The stunning diversity of North American Indian and Eskimo baskets is thoroughly explored, including basket manufacture techniques, raw materials, forms, and decoration, with information on native lifestyles. More than 175 regional and tribal styles are documented in an easy-to-use and beautifully illustrated format. The book's standardized ...
More than 125 vivid color photos display groups of Indian-made wrought silver, turquoise, shell, and coral jewelry brought together from the American Southwest. The authors explore the diversity of this handcrafted jewelry from historic collections as well as those available today on reservations. Includes products of Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Rio ...
Storytellers from over 100 Native American societies lend their voices to this fascinating collection. From creation myths to ghost stories and fables, "Indian baskets" provide the theme for over 250 traditional selections, each recounted in the words of its narrator. More than 280 historic photographs celebrate the traditional beauty and lore of ...
Combining treatment of physical anthropology and archaeology, this text stresses the importance of the biocultural approach and the techniques of paleoanthropology and archaeology for discovering information about the human past.
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