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Otis Tufton Mason's "Woman's Share in Primitive Culture" provides a pioneering exploration of the role of women in cultures from around the world. Drawing on first-hand observations, Mason reveals the ways in which gender roles and social dynamics vary across different societies, challenging many assumptions about traditional gender roles and norms. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The origins of basketry are lost in the mists of prehistory, but making baskets is certainly one of the oldest and most nearly universal crafts of mankind. In the Americas, basket artifacts found in caves in Utah have been dated at 7000 B.C., while twined baskets said to be at least 5,000 years old have been uncovered in Peru. In the American Southwest, an entire Indian culture (ca. 100–700 A.D.) is known as "Basket Maker" because of the distinctive baskets it produced. This exhaustive survey (two volumes in one) of American Indian basketry, perhaps the finest book ever published on the subject, documents basketmaking throughout the Americas — in Eastern North America, Alaska and the Pac...
Otis Tufton Mason's work: "North American bows, arrows, and quivers", despite over 120 years since its publication, is still relevant today. Its descriptions and high-quality illustrations of bows, arrows and quivers will introduce the reader to the world of weapons used by the original inhabitants of North America. A very big advantage of these descriptions is that they refer to original specimens that were produced for hunting and combat, and not for sale to tourists.The book will interest not only readers interested in the culture of the original inhabitants of North America but also those who are passionate about the traditional bow - just like the one who writes these words.
An intellectual history of America's water management philosophy Humans take more than their geological share of water, but they do not benefit from it equally. This imbalance has created an era of intense water scarcity that affects the security of individuals, states, and the global economy. For many, this brazen water grab and the social inequalities it produces reflect the lack of a coherent philosophy connecting people to the planet. Challenging this view, Jeremy Schmidt shows how water was made a “resource” that linked geology, politics, and culture to American institutions. Understanding the global spread and evolution of this philosophy is now key to addressing inequalities that ...