A deep presence : 13,000 years of Native American history / Robert G. Goodby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodby, Robert, author.

Contributor:

Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abenaki Indians.

Abenaki Indians--History.

Abenaki Indians--Antiquities.

Indians of North America--New Hampshire.

Indians of North America.

Archaeology.

Antiquities.

History.

New Hampshire.

Indians of North America--New England.

New England.

Archaeology--New Hampshire.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 138 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, New Hampshire : Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2021.

Summary:

"Almost 13,000 years ago, small groups of Paleoindians endured frigid winters on the edge of a river in what would become Keene, New Hampshire. This begins the remarkable story of Native Americans in the Monadnock region of southwestern New Hampshire, part of the traditional homeland of the Abenaki people. Typically neglected or denied by conventional history, the long presence of Native people in southwestern New Hampshire is revealed by archaeological evidence for their deep, enduring connections to the land and the complex social worlds they inhabited. From the Tenant Swamp Site in Keene, with the remains of the oldest known dwellings in New England, to the 4,000-year-old Swanzey Fish Dam still visible in the Ashuelot River, A Deep Presence tells their story in a narrative fashion, drawing on the author's thirty years of fieldwork and presenting compelling evidence from archaeology, written history, and the living traditions of today's Abenaki people" -- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction

ch. 2 Who are the Native People?

ch. 3 Opening the Puzzle

ch. 4 A Dam in the River

ch. 5 A Knoll in the Forest

ch. 6 The Snakes of Wantastiquet

ch. 7 Where it All Began

ch. 8 Survival, Resistance, Renaissance

ch. 9 Conclusion.

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with the Harris Center for Conservation Education and the Historical Society of Cheshire County."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-137).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

ISBN:

9781942155409

1942155409

OCLC:

1255408179

Publisher Number:

99988614537