Description |
1 online resource (xv, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-249) and index. |
Contents |
A day in the life -- Specialization, exchange, and power in small-scale societies and chiefdoms -- Exchanging chert, consuming chert -- Rethinking the organization of lithic technology -- Life in the Mississippian uplands -- The regional structure of Hoe production -- Hoe production and the domestic economy -- Production and power: defining scales. |
Summary |
From Quarry to Cornfield provides an innovative model for examining the technology of hoe production and its contribution to theagriculture of Mississippian communities. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Mill Creek Site (Ill.)
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Hoes, Prehistoric -- Mississippi River Valley.
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Hoes, Prehistoric. |
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Mississippi River Valley. |
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Mississippian culture.
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Mississippian culture. |
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Indians of North America -- Illinois -- Antiquities.
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Indians of North America. |
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Illinois. |
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Antiquities. |
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Illinois -- Antiquities.
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Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Cobb, Charles R. (Charles Richard), 1956- From quarry to cornfield. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2000 (DLC) 00009857 (OCoLC)44405835 |
ISBN |
9780817383435 (electronic book) |
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0817383433 (electronic book) |
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0817310509 (acid-free paper) |
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9780817310509 (acid-free paper) |
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