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--An invaluable reference... Miskwabik is an incredibly interesting book on a topic rarely discussed in such depth! You'll enjoy every word of it.-- -- The Dirt Brothers -Fills a crucial gap in the literature. Trevelyan's work goes beyond a simple history of copper production to discuss meaning and function [of the objects and associated designs]. Her work has ramifications that reach far beyond a disucssion of copper work alone. This volume will be very influential in reshaping Eastern Woodlands scholarship.- -- Lee Anne Wilson, Hartwick College, co-editor of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and th -A useful compendium of ethnographic and ethnohistoric references to native copper belief systems and use by Native Peoples.- -- Journal of Canadian Archaeology -Refocuses the discussion of aboriginal copper use away from its possible economic significance... to their symbolic and ceremonial significance.... Highly recommended.- -- Choice -Trevelayan draws all Native American use of copper in the eastern US... into a long, consistent tradition of ritual behavior, underscoring her argument with 16 dazzling color illustrations that indicate just how spectacular Native American copper could be. Highly recommended.- -- Choice An invaluable reference... Miskwabik is an incredibly interesting book on a topic rarely discussed in such depth! You'll enjoy every word of it. -- The Dirt Brothers Fills a crucial gap in the literature. Trevelyan's work goes beyond a simple history of copper production to discuss meaning and function [of the objects and associated designs]. Her work has ramifications that reach far beyond a disucssion of copper work alone. This volume will be very influential in reshaping Eastern Woodlands scholarship. -- Lee Anne Wilson, Hartwick College, co-editor of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and th A useful compendium of ethnographic and ethnohistoric references to native copper belief systems and use by Native Peoples. -- Journal of Canadian Archaeology Refocuses the discussion of aboriginal copper use away from its possible economic significance... to their symbolic and ceremonial significance.... Highly recommended. -- Choice Trevelayan draws all Native American use of copper in the eastern US... into a long, consistent tradition of ritual behavior, underscoring her argument with 16 dazzling color illustrations that indicate just how spectacular Native American copper could be. Highly recommended. -- Choice An invaluable reference... Miskwabik is an incredibly interesting book on a topic rarely discussed in such depth! You'll enjoy every word of it. -- The Dirt Brothers Fills a crucial gap in the literature. Trevelyan's work goes beyond a simple history of copper production to discuss meaning and function [of the objects and associated designs]. Her work has ramifications that reach far beyond a disucssion of copper work alone. This volume will be very influential in reshaping Eastern Woodlands scholarship. -- Lee Anne Wilson, Hartwick College, co-editor of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and th A useful compendium of ethnographic and ethnohistoric references to native copper belief systems and use by Native Peoples. -- Journal of Canadian Archaeology Refocuses the discussion of aboriginal copper use away from its possible economic significance... to their symbolic and ceremonial significance.... Highly recommended. -- Choice Trevelayan draws all Native American use of copper in the eastern US... into a long, consistent tradition of ritual behavior, underscoring her argument with 16 dazzling color illustrations that indicate just how spectacular Native American copper could be. Highly recommended. -- Choice

<p> An invaluable reference... Miskwabik is an incredibly interesting book on a topic rarely discussed in such depth! You'll enjoy every word of it. -- The Dirt Brothers

An invaluable reference... Miskwabik is an incredibly interesting book on a topic rarely discussed in such depth! You'll enjoy every word of it. -- The Dirt Brothers

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