Perspectives on the Archaeology of Pipes, Tobacco and other Smoke Plants in the Ancient Americas

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