Most Indispensable Art Native Fiber Industries from Eastern North America

This collection of essays chronicles the diversity and richness of one broad category of traditional material culture - fiber industries or textiles - among prehistoric and historic Native Americans in eastern North America. Such industries, which include basketry, fabrics, cordage, and netting, played an important role in the economic, social, and ceremonial life of indigenous cultures. However, because of the extreme age of the artifacts, their fragile nature, and unfavorable preservation conditions, knowledge of these industries has long been incomplete - resulting in a gap in scholarship that this volume does much to address.Peterson, James B. is the author of 'Most Indispensable Art Native Fiber Industries from Eastern North America' with ISBN 9780870499159 and ISBN 0870499157.