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The first comprehensive look at the archaeological history of the Atlantic Northeast, this book presents the archaeology of the region from the earliest Indigenous occupation to the first centuries of European occupation.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
List of Boxes
Foreword 1
Foreword 2
Acknowledgements
Artist Statement
Chapter 1: The Archaeology of the Atlantic Northeast
Chapter 2: The Changing Environment and Climate of the Atlantic Northeast
Chapter 3: The First Peoples of the Atlantic Northeast
Chapter 4: The Palaeoindian Period (ca. 13,000 to 9,000 cal BP)
Chapter 5: Early Maritime Archaic Culture (9,500 to 5,500 cal BP)
Chapter 6: The Late Maritime Archaic (5,500 to 3,500 cal BP)
Chapter 7: Transitional Archaic and Early Woodland (4000-2200 cal BP)
Chapter 8: Arctic Cultures in Newfoundland and Labrador (4,200-500 cal BP)
Chapter 9: The Boreal Woodland Period (ca. 3000 to 550 cal BP) and Middle Maritime Woodland Period (ca. 2200 - 1300 cal BP)
Chapter 10: The Late Maritime Woodland (1300-550 cal BP) and Late Boreal Woodland (1400-550 cal BP)
Chapter 11: The Protohistoric Period (ca. 500 to 350 cal BP)
Chapter 12: Conclusions
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Matthew W. Betts is the curator of Eastern Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of History.
Summary
The first comprehensive look at the archaeological history of the Atlantic Northeast, this book presents the archaeology of the region from the earliest Indigenous occupation to the first centuries of European occupation.
