2016-04-RIETH

LATE PREHISTORIC HOUSEHOLD ARCHAEOLOGY
IN EASTERN NEW YORK

Christina B. RIETH

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Abstract

Archaeological studies of households provide us with information about the interactions between past populations, the ways that they organized their settlements and the relationship of disparate segments of a community to each other. By examining the effects of households at several different scales, archaeologists can better understand the processes that underlie human behavior. This paper examines the Late Prehistoric Getman site in New York and the role of Iroquoian households as represented in the compartment, longhouse, and village contexts. Conclusions about equality, resource use, and the spatial organization of the longhouse are suggested.

To cite this article

Rieth C.B., 2016 – Late Prehistoric Household Archaeology in Eastern New York, in Chapdelaine C., Burke A., Gernigon K. (eds.), Household Archaeology – A Transatlantic Comparative Approach, Proceedings of the International Symposium, October 24-25 2014, Université de Montréal, P@lethnology, 8, 49-61.