ISBN:
0874511623
,
0874512557
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 284 S
,
Ill., Kt
,
24 cm
DDC:
974/.00497
Keywords:
Indians of North America History
;
New England. American Indians,++to 1607
;
Neuengland
;
Indianer
;
Ethnologie
Note:
Bibliographie S. 237 - 270. - Includes index
,
Background. The region and its resources -- The first Europeans.
,
The people. The tribes and their distribution -- Personal characteristics -- Health and illness -- Religion and philosophy.
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The household. A place to live -- Household and personal equipment -- The family meals. The cooking pot ; Maize ; Beans, squashes, and pumpkins ; Roots and nuts ; Fruits ; Sugar and salt ; Game, fish, and seafood ; A diet for superb health -- The roles of the sexes -- The day's round -- Beyond the round.
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The bountiful earth. The soil -- The provision of nature -- Preparing for cultivation. Farming tools ; The fields -- Cultivated crops. Corn, beans, squashes, and watermelons ; Roots ; Tobacco -- The season's round. Storing the yield ; Fall hunting.
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Interrelations. Trade and conflict -- Travel and communications.
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