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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 />

Table of Contents vii

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