The Far Northeast

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<p><em>The Far Northeast: 3000 BP</em><em>to Contact</em> is the first volume to synthesize archaeological research from across Atlantic Canada and northern New England for the period spanning from 3000 years ago to European contact. </p><p><br></p><p>Recently, notions of the "Woodland period" in the broader Northeast have drawn scrutiny from experts due to increasing awareness that its hallmarks-such as horticulture, village formation, mortuary ceremonialism, and the advent of various technologies-appear to be less synchronous than once thought. </p><p><br></p><p>By paying particular attention to the Far Northeast and its unique (yet sometimes marginal) position in Woodland discourse, this work offers a much-needed in-depth look at one of the best-documented cases of hunter-gatherer persistence and adaptation at the eve of European contact. </p><p><br></p><p>Penned by academic, government, and cultural-resource-management archaeologists, the seventeen chapters in <em>The Far Nort