| Fit for War: Sustenance and Order in the Mid-Eighteenth-Century Catawba Nation Contributor(s): Fitts, Mary E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1683400054 ISBN-13: 9781683400059 Publisher: University of Florida Press OUR PRICE: $79.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 975.745 |
| LCCN: 2017001732 |
| Series: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.67 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
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| Publisher Description: The Catawba Nation played an important role in the early colonial Southeast, serving as a military ally of the British and a haven for refugees from other native groups, yet it has largely been overlooked by scholars and the public. Fit for War explains how the Nation maintained its sovereignty while continuing to reside in its precolonial homeland near present-day Charlotte, North Carolina. Drawing from colonial archives and new archaeological data, Mary Elizabeth Fitts shows that militarization helped the Catawba maintain political autonomy but forced them to consolidate their settlements and--with settler encroachment and a regional drought--led to a food crisis. Focusing on craft and foodways, Fitts uncovers the dynamic interactions between mid-eighteenth-century Catawba communities, as well as how Catawba women worked to feed the Nation, a story missing from colonial records. Her research highlights the double-edged nature of tactics available to American Indian groups seeking to keep their independence in the face of colonization. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series |
Contributor Bio(s): Fitts, Mary E.: - Mary Elizabeth Fitts is an assistant state archaeologist for the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology and a research associate with the Research Laboratories of Archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |