{"product_id":"arrowheads-and-spear-points-in-the-prehistoric-southeast-a-guide-to-understanding-cultural-artifacts-paperback","title":"Arrowheads and Spear Points in the Prehistoric Southeast: A Guide to Understanding Cultural Artifacts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Crawford Culberson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJim Culberson\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Native American tribes of what is now the southeastern United States left intriguing relics of their ancient cultural life. Arrowheads, spear points, stone tools, and other artifacts are found in newly plowed fields, on hillsides after a fresh rain, or in washed-out creek beds. These are tangible clues to the anthropology of the Paleo-Indians, and the highly developed Mississippian peoples. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This indispensable guide to identifying and understanding such finds is for conscientious amateur archeologists who make their discoveries in surface terrain. Many are eager to understand the culture that produced the artifact, what kind of people created it, how it was made, how old it is, and what its purpose was. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here is a handbook that seeks identification through the clues of cultural history. In discussing materials used, the process of manufacture, and the relationship between the artifacts and the environments, it reveals ancient discoveries to be not merely interesting trinkets but by-products from the once vital societies in areas that are now Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, the Carolinas, as well as in southeastern Texas, southern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The text is documented by more than a hundred drawings in the actual size of the artifacts, as well as by a glossary of archeological terms and a helpful list of state and regional archeological societies.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinda Crawford\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCulberson \u003c\/b\u003eformerly served as executive director of South Delta Library Services and the Triangle Cultural Center in Yazoo City, Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.54 x 7.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758145634592,"sku":"9780878056385","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e9334cb88cfd29c53839f18b008cd62f.webp?v=1780119136","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/arrowheads-and-spear-points-in-the-prehistoric-southeast-a-guide-to-understanding-cultural-artifacts-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}