Archaeology, Copper, and Complexity in the Middle Atlantic Region

Gregory Denis Lattanzi

doi:10.5771/9781793619327

Summary

For the prehistoric people of the Middle Atlantic region, copper held a fascination higher than rank, achievement, or status. Native copper artifacts, along with other exotic objects, were seen as a conduit or connection between the living and the dead and were used in burial. Other studies have viewed the use of such artifacts in burials as indicative of an individual’s status and rank, providing evidence for complex society. In Archaeology, Copper, and Complexity, Gregory Denis Lattanzi contends that such economic explanations should be rethought, arguing that the presence of highly exotic artifacts like copper beads and gorgets could be representative of the different mechanisms at play within prehistoric ideology, ceremonialism, and ritual.

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-1931-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-1932-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 112
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures and Tables No access
3. 1. Figures No access
  2. Tables No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1: Introduction: Setting the Stage No access Pages 1 - 6
1. Note No access
1. Physiographic Provinces No access
2. Native Copper in the Middle Atlantic Region No access
3. Types of Copper Deposits and Definitions No access
4. Drift or Float Copper No access
5. Copper Deposits in the Middle Atlantic Region No access
1. A New Look at Middle Atlantic Archaeological Models of Interaction No access
1. New York No access
2. Burial Ridge No access
3. The Joseph S. Auerbach Estate No access
4. New Jersey No access
5. Rosenkrans Ferry No access
6. Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark No access
7. Beesley’s Pt. (Scott) Site No access
8. The Canton Site No access
9. Early and Middle Woodland Sites with Copper Artifacts in New Jersey No access
10. Pennsylvania No access
11. Ferry Site No access
12. Delaware No access
13. Fredericka No access
14. Killen’s Pond No access
15. St. Jones River No access
16. Island Field No access
17. Maryland No access
18. West River Site No access
19. Sandy Hill Site No access
20. Pig Point No access
21. Nassawango Creek No access
1. What is Complexity and Is It Complex? No access
2. Results of Copper Artifact Characterization No access
3. Interpretations of Interaction No access
1. The Early and Middle Woodland in the Middle Atlantic No access
Chapter 8: Conclusion: What’s Next for the Middle Atlantic Region? No access Pages 85 - 88
References No access Pages 89 - 104
Index No access Pages 105 - 110
About the Author No access Pages 111 - 112