A most indispensable art : native fiber industries from eastern North America / edited by James B. Petersen.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Petersen, James B.
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1996], ©1996.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Indigenous textile fabrics > East (U.S.)
Indigenous baskets > East (U.S.)
Indigenous peoples of North America > East (U.S.) > Antiquities.
Woodland culture.
East (U.S.) > Antiquities.
Physical Description:xxii, 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The study of native fiber industries from eastern North America : resume and prospect / James B. Petersen
  • The origins of fiber perishables production east of the Rockies / R. L. Andrews and J. M. Adovasio
  • Fiber industries from the Boucher site : an early woodland cemetery in northwestern Vermont / Michael J. Heckenberger, James B. Petersen, Frances B. King, and Louise A. Basa
  • Inferring behavior and function from an Etowah fabric incorporating feathers / Lucy R. Sibley, Kathryn A. Jakes, and Lewis H. Larson
  • Cordage twist and ethnicity / Robert F. Maslowski
  • Fiber industries from northern New England : ethnicity and technological traditions during the woodland period / James B. Petersen
  • Fiber industries in the upper Great Lakes : a late woodland case study from the Juntunen site / Nathan D. Hamilton, James B. Petersen, and Alan L. McPherron
  • A new twist to an old tale : analysis of cordage impressions on late woodland ceramics from the Potomac River valley / William C. Johnson
  • Mississippian textile evidence on fabric-impressed ceramics from Mound Bottom, Tennessee / Jenna Tedrick Kuttruff and Carl Kuttruff
  • The role of storage and handling in the preservation of fibrous materials in museums and other repositories / Joan S. Gardner
  • Eastern North American textiles : a western perspective / Catherine S. Fowler.