Ancient Aboriginal Trade in North America
Language: English
Published by Report for the Smithsonian Institution for 1872, Washington DC, 1873
- Softcover
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Seller: Andrew L. Christenson, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.Andrew L. Christenson
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Condition: Used - Very good
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This is a 47 page author's reprint from a larger bound volume. Includes discussion of copper, galena, obsidian, mica, slate, flint, red pipestone, shells, and pearls with a discussion of division of labor. Inscribed to "Thomas W. Field Esq. with complements of Charles Rau." Rau (1826-1987) was curator of the National Museum and Field was a book collector and bibliographer of Native Americana. In summarizing his conclusions of the transition from Native people to Europeans that "in succumbing to the overwhelming power of Caucasians, they shared the fate of every inferior race that takes up the contest with one occupying a higher rank in the family of men.".
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Ancient Aboriginal Trade in North America
- Author
- Rau, Chales (signed)
- Publisher
- Report for the Smithsonian Institution for 1872, Washington DC
- Publication year
- 1873
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
Andrew L. Christenson
Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since March 1, 2013
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