A Lasting Impression: Coastal, Lithic, and Ceramic Research in New England Archaeology

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The authors discuss various issues pertaining primarily to Native American settlement, subsistence, and technology in New England from as early as the first human occupation of the region around 12,000 years ago until shortly after European colonization occurred about 400 years ago. Brings together for the first time a wide range of studies in coastal, lithic, and ceramic research in New England archaeology. These topics represent the major research interests of the late distinguished archaeologist Barbara E. Luedtke, to whom the volume is dedicated. During her 25-year career in New England archaeology, Luedtke paved the way for many investigations and inspired numerous archaeologists in the region. Her scholarship has made an enormous impact, a lasting impression, both on the development of New England archaeology and on her many colleagues, including the contributors to this book. The authors discuss various issues pertaining primarily to Native American settlement, subsistence, and technology in New England from as early as the first human occupation of the region around 12,000 years ago until shortly after European colonization occurred about 400 years ago. They also present methodologies, results, analyses, interpretations, and syntheses of important regional studies, which both complement and challenge existing models and knowledge. Because some of the papers address current methodological approaches, A Lasting Impression is relelvant to other geographic areas, since it provides a comparative framework for evaluating archaeological research elsewhere.

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This excellent source for recent archaeological work in New England serves as an example of innovative analyses of prehistoric data....Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.-Choice
"This excellent source for recent archaeological work in New England serves as an example of innovative analyses of prehistoric data....Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."-Choice

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JORDAN E. KERBER is Associate Professor of Anthropology, Colgate University.