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Terracotta Pipes With Triangular Engravings, Flavia Zorzi, Daniel G. Schávelzon
Terracotta Pipes With Triangular Engravings, Flavia Zorzi, Daniel G. Schávelzon
African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter
The discovery of two smoking pipes from seventeenth-century contexts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is used to suggest the presence in colonial times of a new set of stylistic norms derived from African traditions that are expressed at a regional scale not only in smoking pipes, but in a variety of items of material culture. These terracotta pipes, recovered at Bolívar 373 and the Liniers House sites, are characterized by their particular geometric decorative pattern, achieved by engravings and incisions. Similar specimens were found elsewhere in Buenos Aires, as well as in Cayastá (province of Santa Fe, Argentina) and Brazil.
The Sodomy Trial Of Nicholas Sension, 1677: Documents And Teaching Guide, Richard Godbeer, Douglas L. Winiarski
The Sodomy Trial Of Nicholas Sension, 1677: Documents And Teaching Guide, Richard Godbeer, Douglas L. Winiarski
Religious Studies Faculty Publications
The sodomy trial of Nicholas Sension in 1677 has long fascinated historians, in part because the surviving documentation from this particular case is exceptionally full and richly detailed, but also because it challenges long-held assumptions about attitudes toward sodomy in early America. The trial records cast light not only on the history of sexuality but also on a broad range of themes relating to seventeenth-century New England’s society and culture. Yet until now no complete edition of the documents from Sension’s trial has appeared in print. This edition is intended primarily for use in undergraduate courses. It includes a substantial …
River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 11: The Spain Site (39lm301), A Winter Village In Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota, Carlyle S. Smith, Roger T. Granger Jr., Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology
River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 11: The Spain Site (39lm301), A Winter Village In Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota, Carlyle S. Smith, Roger T. Granger Jr., Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology
US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations
Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …
River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 7: Archeological Investigations In The Oahe Dam Area, South Dakota, 1950-51, Donald J. Lehmer, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology
River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 7: Archeological Investigations In The Oahe Dam Area, South Dakota, 1950-51, Donald J. Lehmer, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology
US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations
Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …