三千到四千年前，大西洋中部地区的美洲原住民经历了一场文化创新的浪潮。在这个被称为过渡时期的非凡时代，出现了宽刃的双刃口、缓存刀片、陶瓷、滑石碗和持续的贸易，以及其他巧妙而新颖的物品和行为。在《美国印第安文化变化的性质和速度》一书中，八位专家撰稿人研究了宾夕法尼亚州的过渡时期，并对当时社会和文化生活的重大变化提出了可能的解释。
在60年积累的数据、校正的放射性碳年代测定和新的研究的基础上，学者们正在重新想象原住民生活的古代环境。美国印第安文化变化的性质和速度将使读者对大西洋中部地区史前时期的一个奇异时刻以及生活在那里的人们的日常生活有新的见解。
贡献者包括约瑟夫·R·布隆迪诺、库尔特·W·卡尔、帕特里夏·E·米勒、罗杰·默勒、保罗·A·拉伯、R·迈克尔·斯图尔特、弗兰克·J·文托、罗伯特·D·沃尔和希瑟·A·沃利。
The Nature and Pace of Change in American Indian Cultures: Pennsylvania, 4000 to 3000 BP
Three thousand to four thousand years ago, the Native Americans of the mid-Atlantic region experienced a groundswell of cultural innovation. This remarkable era, known as the Transitional period, saw the advent of broad-bladed bifaces, cache blades, ceramics, steatite bowls, and sustained trade, among other ingenious and novel objects and behaviors. In The Nature and Pace of Change in American Indian Cultures, eight expert contributors examine the Transitional period in Pennsylvania and posit potential explanations of the significant changes in social and cultural life at that time.
Building upon sixty years of accumulated data, corrected radiocarbon dating, and fresh research, scholars are reimagining the ancient environment in which native people lived. The Nature and Pace of Change in American Indian Cultures will give readers new insights into a singular moment in the prehistory of the mid-Atlantic region and the daily lives of the people who lived there.
The contributors are Joseph R. Blondino, Kurt W. Carr, Patricia E. Miller, Roger Moeller, Paul A. Raber, R. Michael Stewart, Frank J. Vento, Robert D. Wall, and Heather A. Wholey.
OR
