Twelve thousand years : American Indians in Maine
Reveals how Penobscots, Abenakis, Passamaquoddies, Maliseets, Micmacs, and other Native communities accommodated and overtly resisted European and American encroachments. This book includes a summary of the traditional culture of Maine's Native peoples - what they ate, wore, fought with, and hunted with, and their methods of transportation.
Print Book, English, 2004
First Nebraska paperback printing View all formats and editions
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2004
XVIII, [2], 368 stron : ilustracje ; 27 cm.
9780803262317, 9780803213104, 0803262310, 0803213107
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Contents:List of Illustrations; Preface; AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Prehistoric Past1. The Paleo-Indian Period2. The Archaic Period3. The Ceramic Period4. An Introduction to the Historic Past5. Early European and Native Contacts6. The Second Half of the Seventeenth Century7. The War Years8. The Era of the MissionEpilogue: Land, Politics, and Survival to the PresentAppendix: The Traditional Material Culture of the NativeNotes; Works Cited; Index