Oral Traditions and the Archaeological Record of a Wabanaki Maritime Society

• Main Author: Deweese, Brettan L.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: the Digital Archaeological Record
• Subjects: Archaic; Historic; Western Abenaki Indians; Micmac; Eastern Abenaki; Malecite; St. Francis; Wabanaki; Data Recovery / Excavation; Research Design / Data Recovery Plan; Heritage Management; Archaeological Feature; Water-related; Shipping-related structure; Canoes; Wood; abenaki; Newfoundland; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8QV3PPH_meta$v=1495494155175

This thesis examines prehistoric watercraft documented in the region now inhabited by the Wabanaki, an indigenous maritime society living in New England and the Canadian Maritimes, from archaeological and oral traditions perspectives. Archaeological research has been slow to accept oral traditions a...