The Powhatan landscape: an archaeological history of the Algonquian Chesapeake

'The Powhatan Landscape' breaks new ground by tracing Native placemaking in the Chesapeake from the Algonquian arrival to the Powhatan's clashes with the English. Martin Gallivan details how Virginia Algonquians constructed riverine communities alongside fishing grounds and collective...

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1. Verfasser: Gallivan, Martin D. 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gainesville University Press of Florida 2017
Schriftenreihe:Society and ecology in island and coastal archeology
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Zusammenfassung:'The Powhatan Landscape' breaks new ground by tracing Native placemaking in the Chesapeake from the Algonquian arrival to the Powhatan's clashes with the English. Martin Gallivan details how Virginia Algonquians constructed riverine communities alongside fishing grounds and collective burials and later within horticultural towns. Ceremonial spaces, including earthwork enclosures within the center place of Werowocomoco, gathered people for centuries prior to 1607. Even after the violent ruptures of the colonial era, Native people returned to riverine towns for pilgrimages commemorating the enduring power of place
Beschreibung:Previously issued in print: 2016. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 online resource illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
ISBN:9780813051819
DOI:10.5744/florida/9780813062860.001.0001

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