Refining Haudenosaunee Site Sequences in the Cayuga Lake Region

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In this paper, I refine fifteenth- and sixteenth-century village relocation sequences for Haudenosaunee sites located on both the eastern and western sides of Cayuga Lake (in what is today central New York State). This area is the traditional homeland of the Cayuga Nation. First, I present information on Cayuga sites, including data on settlement types and recovered artifacts and ecofacts. Next, I review the conventional perspectives on regional site sequences. Then, focusing on the seven radiocarbon-dated Cayuga sites, I evaluate recently-run AMS radiocarbon dates and employ Bayesian chronological modeling to test and refine occupation dates and relocation sequences. I conclude by presenting a refined site sequence for this region. Assessing chronological models alongside settlement and artifact data, I provide new information about fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Cayuga settlement patterns, mobility, resource use, and exchange.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 40358.0