| Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples: What Archaeology, History, and Oral Traditions Teach Us about Their Communities and Cultures Contributor(s): Lavin, Lucianne (Author), Grant-Costa, Paul (Contribution by), Volpe, Rosemary (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0300212585 ISBN-13: 9780300212587 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $26.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 974.601 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 8" W x 10" (2.17 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - New England |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A groundbreaking volume on the rich 13,000-plus-year history and culture of Connecticut's indigenous peoples More than 13,000 years ago, people settled on lands that now lie within the boundaries of the state of Connecticut. Leaving no written records and scarce archaeological remains, these peoples and their communities have remained unknown to all but a few archaeologists and other scholars. This pioneering book is the first to provide a full account of Connecticut's indigenous peoples, from the long-ago days of their arrival to the present day. Lucianne Lavin draws on exciting new archaeological and ethnographic discoveries, interviews with Native Americans, rare documents including periodicals, archaeological reports, master's theses and doctoral dissertations, conference papers, newspapers, and government records, as well as her own ongoing archaeological and documentary research. She creates a fascinating and remarkably detailed portrait of indigenous peoples in deep historic times before European contact and of their changing lives during the past 400 years of colonial and state history. She also includes a short study of Native Americans in Connecticut in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book brings to light the richness and diversity of Connecticut's indigenous histories, corrects misinformation about the vanishing Connecticut Indian, and reveals the significant roles and contributions of Native Americans to modern-day Connecticut. |
