Description
Book SynopsisExamines the native group in Pennsylvania known as the Susquehannocks, who were encountered by Europeans when they first entered the Susquehanna Valley. The studies presented draw on recent archaeological excavation and analyses to provide new perspectives on the Susquehannocks.
Trade Review“A worthy successor to Barry Kent’s classic work on the Susquehannock, probably the least known of the northern Iroquoian people. Building on Kent’s original synthesis, this volume adds important new information and offers a range of analytical perspectives. This volume brings us up to date not only on Susquehannock people and their culture, but also on how archaeology is being practiced in the twenty-first century.”
—James Bradley,author of Before Albany: An Archaeology of Native-Dutch Relations in the Capital Region, 1600–1664
“This valuable and timely collection of essays integrates the contributions made by University, State, and CRM archeologists to reevaluate previous concepts regarding the origins, settlement patterns, and material culture of the Susquehannocks. The new data presented in this volume will further reinforce the importance of the Susquehannocks in Iroquoian archaeology and will provide a view of Susquehannock history within a broader context of colonial relations of power and inequality.”
—Joseph E. Diamond,SUNY New Paltz
“This volume grew out of a symposium organized by the Pennsylvania Archaeological Council and presents eight chapters that are thoroughly modern in outlook along with an insightful and erudite introduction by the éminence grise of Iroquoian archaeology, emeritus professor of anthropology at Pennsylvania State University, Dean Snow.”
—Joy Porter Canadian Journal of History / Annales canadiennes d'histoire
