Archaeology Of The Iroquois

Author : Jordan E. Kerber
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0815631391

Get Book

Archaeology of the Iroquois by Jordan E. Kerber Pdf

This timely volume offers a compilation of twenty-four articles covering a wide spectrum of topics in Iroquoian archaeology. Culled from leading publications, the pieces collectively represent the current state of knowledge and research in the field. A comprehensive research bibliography with more than 500 entries will be a key resource for specialists and non-specialists alike. Both text and bibliography are structured in five sections: Origins; Precolumbian Dynamics; Postcolumbian Dynamics; Material Culture Studies; and Contemporary Iroquois Perspectives, Repatriation, and Collaborative Archaeology. Along with seminal essays by major figures in regional archaeology, the book includes responses by Haudenosaunee writers to the political context of contemporary archaeological work. This collection will prove indispensable to scholars in all areas of Iroquois studies, students and teachers of Iroquoian archaeology, and professional and avocational archaeologists in the United States and Canada.

Author : Ronald F. Williamson,Robert von Bitter
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780776639826

Get Book

The History and Archaeology of the Iroquois du Nord by Ronald F. Williamson,Robert von Bitter Pdf

In the mid-to late 1660s and early 1670s, the Haudenosaunee established a series of settlements at strategic locations along the trade routes inland at short distances from the north shore of Lake Ontario. From east to west, these communities consisted of Ganneious, on Napanee or Hay Bay, on the Bay of Quinte; Kenté, near the isthmus of the Quinte Peninsula; Ganaraské, at the mouth of the Ganaraska River; Quintio, on Rice Lake; Ganatsekwyagon, near the mouth of the Rouge River; Teiaiagon, near the mouth of the Humber River; and Qutinaouatoua, inland from the western end of Lake Ontario. All of these settlements likely contained people from several Haudenosaunee nations as well as former Ontario Iroquoians who had been adopted by the Haudenosaunee. These self-sufficient places acted as bases for their own inhabitants but also served as stopovers for south shore Haudenosaunee on their way to and from the beaver hunt beyond the lower Great Lakes. The Cayuga village of Kenté was where, in 1668, the Sulpicians established a mission by the same name, which became the basis for the region’s later name of Quinte. In 1676, a short-lived subsidiary mission was established at Teiaiagon. It appears that most of the north shore villages were abandoned by 1688. This volume brings together traditional Indigenous knowledge as well as documentary and recent archaeological evidence of this period and focuses on describing the historical context and efforts to find the settlements and presents examinations of the unique material culture found at them and at similar communities in the Haudenosaunee homeland. Available formats: trade paperback and accessible PDF

Author : Anthony Wonderley,Martha L. Sempowski
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780815654926

Get Book

Origins of the Iroquois League by Anthony Wonderley,Martha L. Sempowski Pdf

The League of the Iroquois, the most famous native government in North America, dominated intertribal diplomacy in the Northeast and influenced the course of American colonial history for nearly two centuries. The age and early development of the League, however, have long been in dispute. In this highly original book, two anthropological archaeologists with differing approaches and distinct regional interests synthesize their research to explore the underpinnings of the confederacy. Wonderley and Sempowski endeavor to address such issues as when tribes coalesced, when intertribal alliances presaging the League were forged, when the five-nation confederation came to fruition, and what light oral tradition may shine on these developments. This groundbreaking work develops a new conversation in the field of Indigenous studies, one that deepens our understanding of the Iroquois League’s origins.

Author : Laurie E. Miroff,Timothy D. Knapp
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781572335738

Get Book

Iroquoian Archaeology and Analytic Scale by Laurie E. Miroff,Timothy D. Knapp Pdf

A more robust archaeological interpretation can be produced if a multiscalar approach is brought to bear on the study of the past. In Iroquoian Archaeology and Analytic Scale, ten contributors conducting studies of groups centered around New York State and southern Ontario present contemporary research focused not only on examining the role of scale and how it impacts the field of Iroquoian studies, but also how archaeologists studying other Native Americans can expand their own research. Specifically, the contributors employ a variety of spatial, temporal, and methodological scales to reveal patterns and insights into the cultural interactions that might otherwise be missed by a less multiscalar approach. Furthermore, the diversity of research spans nearly a millennium, from A.D. 900 to 1800, and encompasses several different topographical settings, including major river floodplains, upland headwater areas, and terraces along smaller tributaries, yielding a plethora of current findings from the largest of villages to the smallest of seasonal campsites. Laurie E. Miroff and Timothy D. Knapp have organized these essays in roughly chronological fashion and provide an introduction that addresses the importance of a multiscalar analysis. This volume of Iroquoian-specific yet wide-ranging essays will be of interest to anyone specializing in Native American studies in the Northeast. It will also benefit archaeologists who wish to gain a better understanding of how using a multiscalar approach in their own research can be an integral step toward a more dynamic view of the Native American lived experience. Laurie E. Miroff is an adjunct professor of anthropology at Binghamton University and a project director at the Public Archaeology Facility, Binghamton University. She is associate editor of Northeast Anthropology, and her articles have appeared in Northeast Historical Archaeology and other journals. Timothy D. Knapp is Assistant to the Director for Prehistoric Research at the Public Archaeology Facility at Binghamton University.

Author : James A. Tuck
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1990-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0815625111

Get Book

Onondaga Iroquois Prehistory by James A. Tuck Pdf

The book opens with a brief historical outline of Onondaga culture and a sketch of the major developments in Iroquois prehistory. Each site is described, with a short account of its discovery, location in relation to other sites and natural features, testing and excavations, and artifacts. The site descriptions are arranged in chronological “phases”— Castle Creek, Oak Hill, Chance, and Garoga—based upon William A. Ritchie’s classification. In the last chapter, Professor Tuck summaries his wealth of data and interprets the origin and development of Onondaga culture in view of his archaeological findings, which also make us of radiocarbon dating techniques. The illustrations are an essential part of the book. Forty-four plates show arrowpoints, ceramic sherds, post molds revealing outlines of longhouses, cooking pits, occasional human burials, smoking pipes, and much more. Eight figures provide maps of sites, specific details of excavations, and a chronological sequence of Onondaga villages. Twenty-one tales give the frequencies and percentages of smoking pipe varieties, faunal remains, ceramic types, and other items discovered in the field work. An appendix includes techniques of ceramic analysis and many line drawings of ceramic varieties.

Author : Connie R. Miller
Publisher : Lake Street Pubs
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 158417045X

Get Book

The Iroquois by Connie R. Miller Pdf

Demonstrates how archaeological digs have contributed to knowledge of the Iroquois people and their culture.

Author : Eric Jones,John Creese
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607325109

Get Book

Process and Meaning in Spatial Archaeology by Eric Jones,John Creese Pdf

Process and Meaning in Spatial Archaeology examines Northern Iroquoian archaeology through various lenses at multiple spatial levels, including individual households, village constructions, relationships between villages in a local region, and relationships between various Iroquoian nations and their territorial homelands. The volume includes scholars and scholarship from both sides of the US-Canadian border, presenting a contextualized analysis of settlement and landscape for a broad range of past Northern Iroquoian societies. The research in this volume represents a new wave of spatial research—exploring beyond settlement patterning to the process and the meaning behind spatial arrangement of past communities and people—and describes new approaches being used for better understanding of past Northern Iroquoian societies. Addressing topics ranging from household task-scapes and gender relations to bioarchaeology and social network analysis, Process and Meaning in Spatial Archaeology demonstrates the vitality of current archaeological research into ancestral Northern Iroquoian societies and its growing contribution to wider debates in North American archaeology. This cutting-edge research will be of interest to archaeologists globally, as well as academics and graduate students studying Northern Iroquoian societies and cultures, geography, and spatial analysis. Contributors: Kathleen M. S. Allen, Jennifer A. Birch, William Engelbrecht, Crystal Forrest, John P. Hart, Sandra Katz, Robert H. Pihl, Aleksandra Pradzynski, Erin C. Rodriguez, Dean R. Snow, Ronald F. Williamson, Rob Wojtowicz

Author : Anthony Wonderley
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 081563207X

Get Book

At the Font of the Marvelous by Anthony Wonderley Pdf

The folktales and myths of the Iroquois and their Algonquian neighbors rank among the most imaginatively rich and narratively co-herent traditions in North America. Inspired by these wondrous tales, Anthony Wonderley explores their significance to Iroquois and Algonquian religions and worldviews. Mostly recorded around 1900, these oral narratives preserve the voice and something of the outlook of autochthonous Americans from a bygone age, when storytelling was an important facet of daily life. Grouping the stories around shared themes and motifs, Wonderley analyzes topics ranging from cannibal giants to cultural heroes, and from legends of local places to myths of human origin. Approached comparatively and historically, these stories can enrich our understanding of archaeological remains, ethnic boundaries, and past cultural interchanges among Iroquois and Algonquian peoples.

Author : Jennifer Birch,Ronald F. Williamson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780759121010

Get Book

The Mantle Site by Jennifer Birch,Ronald F. Williamson Pdf

This is the first detailed analysis of a completely excavated northern Iroquoian community, a sixteenth-century ancestral Wendat village on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The site resulted from the coalescence of multiple small villages into one well-planned and well-integrated community. Jennifer Birch and Ronald F. Williamson frame the development of this community in the context of a historical sequence of site relocations. The social processes that led to its formation, the political and economic lives of its inhabitants, and their relationships to other populations in northeastern North America are explored using multiple scales of analysis. This book is key for those interested in the history and archaeology of eastern North America, the social, political, and economic organization of Iroquoian societies, the archaeology of communities, and processes of settlement aggregation.

Author : Robert von Bitter,Ronald F. Williamson
Publisher : Mercury
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-21
Category : Ontario, Lake, Region (N.Y. and Ont.)
ISBN : 0776639803

Get Book

The History and Archaeology of the Iroquois Du Nord by Robert von Bitter,Ronald F. Williamson Pdf

In the mid-seventeenth century, the Haudenosaunee established settlements at strategic locations along the north shore of Lake Ontario. This volume summarizes traditional Indigenous, documentary, and archaeological knowledge of these places.

Author : William Engelbrecht
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0815630603

Get Book

Iroquoia by William Engelbrecht Pdf

In a book that spans the Iroquoian culture from its ancient roots to its survival in the modern world, William Engelbrecht maintains that two themes pervade this development: warfare and spirituality. An investigation of oral tradition, archaeology, and historical records provides new insight into this now largely vanished world known as Iroquoia. Engelbrecht covers a wide geographic range, exploring regional and temporal differences in material culture and subsistence patterns. He finds change over time in the distribution and size of communities and in response to environmental demographic, and social factors. In addition, he furthers the controversial debate that "arrow sacrifice" and other beliefs spread from Mesoamerica with the dispersal of maize and horticulture. Although scholars have suggested that palisaded hilltop Iroquoian villages were constructed with an eye for defense, this book is unique in showing that the longhouse—known mainly as a community forum and spiritual place—may also have served as a defense structure. Throughout this work, which will become the new standard text to which scholars will refer, Engelbrecht reminds us that the the study of the Iroquoian people continues to enrich and inform the modern world.

Author : Arthur Caswell Parker
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 101942558X

Get Book

The Influence of the Iroquois by Arthur Caswell Parker Pdf

In this groundbreaking study, Parker argues that the ancient Iroquoian civilization had a profound influence on the history and archaeology of the Wyoming Valley and other regions of Pennsylvania. Parker draws on archaeological evidence, as well as historical and linguistic analysis, to make his case. This book is an important contribution to our understanding of Native American history and culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : David S. Brose,Robert C. Mainfort,C. Wesley Cowan
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817353520

Get Book

Societies in Eclipse by David S. Brose,Robert C. Mainfort,C. Wesley Cowan Pdf

While contact with explorers, missionaries, and traders made a significant impact on natives of the Eastern Woodlands, Indian peoples cannot be solely understood from the historical record. Here, in Societies in Eclipse, archaeologists combine recent research with insights from anthropology, historiography, and oral tradition to examine the cultural landscape preceding and immediately following the arrival of Europeans. The evidence suggests that native societies were in the process of significant cultural transformation prior to contact.

Author : Alanson Skinner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Indians
ISBN : WISC:89058374349

Get Book

Notes on Iroquois Archeology by Alanson Skinner Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : UIUC:30112076275004

Get Book

Annual Archaeological Report by Anonim Pdf