Virginia Indians at Werowocomoco, a National Park handbook, Lara Lutz, Martin D. Gallivan, E. Randolph Turner III, David A. Brown, Thane Harpole, Danielle Moretti-Langholtz
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Virginia Indians at Werowocomoco, a National Park handbook, Lara Lutz, Martin D. Gallivan, E. Randolph Turner III, David A. Brown, Thane Harpole, Danielle Moretti-Langholtz
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-125) and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Virginia Indians at Werowocomoco
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
907661819
Responsibility statement
Lara Lutz, Martin D. Gallivan, E. Randolph Turner III, David A. Brown, Thane Harpole, Danielle Moretti-Langholtz
Series statement
A National park handbook
Sub title
a National Park handbook
Summary
An established Native American settlement as early as 1200 CE, Werowocomoco<U+2015>located in Gloucester County, Virginia, along the York River<U+2015>was a secular and sacred seat of power of the present-day Virginia<U+2019>s Algonquian people, whom the English would call the "Powhatan." The site was rediscovered in 2003. Only about 1 percent of the 50-acre site has been investigated; however, based on archaeological research conducted so far, it appears to be an unprecedented archaeological find for the eastern coastal region of the nation, and its significance to Virginia Indians today and our shared history is without parallel. Generously illustrated and informed by recent scholarship, this latest addition to the National Park Service Handbook series is an engaging and concise history of the site, its rediscovery, and what recent archaeology tells us about Werowocomoco
Table Of Contents
Werowocomoco: a place of power -- Life at the water's edge -- Indians of the Virginia Tidewater -- Werowocomoco in the written record -- Return to Werowocomoco -- The Virginia Indian Advisory Board -- Werowocomoco through archeology -- Double trenches and the space within -- Virginia Indians today -- Places to visit
Target audience
adult