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A Study Of North Appalachian Indian Pottery

A Study Of North Appalachian Indian Pottery

Wren, Christopher

Paperback

Native American HistoryArchaeologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354481027
ISBN13: 9789354481024
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.36 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Every shard quietly holds memory. In A Study Of North Appalachian Indian Pottery, Christopher Wren traces how humble clay vessels illuminate the lives, beliefs and movements of Indigenous communities across the North Appalachian uplands. He follows ceramic traditions across landscapes and generations, shaping fragments into a coherent narrative of people and place. Combining meticulous prehistoric pottery analysis with a keen sense of region and history, this classic archaeological monograph explores form, decoration and technology in north Appalachian Indian pottery, setting them within the wider currents of Native American pottery and eastern North America prehistory. At once a rigorous native American archaeology study and an accessible Indian pottery research book, it speaks to anyone curious about how objects carry memory through time. Wren's synthesis remains a touchstone in North Appalachian archaeology and in the broader study of American Indian material culture, making the volume an enduring archaeology reference book and an anthropology students resource. Collectors of classic scholarship and general readers alike will appreciate its role in North American ceramics history and its careful attention to context, craft and the peoples behind the pots. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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