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The Seneca restoration, 1715-1754 : an Iroquois local political economy
- Title
- The Seneca restoration, 1715-1754 : an Iroquois local political economy / Kurt A. Jordan.
- Author
- Jordan, Kurt A.
- Publication
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2008], ©2008.
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- Society for Historical Archaeology.
- Description
- xiii, 425 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Using historical and archaeological analysis, Kurt A. Jordan interrogates the concept of colonialism by demonstrating that the Seneca Iroquois (a member of the Six Nations Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, confederacy) were entangled with, but not dominated by, Europeans during the first half of the eighteenth century. Even two hundred years after their initial engagement With Europeans, Senecas were extremely selective about which aspects of European material culture, plant and animal species, and lifeways they allowed into their territory." "These findings refute long-standing scholarly interpretations of eighteenth-century Iroquois political and economic development, which primarily have been based on documents written by colonial officials seeking to control Iroquois actions. By incorporating archaeological data and reassessing historical documents in light of new archaeological evidence, Jordan gives conclusive and solid support for a positive interpretation of the state of Seneca society in the first half of the eighteenth century and vividly depicts the local developments that made the "Seneca Restoration" possible."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Note
- "Published in cooperation with the Society for Historical Archaeology"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-399) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Colonialism and Decline in Eighteenth-Century Iroquois Studies -- 2. Local Political Economy -- 3. Toward a History of the Seneca Homeland, 1677-1754 -- 4. New Ganechstage in the Library, Museum, and Archive -- 5. Archaeology at the Townley-Read Site, 1996-2000 -- 6. Seneca Settlement Pattern and Community Structure, 1677-1779 -- 7. The Logic of Dispersed Settlement -- 8. Iroquois Housing, 1677-1754: Terminology and Definitions -- 9. Iroquois Housing, 1677-1754: Archaeological and Documentary Evidence -- 10. Archaeology and Townley-Read's Economy: Faunal Remains, Red Stone, and Alcohol Bottles -- 11. Turning Points in Iroquois History: A Re-Evaluation -- 12. Conclusion: Archaeology and the Seneca Restoration.
- ISBN
- 9780813032511 (alk. paper)
- 0813032512 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008014476
- 40015902060
- OCLC
- ocn223105651
- 223105651
- SCSB-5433450
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries