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Early Smoking Pipes Of The North American Aborigines

Early Smoking Pipes Of The North American Aborigines

Franklin Berlin, Alfred

Paperback

General ReferenceArchaeologyGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9354445616
ISBN13: 9789354445613
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 5 2021
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.09 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
From humble clay bowls to finely carved effigies, the earliest smoking pipes of North America trace a quiet yet powerful story beneath our feet. Every bowl tells a story. Alfred Franklin Berlin's landmark archaeological study of smoking pipes brings together scattered finds and early records to illuminate how native American smoking pipes evolved in form, use and meaning. Moving across pre-Columbian North America, he examines indigenous North American tobacco, pipe-making traditions, and prehistoric ceremonial pipe use as part of early indigenous North American history, linking sacred ritual and everyday habit to the broader tobacco history in America and the history of smoking artifacts. Both an erudite native American archaeology book and an accessible field companion, Early Smoking Pipes Of The North American Aborigines serves as a rigorous academic resource on indigenous artifacts as well as an inspiring archaeology reference for collectors, historians and anyone building a native American artifacts collection. Berlin's careful typologies, regional comparisons and attention to context make this study indispensable for understanding pipes as objects of art, instruments of trade and diplomacy, and carriers of belief. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, it is restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure for readers of archaeology, anthropology and tobacco history alike.

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