Perspectives on the Archaeology of Pipes, Tobacco and other Smoke Plants in the Ancient Americas (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)

This Volume Presents The Most Recent Archaeological, Historical, And Ethnographic Research That Challenges Simplistic Perceptions Of Native Smoking And Explores A Wide Variety Of Questions Regarding Smoking Plants And Pipe Forms From Throughout North America And Parts Of South America. By Broadening Research Questions, Utilizing New Analytical Methods, And Applying Interdisciplinary Interpretative Frameworks, This Volume Offers New Insights Into A Diverse Array Of Perspectives On Smoke Plants And Pipes-- Expanding Perspectives On The Archaeology Of Pipes, Tobacco, And Other Smoke Plants In The Ancient Americas / Elizabeth A. Bollwerk And Shannon Tushingham -- Smoking Pipes Of Eastern North America / Sean M. Rafferty -- Making Pipes And Social Persons At The Keffer Site : A Life History Approach / John L. Creese -- An Examination Of The Social Dynamics Behind Native Smoking Pipe Variation In The Late Woodland And Early Contact Period Middle Atlantic Region / Elizabeth A. Bollwerk -- The Potential Of Portable X-ray Fluorescence For Understanding Trade And Exchange Dynamics In The Seventeenth Century Chesapeake : A Case Study Using Native American Tobacco Pipes From The James Fort Site, Virginia / Michael Ligman -- Evolution Of A Ritual : Pipes And Smoking In Etowah's Realm / Dennis B. Blanton -- Pipestone's True Grit : Observations From Experimental Pipe-making / Alison M. Hadley -- Central Plains Tradition Smoking Pipes In The Glenwood Locality Of Iowa : Within A Landscape Of The Rising And Falling Sky / John Hedden -- Aboriginal Use And Context Of Pipes, Tobacco, And Smoking In Northwestern North America / Grant Keddie -- Restoring Traditional Tobacco Knowledge : Health Implications And Risk Factors Of Tobacco Use And Nicotine Addiction / Charles M. Snyder -- History And Modern Use Of Sacred Tobacco On The Central And Southern Oregon Coast / Patricia Whereat Phillips -- Hunter-gatherer Tobacco Smoking In Ancient North America : Current Chemical Evidence And A Framework For Future Studies / Shannon Tushingham And Jelmer W. Eerkens -- Towards The Reconstruction Of The Ritual Expressions Of Societies Of The Early Ceramic Period In Central Chile : Social And Cultural Contexts Associated With The Use Of Smoking Pipes / María Teresa Planella [and Six Others] -- Final Thoughts And Future Directions / Sean M. Rafferty. Elizabeth A. Bollwerk, Shannon Tushingham, Editors. Many Of The Authors Included In This Volume Presented Their Research At The Society For American Archaeology Meetings In Of 2013.--page 3. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Expanding Perspectives on the Archaeology of Pipes, Tobacco, and Other Smoke Plants in the Ancient Americas....Pages 1-11 Smoking Pipes of Eastern North America....Pages 13-26 Making Pipes and Social Persons at the Keffer Site: A Life History Approach....Pages 27-49 An Examination of the Social Dynamics Behind Native Smoking Pipe Variation in the Late Woodland and Early Contact Period Middle Atlantic Region....Pages 51-76 The Potential of Portable X-Ray Fluorescence for Understanding Trade and Exchange Dynamics in the Seventeenth Century Chesapeake: A Case Study Using Native American Tobacco Pipes from the James Fort Site, Virginia....Pages 77-92 Evolution of a Ritual: Pipes and Smoking in Etowah’s Realm....Pages 93-108 Pipestone’s True Grit: Observations from Experimental Pipe-Making....Pages 109-134 Central Plains Tradition Smoking Pipes in the Glenwood Locality of Iowa: Within a Landscape of the Rising and Falling Sky....Pages 135-155 Aboriginal Use and Context of Pipes, Tobacco, and Smoking in Northwestern North America....Pages 157-181 Restoring Traditional Tobacco Knowledge: Health Implications and Risk Factors of Tobacco Use and Nicotine Addiction....Pages 183-197 History and Modern Use of Sacred Tobacco on the Central and Southern Oregon Coast....Pages 199-210 Hunter-Gatherer Tobacco Smoking in Ancient North America: Current Chemical Evidence and a Framework for Future Studies....Pages 211-230 Towards the Reconstruction of the Ritual Expressions of Societies of the Early Ceramic Period in Central Chile: Social and Cultural Contexts Associated with the Use of Smoking Pipes....Pages 231-254 Final Thoughts and Future Directions....Pages 255-259 Back Matter....Pages 261-267