The Seneca restoration, 1715-1754 : an Iroquois local political economy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, Kurt A, Author.

Contributor:

Society for Historical Archaeology, Content Provider.

Series:

Co-Published with the Society for Historical Archaeology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seneca Indians--Antiquities--New York (State)--Townley-Read Site.

Seneca Indians.

Land settlement patterns--Townley-Read Site--New York (State).

Land settlement patterns.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Townley-Read Site--New York (State).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University Press of Florida 2008

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Iroquois confederacy, one of the most influential Native American groups encountered by early European settlers, is commonly perceived as having plunged into steep decline in the late seventeenth century due to colonial encroachment into the Great Lakes region.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Colonialism and Decline in Eighteenth-Century Iroquois Studies

2. Local Political Economy

3. Toward a History of the Seneca Homeland, 1677-1754

4. New Ganechstage in the Library, Museum, and Archive

5. Archaeology at the Townley-Read Site, 1996-2000

6. Seneca Settlement Pattern and Community Structure, 1677-1779

7. The Logic of Dispersed Settlement

8. Iroquois Housing, 1677-1754: Terminology and Definitions

9. Iroquois Housing, 1677-1754: Archaeological and Documentary Evidence

10. Archaeology and Townley-Read's Economy: Faunal Remains, Red Stone, and Alcohol Bottles

11. Turning Points in Iroquois History: A Re-Evaluation

12. Conclusion: Archaeology and the Seneca Restoration

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-8130-4585-1

OCLC:

654838733