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For the prehistoric people of the Middle Atlantic region, copper
held a fascination higher than rank, achievement, or status. Native
copper artifacts, along with other exotic objects, were seen as a
conduit or connection between the living and the dead and were used
in burial. Other studies have viewed the use of such artifacts in
burials as indicative of an individual's status and rank, providing
evidence for complex society. In Archaeology, Copper, and
Complexity, Gregory Denis Lattanzi contends that such economic
explanations should be rethought, arguing that the presence of
highly exotic artifacts like copper beads and gorgets could be
representative of the different mechanisms at play within
prehistoric ideology, ceremonialism, and ritual.
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