Handbook of aboriginal American antiquities
| Main Author: | Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington :
Government Printing Office,
1919.
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| Physical Description: |
xvii, 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Also issued online. |
| Series: |
Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology) ;
60. House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 64th Congress, no. 852. |
| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
"Part I". No more published. Also issued as House document 852, 64th Congress, 1st session. Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-372) and index. pt. 1. Introductory. The lithic industries / by W.H. Holmes. The place of archeology in human history -- Resources and agencies of archeologic science -- Progress of archeologic research -- Problems of race and culture origins -- Problems of intercontinental communication -- Problems of migration -- Problems of culture development and mutation -- Problems of chronology -- Culture characterization areas -- Classification of antiquities -- Acquirement and utilization of materials -- Acquirement of minerals -- Quartzite bowlder quarries, District of Columbia -- Flint Ridge and Warsaw quarries, Ohio -- Flint quarries : West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana -- Mill Creek quarries, Illinois -- Flint quarries near Crescent, Mo. -- Novaculite quarries, Arkansas -- Chert quarries of the Great Plains -- Quartzite quarries, Wyoming -- Obsidian mines -- Steatite quarries -- Mica mines -- The red pipestone quarry -- Hematite ore and paint mine, Missouri -- Turquoise mines -- Quarries of building stone -- The stone-shaping arts -- Fracture processes -- Pressure fracture processes -- Crumbling processes -- Abrading processes -- Incising processes -- Piercing processes -- Fire fracture processes -- Cushing's account of shaping processes. Also issued online. Does not circulate; photocopying possible. |
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| Physical Description: |
xvii, 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Also issued online. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-372) and index. |
| Access: |
Does not circulate; photocopying possible. |