The Far Northeast: 3000 BP to Contact is the first volume to
synthesize archaeological research from across Atlantic Canada and
northern New England for the period spanning from 3000 years ago to
European contact.
Recently, notions of the "Woodland period" in the broader Northeast have
drawn scrutiny from experts due to increasing awareness that its
hallmarks--such as horticulture, village formation, mortuary
ceremonialism, and the advent of various technologies--appear to be less
synchronous than once thought.
By paying particular attention to the Far Northeast and its unique (yet
sometimes marginal) position in Woodland discourse, this work offers a
much-needed in-depth look at one of the best-documented cases of
hunter-gatherer persistence and adaptation at the eve of European
contact.
Penned by academic, government, and cultural-resource-management
archaeologists, the seventeen chapters in The Far Northeast: 3000 BP to
Contact draw on decades of research in considering this period, both in
terms of variability within the region, and integration with broader
cultural patterns in the Northeast and beyond.
Published in English.