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Protohistory at the grand village of the Kaskaskia : the Illinois Country on the eve of colony

Title: Protohistory at the grand village of the Kaskaskia : the Illinois Country on the eve of colony / edited by Robert F. Mazrim ; with contributions by Kjersti E. Emerson, Madeleine G. Evans, Kristin M. Hedman, Terrance J. Martin, Michael McCafferty ; foreword by Duane Esarey.
Publication: Urbana, Illinois : Illinois State Archaeological Survey, University of Illinois, [2015]

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xix, 156 pages : illustrations, maps; 28 cm.

Summary

The Zimmerman site, or the Grand Village of the Illinois, is the largest protohistoric site in Illinois and was home to the Kaskaskia band of the Illinois Confederacy during much of the seventeenth century. Excavations began there in 1947, and the researchers eventually defined the suite of pottery types known as the "Danner Series" that is affiliated with the Illinois. Dating of the site has generally relied on the historical record, which begins in Illinois in 1673. That year, Father Jacques Marquette visited the village for the first time. However, little attention has been paid to the protohistoric time depth at Zimmerman. In 2010, the largest archaeological sample from the Zimmerman site, excavated between 1970 and 1972 (and believed lost by the 1990s), was relocated and reexamined. This has resulted in a clearer picture of the mid-seventeenth-century occupation of the site, the nature of traditional technologies at the close of prehistory in the region, and the character of the Illinois' initial response to imported European goods.

Series Statement

Studies in archaeology ; Number 10

Uniform Title

Studies in archaeology (Urbana, Ill.) ; no.10.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-156).

Contents

Introduction to the Zimmerman site and the Illinois -- The seventeenth-century samples and affiliations at grid A -- The Danner Series pottery of the Illinois -- The lithic industry of the Illinois: observations from grid A -- Foodways and the Illinois: archaeozoological samples from grid A -- The population and health of the Illinois at the Zimmerman site -- Late prehistory at the Zimmerman site: the Huber occupation of grid B -- Illinois voices: observations on the Miami-Illinois language -- Three comparative protohistoric samples from the Illinois Country: Palos, Iliniwek Village -- Change and identity at Zimmerman before the Europeans.

ISBN

9781930487345
1930487347

LCCN

2015002895

OCLC

ocn904904859
904904859
SCSB-14479983

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Princeton University Library