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- ISBN
- 9781593730383
- Book Title
- Swordfish Hunters : the History and Ecology of an Ancient American Sea People
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Bunker Hill Publishing, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- History, Social Science
- Topic
- Archaeology, Native American
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 25.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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The Swordfish Hunters or Red Paint People as they are called because of the red ochre in their burial sites, were a remarkable culture living on the coast of Maine between 4500 and 3800 years ago. They appeared, briefly flourished, and then vanished without explanation, leaving plentiful evidence of their maritime prowess, from exquisitely carved bone daggers to harpoons and fishing gear whose basic design has not been improved upon in five millennia.
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Bunker Hill Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1593730381
ISBN-13
9781593730383
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Swordfish Hunters : the History and Ecology of an Ancient American Sea People
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Archaeology, Native American
Publication Year
2012
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
25.5 Oz
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E78.M28
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In The Swordfish Hunters, Bruce Bourque interweaves four narratives into a fascinating and engaging account of the distinctive Red Paint culture of ancient coastal Maine. He interweaves the history of archaeological research with his own personal history of intellectual discovery. He describes the Red Paint People in fascinating detail as a complex maritime hunter-gatherer society that hunted swordfish, and he shows, importantly, how archaeological data can contribute to modern issues and problems - in this case to the health of marine ecosystems. -- Kenneth M. Ames, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, Bruce Bourque's The Swordfish Hunters captivated me as no recent book has. I could not put it down. Thousands of years ago, Maine's Red Paint People 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. Bourque 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. -- Robert Steneck, Professor of Marine Sciences University of Maine
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Millar, Louise
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
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Dewey Decimal
974.01
Dewey Edition
22
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Yes
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