The book Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States was written by author Holmes, William Henry, 1874- Here you can read free online of Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States a good or bad book?
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Prof. F. W. Putnam and other explorers of these caves have obtainednumerous textile articles of interest. [Illustration: BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. V FRAYEDBAG AND SKEINS OF HEMP FIBER. ] CHARRED REMAINS OF FABRICS FROM MOUNDS. That the well-preserved fabrics just illustrated represent fairly thetextile work of the mound-builders is practically demonstrated by theevidence furnished by the mounds themselves. From hundreds of sourcescome the same story; and it is not necessa...ry here to enter into anyelaborate discussion of the subject or to multiply illustrations. Ipresent in plates VI and VII specimens of mound fabrics which, sincethey were burned with the dead, undoubtedly formed part of the clothingof the living or were wrappings of articles deposited with the bodies. These coarse cloths may be considered as fairly representing the weavingof the mound-builders. There are among them some finer examples ofweaving than those obtained from the caves and shelters of Tennessee andKentucky, but there is nothing specifically different in material ormethods of combination, and there is nothing whatever to suggest ahigher stage of culture than that of the historic Indian.
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