The Mantle site : an archaeological history of an ancestral Wendat community

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    • Birch, Jennifer
    • Williamson, R. F. (Ronald F.)
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The Mantle site : an archaeological history of an ancestral Wendat community

Jennifer Birch and Ronald F. Williamson

(Issues in eastern Woodlands archaeology / editors, Thomas E. Emerson and Timothy R. Pauketat)

Altamira Press, c2013

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-185) and index

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures Chapter 1.Understanding Northern Iroquoians Chapter 2. The Historical Development of Ancestral Wendat Societies Chapter 3. Situating the Mantle Site Chapter 4. Community History Chapter 5. The Necessities of Life Chapter 6. Production, Consolidation, and Interregional Interaction Chapter 7. Conclusions Bibliography Index About the Authors

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