The Archaeology of the North American Fur Trade (American Experience in Archaeological Pe)
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (945 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813054699 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Offers consistent, coherent explanations of archaeological findings.”Choice“Nassaney draws together an amazing amount of information about the fur trades that once existed in North America and includes illuminating and imaginative interpretations of archaeological data by researchers from across the continent.”Gregory A. One of the key points repeatedly highlighted by Nassaney is the active role of both Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples in the fur trade, in contrast to traditional narratives which emphasize European colonization and trade as shaping largely passive Indigenous societies.”Canadian Journal of Archaeology“Provides a synthesis of the fur trade through time and across the continent. Waselkov, author of A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813–1814 “The Archaeology of the North American Fur Trade demonstrates how an amazing number of issues constellate around the subject: the mutual effects of cultural interaction, colonialism, world-systems theory, questions about dependence and local autonomy, consumer motivations, substantivism and formalism, creolization, underwater archaeology, gender, the politics of heritage an
The fur trade has also been a 'test bed' for scholarly consideration of processes of culture contact, diffusion, and acculturation. By leading the reader through these divergent narratives, Nassaney makes clear that critical examination and reflection is an essential part of scholarship, and that the fur trade is fertile ground for rethinking old ideas through new interpretive filters."--Journal of Anthropological Research"Data rich and theoretically robust. Offers consistent, coherent explanations of archaeological findings."--Choice. "A fine piece of scholarship. A solid introduction to the archaeology of the fur trade, as well as to the myriad archaeological issues associated with colonial interaction."--American Antiquity"Impressive and ambitious, covering centuries of time and much of the North American continent. One of the key points repeatedly highlighted by Nassaney is the active role of both Indigenous an
Nassaney, professor of anthropology at Western Michigan University, is coeditor of Interpretations of Native North American Life: Material Contributions to Ethnohistory. Michael S.