh research, scholars are reimagining the ancient environment in which native people lived. The Nature and Pace of Change in American Indian Cultures will give readers new insights into a singular moment in the prehistory of the mid-Atlantic region and the daily lives of the people who lived there.
The contributors are Joseph R. Blondino, Kurt W. Carr, Patricia E. Miller, Roger Moeller, Paul A. Raber, R. Michael Stewart, Frank J. Vento, Robert D. Wall, and Heather A. Wholey.
R. Michael Stewart is Associate Professor Emeritus at Temple University and Archaeologist, New Jersey Historic Preservation Office.
Kurt W. Carr is Senior Curator of Archaeology at the State Museum of Pennsylvania.
Paul A. Raber is Vice-President and Director of Archaeological Services at Heberling Associates, Inc.
