| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 191 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. THE RED PAINT PEOPLE, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND ME; 2. THE WORLD 4,000 YEARS AGO; 3. DISCOVERING THE TURNER FARM SITE; 4. DISCOVERING THE MOOREHEAD PHASE; 5. GLEANING INFORMATION FROM THE ARTIFACTS; 6. PARSING THE MOOREHEAD PHASE; 7. EXPLAINING THE MOOREHEAD PHASE: PART 1; 8. EXPLAINING THE MOOREHEAD PHASE: PART 2; 9. CONCLUSION; Notes; Glossary; B; C; E; F; H; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Z; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
| Summary |
Thousands of years ago, Maine's Red Paint People, so called because of the red ochre in their burial sites, were among the first maritime cultures in the Americas. They could have subsisted on easily caught cod, but they chose to capture dangerous and elusive swordfish. This book explains beautifully the prehistory of these people, the evolution of archaeological thinking about them, and the myriad new scientific threads that shed new light on this old culture. Anyone with even a passing interest in New England's deep maritime roots must read this book. In the closing years of the nineteenth ce |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-185) and index |
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Red Paint culture.
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Indians of North America -- Maine -- Atlantic Coast -- Antiquities
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Swordfish fishing -- Maine -- History
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Fish remains (Archaeology) -- Maine -- Atlantic Coast
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Coastal archaeology -- Maine
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Underwater archaeology -- Maine
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HISTORY -- Native American.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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Antiquities
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Coastal archaeology
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Fish remains (Archaeology)
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Indians of North America -- Antiquities
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Red Paint culture
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Swordfish fishing
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Underwater archaeology
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| SUBJECT |
Atlantic Coast (Me.) -- Antiquities
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Maine, Gulf of -- Antiquities
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Atlantic Ocean -- Gulf of Maine
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Maine
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Maine -- Atlantic Coast
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012937196 |
| ISBN |
1593730381 |
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9781593730383 |
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1593731159 |
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9781593731151 |
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