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The discovery and development of metals as tool media is a topic of global interest. This phenomenon is generally associated with sedentary, agricultural societies; however, in North America metal use by hunter-gatherer populations began as early as 9,000 years ago and continued into modern times. The regional and cultural diversity of research in this volume contributes to how we conceptualize hunter-gatherer innovation, technological proficiency, and complex decision-making in the past. Readers are challenged to reconsider long-held assumptions about how, when, and under what conditions metal became a part of humanity's story.…mehr

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The discovery and development of metals as tool media is a topic of global interest. This phenomenon is generally associated with sedentary, agricultural societies; however, in North America metal use by hunter-gatherer populations began as early as 9,000 years ago and continued into modern times. The regional and cultural diversity of research in this volume contributes to how we conceptualize hunter-gatherer innovation, technological proficiency, and complex decision-making in the past. Readers are challenged to reconsider long-held assumptions about how, when, and under what conditions metal became a part of humanity's story.
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Christopher B. Wolff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University at Albany in New York. Prior to teaching he worked in the Repatriation Office of the National Museum of Natural History in D.C. His research is primarily in the American Northeast, particularly Newfoundland and Labrador, with a focus on environmental interaction, architecture and lithic technology. He has published dozens of articles and book chapters on those subjects. Dr. Wolff is currently the editor of the journal Northeast Anthropology.