Commoners, Tribute, and Chiefs: The Development of Algonquian Culture in the Potomac Valley / Edition 1

by Stephen R. Potter

Overview

Using an innovative combination of archaeology, anthropology, and ethnohistory, Stephen R. Potter traces the rise of the Chicacoans, whose domain on the south shore of the Potomac River straddled the boundary between the Powhatans and the Conoys. By presenting a case study of the Chicacoans from A.D. 200 to the early seventeenth century, Potter offers readers a window onto the development of ALgonquian culture in the Chesapeake and illuminates the responses of its constituent societies to the invading Europeans. He examines the stratification of individual cheifdoms into elites and masses of tribute-paying commoners, and he demonstratesthe progressive consolidation of ALgonquian peoples in the century preceding the European influx.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813915401
Publisher:	University of Virginia Press
Publication date:	07/29/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	267
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Stephen R. Potter is Regional Archaeologist for the National Park Service, National Capital Region, and a Research Associate with the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution.

Editorial Reviews

Using a combination of archaeology, anthropology, and ethnohistory, Potter traces the rise of the Chicacoans, whose domain on the south shore of the Potomac straddled the boundary between the Powhatans and the Conoys. By presenting a case study of the Chicacoans from A.D. 200 to the early 17th century, Potter explicates the development of Algonquian culture in the Chesapeake, and illuminates responses of its constituent societies to the invading Europeans. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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