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Native Peoples Use of Copper-Based Metals in
NE North America. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Sep 2008, Pages: 644
Smelted copper-based metals were introduced into NE
North America by a series of European groups in the
form of finished kettles and sheet metal during the
Early and Middle Contact periods (ca. AD 1480/1500-
1690, respectively). Once acquired, Native
metalworkers transformed this metal into
various objects
which were more meaningful to themselves and their
communities. This book explores 1) the manufacturing
techniques used to craft these pieces, 2) the
differences in manufacturing techniques used
chronologically and ethnically and 3) the forms of
the objects themselves. Differences in both the
manufacturing techniques used and forms created were
observed chronologically and ethnically supporting
the assertion that smelted copper-based metalworking
was a newly developed industry primarily adapting
existing Native technological practices to this
material rather than a complete set of practices
adopted en masse from Europeans. This analysis
should be useful to researchers investigating
Contact period interactions between Native peoples
and Europeans and anyone interested in broader
questions of technological change.
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