Amulets, effigies, fetishes, and charms: native american artifacts and spirit stones from the northeast
Auteur :
Lenik, Edward J.
Éditeur :
The University of Alabama Press
ISBN :
9780817360443
Date de publication :
5 oct. 2021
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
363 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Decorated stone artifacts are a significant part of archaeological studies of Native Americans in the Northeast. The artifacts illuminated in this volume include pecked, sculpted, or incised figures, images, or symbols. These are rendered on pebbles, plaques, pendants, axes, pestles, and atlatl weights, and are of varying sizes, shapes and designs.