European metals in native hands rethinking the dynamics of technological change, 1640-1683 - Ehrhardt, Kathleen L., 1948-; ProQuest (Firm) (Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 2005)
Native technologies, European contact, and the processes and meanings of material change -- Setting aside the "standard view" : revealing "style" and change in technological systems -- Recovering Illinois copper-base metalworking style : the analytical program -- Indigenous copper working in the midcontinent : situating Illinois copper-base metal use in late protohistory -- Lost sheep-- in the jaws of the wolf : the mid-seventeenth-century Illinois in ethnohistorical and archaeological perspective -- From kettle sheet to ornament : artifact forms, production, and use -- Finding "style" beneath the surface : artifact composition and manufacturing history -- Illinois metalworking style in contexts of social action and technological change.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-234) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: Illinois Indians -- First contact with Europeans; Illinois Indians -- Industries; Illinois Indians -- Commerce; Imports -- Mississippi River Valley -- History -- 17th century; Exports -- Europe -- History -- 17th century; Indian copperwork -- Mississippi River Valley; Copper implements -- Europe -- History; Technological innovations -- Mississippi River Valley; Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803.; Electronic books