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The Iroquois confederacy, one of the most influential Native American groups encountered by early European settlers, is commonly perceived as having plunged into steep decline in the late seventeenth century due to colonial encroachment into the Great Lakes region. Kurt Jordan challenges long-standing interpretations that depict the Iroquois as defeated, colonized peoples by demonstrating that an important nation of that confederacy, the Senecas, maintained an impressive political and economic autonomy and resisted colonialism with a high degree of success.
By combining archaeological data grounded in the material culture of the Seneca Townley-Read site with historical documents, Jordan answers larger questions about the Seneca's cultural sustainability and durability in an era of intense colonial pressures. He offers a detailed reconstruction of daily life in the Seneca community and demonstrates that they were extremely selective about which aspects of European material culture, plant and animal species, and lifeways they allowed into their territory.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index