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An old place, safe and quiet : a Blackstone River Valley cremation burial site
- Title
- An old place, safe and quiet : a Blackstone River Valley cremation burial site / Alan Leveillee.
- Author
- Leveillee, Alan.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | E78.M4 L48 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxii, 185 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Subject
- Indians of North America > Blackstone River Valley (Mass. and R.I.) > Antiquities
- Indians of North America > Funeral customs and rites > Blackstone River Valley (Mass. and R.I.)
- Antiquities
- Indians of North America > Antiquities
- Indians of North America > Funeral customs and rites
- Millbury III Site (Millbury, Mass.)
- Millbury (Mass. : Town) > Antiquities
- Blackstone River Valley (Mass. and R.I.) > Antiquities
- Massachusetts > Millbury > Millbury III Site
- Massachusetts > Millbury (Town)
- United States > Blackstone River Valley
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index.
- Contents
- Project History -- Environmental Setting -- Blackstone River Drainage Ecology -- Pre-Glacial History -- Glacial History -- Soils -- Post-Glacial Vegetative Sequence -- Cultural Context -- Landscape Contexts -- Regional and Local Prehistory -- A History of the Transitional Archaic Period in Southern New England -- Mortuary Practice -- Cremation from an Anthropological Perspective -- Research Design and Methodologies -- Settlement Pattern Studies -- Methodology -- The Archaeological Record: Features and Artifacts -- Features -- Lithic Artifacts -- Projectile Points -- Ground Stone Tools -- Pigments -- Analytical Results -- Radiocarbon Dates -- Faunal Remains -- Floral Remains -- Statistical Relationships Between Stone Tools and Human Bone -- Thin Section Analysis of Tool Fragments -- Interpretations -- Review of the Goals of the Data Recovery Program -- Depositional History of Millbury II -- The Millbury III Cremation Complex -- Ceremonialism at Millbury III -- Specialization in Lithic Manufacture and Body Treatment -- Susquehanna Origins -- Cognitive Landscapes -- Closing Ceremonies -- Transcripts of Native American Representative Conversation Logs.
- ISBN
- 0897898605
- 9780897898607
- LCCN
- 2001043014
- OCLC
- ocm47658880
- 47658880
- SCSB-1251756
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library