Three Sixteenth-Century Mohawk Iroquois Village Sites
Three Sixteenth-Century Mohawk Iroquois Village Sites
Three Sixteenth-Century Mohawk Iroquois Village Sites
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CONTENTS<br />
List of Figures..............................................................................................................................................................<br />
List of Tables ...............................................................................................................................................................<br />
Preface...........................................................................................................................................................................<br />
ix<br />
xi<br />
xiii<br />
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 1<br />
Theoretical Considerations and Goals of the Investigations.................................................................. 2<br />
History and Methods of Archaeological Investigations .......................................................................... 3<br />
The Environmental Setting in the Middle <strong>Mohawk</strong> Valley ................................................................... 5<br />
Chapter 2: THE KLOCK SITE ................................................................................................................................. 9<br />
Location and Setting........................................................................................................................................ 9<br />
Investigations: Methods and Results........................................................................................................... 9<br />
Longhouses........................................................................................................................................................ 11<br />
Possible Attached Structures ......................................................................................................................... 17<br />
Other Settlement Aspects............................................................................................................................... 17<br />
Palisade .............................................................................................................................................................. 17<br />
Post Molds: Attributes and Descriptive Statistics..................................................................................... 19<br />
Features Other than Post Molds.................................................................................................................... 21<br />
The Locations of Features Inside and Outside of Houses....................................................................... 28<br />
Discussion of Features .................................................................................................................................... 29<br />
Artifacts .............................................................................................................................................................. 31<br />
Pottery....................................................................................................................................................... 34<br />
Ceramic Pipes .......................................................................................................................................... 37<br />
Projectile Points ....................................................................................................................................... 37<br />
Other Chipped Stone Artifacts.............................................................................................................. 40<br />
Chert Source Materials ........................................................................................................................... 41<br />
Rough Stone Artifacts............................................................................................................................. 41<br />
Ground Stone Artifacts........................................................................................................................... 43<br />
Bone and Antler Artifacts ...................................................................................................................... 43<br />
Shell Artifacts........................................................................................................................................... 44<br />
Textiles ...................................................................................................................................................... 44<br />
European Goods...................................................................................................................................... 44<br />
Subsistence Remains....................................................................................................................................... 44<br />
Radiocarbon Dates........................................................................................................................................... 47<br />
Chapter 3: THE SMITH-PAGERIE SITE ............................................................................................................... 49<br />
Location and Setting........................................................................................................................................ 49<br />
Investigations: Methods and Results........................................................................................................... 50<br />
Longhouses........................................................................................................................................................ 52<br />
Other Possible Structures............................................................................................................................... 56<br />
Other Settlement Aspects............................................................................................................................... 56<br />
Palisade .............................................................................................................................................................. 56<br />
Post Molds: Attributes and Descriptive Statistics..................................................................................... 57<br />
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