Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint)
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Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2015-07-20 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781331907527 |
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Excerpt from Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association, Vol. 6 The subject of wampum has been given considerable attention by ethnologists and historians at large, but as yet there remain unanswered several of the most important questions concerning its original manufacture, its geographical provenience during different periods, and the functions it served in particular regions and historical epochs. The gathering incubus of evidence seems to promise no immediate cessation of increase, for every year or so sees the publication of another paper or two attempting to prove either that the Indians could or could not make the so-called council wampum or tubular beads before they obtained metal tools from Europeans. Its beginning has been variously accredited to the Iroquois, the New England Algonkian, and the Dutch by different recent authors more or less seriously, while early authors too seem to have promulgated different opinions on the same point. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.