Book chapter
New England Algonquians: Navigating “Backwaters” and Typological Boundaries
The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology
Oxford Handbooks, Oxford University Press
02/10/2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/111414
Abstract
This article argues that New England Algonquians offer us an important historical example of great social and ecological stability—as well as social complexity—over more than 10 millennia. The archaeological record in New England allows us to question causal relationships among subsistence, sedentism, and social complexity, and to explore alternative pathways in human history. In this sense, the article challenges directional models of cultural evolution and, instead, argues for the importance of historical contingency in human adaptation. It first reviews the archaeological evidence for the Paleo-Indian and Archaic periods as a backdrop for a full discussion of New England's mobile farmers.
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- Title
- New England Algonquians: Navigating “Backwaters” and Typological Boundaries
- Creators
- Elizabeth S Chilton - Washington State University, Office of the Provost
- Publication Details
- The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Series
- Oxford Handbooks
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Identifiers
- 99900586061301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter