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Loading... The swordfish hunters : the history and ecology of an ancient American sea people (edition 2012)by Bruce J. Bourque
Work InformationThe Swordfish Hunters: The History and Ecology of an Ancient American Sea People by Bruce Bourque
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Thousands of years ago, Maine's Red Paint People, so called because of the red ochre in their burial sites, were among the first maritime cultures in the Americas. They could have subsisted on easily caught cod, but they chose to capture dangerous and elusive swordfish. This book explains beautifully the prehistory of these people, the evolution of archaeological thinking about them, and the myriad new scientific threads that shed new light on this old culture. Anyone with even a passing interest in New England's deep maritime roots must read this book.In the closing years of the nineteenth ce No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)974.01History and Geography North America Northeastern U.S.LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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