The book opens with a brief historical outline of Onondaga culture
and a sketch of the major developments in Iroquois prehistory. Each
site is described, with a short account of its discovery, location
in relation to other sites and natural features, testing and
excavations, and artifacts. The site descriptions are arranged in
chronological "phases"- Castle Creek, Oak Hill, Chance, and
Garoga-based upon William A. Ritchie's classification. In the last
chapter, Professor Tuck summaries his wealth of data and interprets
the origin and development of Onondaga culture in view of his
archaeological findings, which also make us of radiocarbon dating
techniques. The illustrations are an essential part of the book.
Forty-four plates show arrowpoints, ceramic sherds, post molds
revealing outlines of longhouses, cooking pits, occasional human
burials, smoking pipes, and much more. Eight figures provide maps
of sites, specific details of excavations, and a chronological
sequence of Onondaga villages. Twenty-one tales give the
frequencies and percentages of smoking pipe varieties, faunal
remains, ceramic types, and other items discovered in the field
work. An appendix includes techniques of ceramic analysis and many
line drawings of ceramic varieties.
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