ABOUT THIS BOOK

In an absorbing account of the archaeology and culture of Indian tribes in the Great Lakes region from 1600 to 1820, George Quimby recounts the results of decades of careful study of archaeological sites in this 1966 classic.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

George Irving Quimby (1913–2003) had a long and distinguished career as Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Ethnology at the Burke Museum at the University of Washington and as Curator of Archaeology and Ethnology at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

REVIEWS

"This slim book is buried treasure. . . . Mr. Quimby does what very few archaeologists can do. He makes artifacts vivid. And he makes the people who used them come alive." —Island Seas

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS

Chapter 1
Introduction

Chapter 2
The First Twelve Thousand Years

Chapter 3
Indian Culture Just Before the French

Chapter 4
The First European Trade Ship on the Western Great Lakes

Chapter 5
Dating the Past with Jewߣs-Harps, Jesuit Rings, and Other Trade Objects

Chapter 6
Chronology from Glass Beads

Chapter 7
The Time of the Trade Silver

Chapter 8
The Archaeology of the Early Historic Period, 1610–1670

Chapter 9
The Archaeology of the Middle Historic Period, 1670–1760

Chapter 10
The Archaeology of the Late Historic Period, 1760–1820

Chapter 11
The Archaeology and Ethnology of a Chippewa Family in the Late Historic Period

Appendix 1
Glass Beads from Sainte Marie I and Ossossane

Appendix 2
Glass Beads from Huron and Petun Sites

Appendix 3
Glass Beads from a Neutral Site

Appendix 4
Glass Beads from Old Fort Albany

Appendix 5
Glass Beads from the Fatherland Site and from the Fort St. Joseph Area

Appendix 6
Makers of Trade Sllver and Their Marks

Bibliography

Index

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