A Deep Presence: 13,000 Years of Native American History

Almost 13,000 years ago, small groups of Paleoindians endured frigid winters on the edge of a river in what would become Keene, New Hampshire. This begins the remarkable story of Native Americans in the Monadnock region of southwestern New Hampshire, part of the traditional homeland of the Abenaki people. Typically neglected or denied by conventional history, the long presence of Native people in southwestern New Hampshire is revealed by archaeological evidence for their deep, enduring connections to the land and the complex social worlds they inhabited. From the Tenant Swamp Site in Keene, with the remains of the oldest known dwellings in New England, to the 4,000-year-old Swanzey Fish Dam still visible in the Ashuelot River, A Deep Presence tells their story in a narrative fashion, drawing on the author's thirty years of fieldwork and presenting compelling evidence from archaeology, written history, and the living traditions of today's Abenaki people.

Author: Robert G. Goodby
Publisher: Peter E. Randall Publisher
Published: 10/11/2021
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 6.93h x 9.84w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9781942155409
ISBN10: 1942155409
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Archaeology
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies
- Social Science | Indigenous Studies