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This is a print on demand publication. Contents: (I) The Use & Meaning of Coppers in the Period Between 1860-1920; Coppers; Environmental Conditions; Cosmologies; Social Structure; Meanings Attributed to Copper; The Roles of Coppers in Each of the 5 Societies; Comparison of Coppers & Their Use & Meaning; (II) The Early Development of Coppers in Historical Context: Early Period 1741-1840; Copper Objects of the Native People Seen by Europeans; Sources of Native Copper; Amount & Type of Trade Copper Introduced; Type of European Copper Traded 1750-1840; The Later Period 1840-1920; Coppers 1840-1920; (III) The Native Copper Questions: Native Metal-Working Technology; Metallurgical & Metallographic Analysis; (IV) Formal Antecedents to Coppers: European Objects; Archaeological Artifacts; Ethnographic Artifacts; Conclusions; Bibliography. Illus.

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""This work is an important contribution to Northwest Coast studies. The collection of historic and ethnographic sources is exhaustive. Virtually all descriptive material on [copper] is here.""--Daniel L. Boxberger ""American Indian Culture and Research Journal""

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