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Author Hill, Mark Andrew, 1957- author.

Title The Benefit of the Gift : Social Organization and Expanding Networks of Interaction in the Western Great Lakes Archaic / Mark Andrew Hill
Published Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA : International Monographs in Prehistory, [2012]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Archaeological series ; 18
Archaeological series (Ann Arbor, Mich.) ; 18.
Contents List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Organization of this Volume; Acknowledgements Chapter 1. An Evolutionary Perspective on the Development of Intercommunity Interaction and Exchange Networks; Chapter 2. The Western Great Lakes: Landscapes and People of the Archaic; Chapter 3. Distribution of Resources and Populations: Understanding the Geography of the Late Archaic Lithic Resources; Chapter 4. The Development of Late Archaic Regional Systems; Chapter 5. Material Symbols and Social Effects of Exchange; Chapter 6. Copper Acquisition and Production at the Duck Lake Site and its Implications for Systems of Regional Exchange; Chapter 7. Tracing Exchange and Interaction: Using Lithic Sourcing and Chemical Composition of Copper to Identify Communities of Interaction; Chapter 8. Summary and Conclusions Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Appendix IV; Appendix V; Appendix VI; Appendix VII References Cited
Summary "Archaeological data from the Late Archaic, 4000-2000 years ago, in the Western Great Lakes are examined to understand the production and movement of copper and lithic exchange materials, access to and benefits from exchange networks, and social changes accompanying the development of extensive, continental scale, exchange systems of interaction in this period"--Provided by publisher
Analysis Copper
Exchange Networks
Late Archaic Era
Lithic
Western Great Lakes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 4, 2018)
Subject Paleo-Indians -- Social networks -- Great Lakes Region (North America)
Paleo-Indians -- Commerce -- Great Lakes Region (North America)
Paleo-Indians -- Implements -- Great Lakes Region (North America)
Social exchange.
Social archaeology -- Great Lakes Region (North America)
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Antiquities
Paleo-Indians -- Implements
Social archaeology
Social exchange
SUBJECT Great Lakes Region (North America) -- Antiquities
Subject Great Lakes Region
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781789201796
1789201799