The Materiality of Authority: Ornamental Objects and Negotiations of Sovereignty in the Algonquian Middle Atlantic (A.d. 900 - 1680)

This dissertation investigates the emergence, development, and transformation of centralized political authority within Algonquian societies of the Late Woodland and early Colonial period (A.D. 900 – 1680) southern Middle Atlantic. Sixteenth and 17th century European accounts describe coastal Algo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shephard, Christopher Judd
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1499449858
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1141&context=etd