The Archaeology of Native Americans in Pennsylvania
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| ISBN13: | 9781512821703 |
| ISBN10: | 1512821705 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 960 pages |
| Size: | 279x216 mm |
| Weight: | 666 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 157 illus. |
| 700 |
The Archaeology of Native Americans in Pennsylvania is the definitive reference to the rich artifacts representing 14,000 years of cultural evolution and includes environmental studies, descriptions and illustrations of artifacts and features, settlement pattern studies, and recommendations for directions of further research.
The definitive reference guide to artifacts representing 14,000 years of cultural evolution
Pennsylvania is geographically, ecologically, and culturally diverse. The state is situated at the crossroads of several geographic zones and drainage basins which resulted in a great deal of variation in Native American societies. The Archaeology of Native Americans in Pennsylvania is the definitive reference guide to rich artifacts that represent 14,000 years of cultural evolution. This authoritative work includes environmental studies, descriptions and illustrations of artifacts and features, settlement pattern studies, and recommendations for directions of further research.
Containing previously unpublished data and representing fifty years of collaborative findings gathered under historic preservation laws, the book is organized into five parts, reflecting five major time periods. Essential for anyone conducting archaeological research in Pennsylvania and surrounding regions, especially professionals conducting surveys and research in compliance with state and federal preservation laws, as well as professors and students engaging in research on specific regions or topics in Middle Atlantic archaeology.
"This beautifully produced three-volume boxed set on the Indigenous Americans of Pennsylvania is a milestone in North American regional archaeology...The work is encyclopedic, foundational in nature, and characterized by internal consistencies that are the mark of close collaboration and good editing. This will be a standard reference for regional professionals, advanced students, and serious lay readers for years to come."
Introduction
PART I. ENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION, AND THE PALEOINDIAN, EARLY, AND MIDDLE ARCHAIC PERIODS
Chapter 1. Genetic Stratigraphy: Late Pleistocene Through the Holocene Paleoclimates and Paleoenvironments of Pennsylvania
—Frank J. Vento, Anthony Vega, and Harold Rollins
Chapter 2. The Paleoindian Period in Pennsylvania
—Kurt W. Carr and J. M. Adovasio
Chapter 3. The Early and Middle Archaic Periods in Pennsylvania
—Christopher Bergman, Kurt W. Carr, and J. M. Adovasio
PART II. THE LATE ARCHAIC PERIOD
Chapter 4. The Late Archaic Period in the Upper Ohio Drainage Basin
—Verna L. Cowin and Sarah W.Neusius
Chapter 5. The Late Archaic Period in the Susquehanna Drainage Basin
—Patricia E. Miller
Chapter 6. The Late Archaic Period in the Delaware Drainage Basin
—Roger Moeller
PART III. THE EARLY AND MIDDLE WOODLAND PERIODS
Chapter 7. The Early and Middle Woodland Periods in the Upper Ohio Drainage Basin
—Mark McConaughy
Chapter 8. The Early and Middle Woodland Periods in the Susquehanna Drainage Basin
—Roger Moeller
Chapter 9. The Early and Middle Woodland Periods in the Delaware Drainage Basin
—Roger Moeller
PART IV. THE LATE WOODLAND/LATE PREHISTORIC, PROTOHISTORIC, AND EARLY HISTORIC PERIODS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Chapter 10. The Monongahela Tradition of the Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric Periods, Twelfth to Seventeenth Centuries AD, in the Lower Upper Ohio Drainage Basin
—William C. Johnson and Bernard Means
Chapter 11. The Late Woodland, Protohistoric, and Early Historic Periods on the Lake Erie Plain of Northwestern Pennsylvania, AD 1000-1645
—William C. Johnson and Stanley W. Lantz
Chapter 12. The Late Woodland Period in the Glaciated and Unglaciated Appalachian Plateaus Province of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Glaciated Appalachian Plateau, Meade Island, and the Allegheny Erie Traditions
—Stanley W. Lantz and William C. Johnson
Chapter 13. The Late Woodland Period in the Pittsburgh Low Plateaus Section of West-Central Pennsylvania, AD 1000-1590
—William C. Johnson, Kenneth Burkett, Sarah W. Neusius, and Beverly A. Chiarulli
PART V. THE LATE WOODLAND AND CONTACT PERIODS IN THE SUSQUEHANNA AND DELAWARE VALLEYS OF PENNSYLVANIA
Chapter 14. A Review of Owasco and Clemson Island in Pennsylvania
—Robert Wall
Chapter 15. The Late Woodland Period in the Delaware Drainage Basin
—Roger Moeller
Chapter 16. The Late Woodland Period in the Susquehanna and Upper Potomac Drainage Basins, circa AD 1100-1525/75
—James T. Herbstritt
Chapter 17. Late Woodland/Early Historic Native Americans in the Susquehanna Drainage Basin: The Susquehannocks
—Barry C. Kent
Chapter 18. The Contact Period and Native American Cultures in Pennsylvania
—Barry C. Kent
Research Issues and Recommendations for Future Research
Appendix. Table of Radiocarbon Dates
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
Index of Sites
Acknowledgments
