The archaeology of the North American fur trade

Summary: Nassaney's extended study of North American fur trade archaeology will be an important addition to the exploration of extractive economies, and it is the first text to synthesize the current research on the social, economic, material, and ideological aspects of the fur trade.

Record details

ISBN: 9780813061573 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-246) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Furs, materiality, and the American experience -- Interpretive frameworks for the study of the fur trade -- A concise history of the fur trade -- Themes in the materiality of the fur trade -- Regional fur trade systems in archaeological perspective -- The fur trade in the Western Great Lakes Region: the view from Fort St. Joseph -- The fur trade legacy and the American experience.