The Dutch in the Hudson Valley

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "More than Pots and Pipes: New Netherland and a World Made by Trade" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The first half of my paper will offer a brief background regarding the establishment of the United Provinces of the Netherlands during its war with the Spanish Habsburgs. It will include the chartering of the Dutch East India Company, which served as a model for the Dutch West India Company. This privatization of foreign policy allowed for the formation of overseas colonies such as New Netherland. The second half will be devoted to the fur trade which was the primary reason for the Dutch being in the Hudson Valley. This will include a discussion of trade goods, such as cloth--what colors were favored? And, muskets--what were the favored lengths? And other hardware favored by the Indians. Also, what goods were sent over for the soldiers and settlers, such as stockings, caps, or just cloth in general.

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