Twelve Thousand Years American Indians in Maine

Name: Twelve Thousand Years American Indians in Maine
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ISBN: 9780803262317

ISBN-10: 0803262310

ISBN-13: 9780803262317

Edition: 2004

Authors: Bruce J. Bourque, Steven L. Cox, Ruth H. Whitehead, Bruce Bourque

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Twelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Mainedocuments the generations of Native peoples who for twelve millennia have moved through and eventually settled along the rocky coast, rivers, lakes, valleys, and mountains of a region now known as Maine. Arriving first to this area were Paleo-Indian peoples, followed by maritime hunters, more immigrants, then a revival of maritime cultures. Beginning in the sixteenth century, Native peoples in northern New England became tangled in the far-reaching affairs of European explorers and colonists.Twelve Thousand Yearsreveals how Penobscots, Abenakis, Passamaquoddies, Maliseets, Micmacs, and other Native communities both strategically accommodated…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 9/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 388
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.90" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Prehistoric Past



The Paleo-Indian Period



The Archaic Period



The Ceramic Period



An Introduction to the Historic Past



Early European and Native Contacts



The Second Half of the Seventeenth Century



The War Years



The Era of the Mission


Epilogue: Land, Politics, and Survival to the Present



The Traditional Material Culture of the Native Peoples of Maine


Notes


Bibliography


Index