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Onondaga Iroquois Prehistory: A Study in Settlement Archaeology

Name: Onondaga Iroquois Prehistory: A Study in Settlement Archaeology
Brand: Syracuse University Press
SKU: 9780815625117
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Contributors:

James Tuck

Publisher:

Syracuse University Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

History, Social Science

Book Subcategory:

United States, Ethnic Studies, Indigenous Peoples in the Americas

Book Topic:

State & Local, American

Series:

Iroquois and Their Neighbors

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Release Date:

1990-09-01

ISBN 13:

9780815625117

Weight:

0.85 lbs

Size:

8.99 x 6.04 x 0.76 inches

Pages:

272

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The book opens with a brief historical outline of Onondaga culture and a sketch of the major developments in Iroquois prehistory. Each site is described, with a short account of its discovery, location in relation to other sites and natural features, testing and excavations, and artifacts. The site descriptions are arranged in chronological "phases"-- Castle Creek, Oak Hill, Chance, and Garoga--based upon William A. Ritchie's classification.

In the last chapter, Professor Tuck summaries his wealth of data and interprets the origin and development of Onondaga culture in view of his archaeological findings, which also make us of radiocarbon dating techniques.
The illustrations are an essential part of the book. Forty-four plates show arrowpoints, ceramic sherds, post molds revealing outlines of longhouses, cooking pits, occasional human burials, smoking pipes, and much more. Eight figures provide maps of sites, specific details of excavations, and a chronological sequence of Onondaga villages. Twenty-one tales give the frequencies and percentages of smoking pipe varieties, faunal remains, ceramic types, and other items discovered in the field work. An appendix includes techniques of ceramic analysis and many line drawings of ceramic varieties.

About the Author
James A. Tuck received the Ph.D. from Syracuse University. He is author of many articles on Northeastern prehistory and is archaeological consultant to the Department of Provincial Affairs, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Tuck is associate professor of anthropology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, where he is also associated with the Institute for Social and Economic Research. His current field work includes investigating the archaeology of Northern Labrador.

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