The Stone Age in North America

About this eBook

Author

Moorehead, Warren K. (Warren King), 1866-1939

Title

The stone age in North America, vol. 2 of 2

Original Publication

Boston: Houghton Mifflin company, 1910.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Peter Becker, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Stone age -- North America

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74390

Release Date

September 7, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE STONE AGE IN NORTH AMERICA AN ARCHÆOLOGICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE IMPLEMENTS, ORNAMENTS, WEAPONS, UTENSILS, ETC., OF THE PREHISTORIC TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA, WITH MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED FULL-PAGE PLATES AND FOUR HUNDRED FIGURES ILLUSTRATING OVER FOUR THOUSAND DIFFERENT OBJECTS
2. 2.CONTENTS — CHAPTER XXV GROUND STONE — EFFIGIES IN STONE AND WOOD—BIRD-STONES — ANIMAL AND HUMAN EFFIGIES
3. 3.CHAPTER XXVI GROUND STONE — STONE PIPES — The Classification of Pipes
4. 4.CHAPTER XXVII GROUND STONE — MORTARS AND PESTLES
5. 5.CHAPTER XXVIII OBJECTS OF SHELL
6. 6.CHAPTER XXIX OBJECTS OF BONE — Mandan Bone Implements
7. 7.CHAPTER XXX OBJECTS OF COPPER — The Native Copper Implements of Wisconsin — Fabrication — Distribution — Classes and Functions — Axes — Chisels. ( See Figs. 577, 579, 580. ) — Spuds. ( See Figs. 581, 583. ) — Gouges. ( See Figs. 582, 585. ) — Adzes — Spatulas — Knives . ( Figs. 597, 598. ) — Arrow- and Spear-Points — Harpoon-Points — Pikes and Punches. ( See Fig. 602. ) — Awls and Drills. ( See Figs. 593 and 603. ) — Spikes. ( See Fig. 580, lower left-hand specimen. ) — Needles — Fish-Hooks. ( See Fig. 603. ) — Peculiar Implements — Banner-Stones — Beads. ( See Figs. 569, 570. ) — Bangles. ( See Fig. 569. ) — Finger-Rings — Ear-Rings — Ear-Spools or Ear-Plugs. ( See Fig. 612. ) — Gorgets and Pendants. ( See Figs. 570 and 617. ) — Crescents. ( See Figs. 611, 613, 614. ) — Other Ornaments
8. 8.CHAPTER XXXI TEXTILE FABRICS
9. 9.CHAPTER XXXII POTTERY OF THE UNITED STATES
10. 10.CHAPTER XXXIII HEMATITE OBJECTS
11. 11.CHAPTER XXXIV MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS
12. 12.CHAPTER XXXV THE STONE AGE IN EASTERN CANADA, UTAH, AND DAKOTA — EASTERN CANADA — THE PLAINS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL CANADA — THE STONE AGE IN UTAH — Objects made of Wood — Textiles — Feather Objects — Bone Objects — Objects made from Teeth — Shell Objects — Stone Objects — Pottery Objects — THE STONE AGE IN DAKOTA — Hide and Bark — Objects made from Deer Antlers — Bone Objects — Shell Objects — Stone Objects — Objects of Copper — Objects of Pottery — Objects of Unbaked Clay
13. 13.CHAPTER XXXVI CONCLUSIONS — THE POPULATION IN PREHISTORIC TIMES — THE STONE AGE IN HISTORIC TIMES — THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN IN AMERICA — ADAPTATION TO CONDITIONS — ART IN ANCIENT TIMES AND MODERN ART
14. 14.CHAPTER XXXVII CONCLUSIONS — THE ANCIENT CULTURE-GROUPS — THE STONE-AGE POINT OF VIEW — FIELD STUDY NEEDED
15. 15.BIBLIOGRAPHY — GENERAL WORKS — WORKS MORE PURELY OF GENERAL REFERENCE — SERIAL REFERENCES TO THE WORKS OF INDIVIDUALS — BIBLIOGRAPHY BY SUBJECTS — BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF WARREN K. MOOREHEAD
16. 16.INDEX

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