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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457455703321

Titolo

Societies in eclipse [[electronic resource] ] : archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands Indians, A.D. 1400-1700 / / edited by David S. Brose, C. Wesley Cowan, and Robert C. Mainfort, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama, 2001

ISBN

0-8173-8339-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BroseDavid S

CowanC. Wesley <1951->

MainfortRobert C. <1948->

Disciplina

974/.01

Soggetti

Woodland Indians - Antiquities

Woodland Indians - First contact with Europeans

Woodland Indians - Social life and customs

Social archaeology - East (U.S.)

Land settlement patterns - East (U.S.) - History

Electronic books.

East (U.S.) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to Eastern North America at the Dawn of European Colonization -- The Distribution of Eastern Woodlands Peoples at the Prehistoric and Historic Interface -- Evolution of the Mohawk Iroquois -- Change and Survival among the Onondaga Iroquois since 1500 -- Contact, Neutral Iroquoian Transformation, and the Little Ice Age -- Penumbral Protohistory on Lake Erie's South Shore -- The Protohistoric Monongahela and the Case for an Iroquois Connection -- Transformation of the Fort Ancient Cultures of the Central Ohio Valley -- Monacan Archaeology of the Virginia Interior, A.D. 1400-1700 -- Tribes and Traders on the North Carolina Piedmont, A.D. 1000-1710 -- The Rise and Fall of Coosa, A.D. 1350-1700 -- The Emergence and Demise of the Calusa -- The Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric Periods in the Central Mississippi Valley -- The Vacant Quarter Hypothesis and the Yazoo Delta -- Prelude to History on the Eastern Prairies --



Postscript.

Sommario/riassunto

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.