First Pennsylvanians

Full Title: First Pennsylvanians: The Archaeology of Native Americans in Pennsylvania

Co-written by Kurt W. Carr and Roger W. Moeller. The authors provide a broad, accessible, and wide-ranging overview of the archaeological record of Native Americans in Pennsylvania from early prehistory through the Paleoindian, Archaic, Transitional, Woodland, and Contact periods, stretching from 16,500 years ago to 1750 c.e. They present and analyze specific traits of each archaeological time period covered and use the archaeological record to provide a glimpse of Native Americans' daily life in Pennsylvania. The chapters examine the environment, social groups, tools, subsistence, and settlements of patterns of Native Americans in Pennsylvania and describe how these factors profoundly affected the populations and cultures of these early inhabitants of these early inhabitants of the region. Includes many photos of artifacts and illustrations. Paperback. Pennsylvania Hist. & Museum Co, 2015. 246 pages.