New York Chapter

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The Stone Chambers of Putnam County, New York

Interesting Reading and References for NY State

Bradley, James W, Evolution of the Onondaga Iroquois: Accommodating Change, 1987. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse NY.

Brennan, Louis A.

• A Short Evaluation of the Current State of Knowledge of New York Prehistory Stated in Terms of the Problems Raised by It, July 1963. NYSAA Bulletin, No. 28
• American Dawn: A New Model of American Prehistory, 1970. MacMillan Co., London.
• The Implications of Two Recent Radiocarbon Dates from Montrose Point on the Lower Hudson River, 1972. The Pennsylvania Archaeologist, Vol. 42, No.1-2.

Buchanan, Rob, Stone Landscapes of the Lower Hudson Valley

Colden, Cadwallader, The History of the Five Indian Nations Part 1) 1742, Part 2) 1747. Reprinted 1958, 1964, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London.

Mackey, Douglas, Mounds of New York: A Review of Adena and Hopewell Earthworks, 2007. The NYSAA Bulletin, Vol. 123.

O’Callaghan, Documentary History of the State of New York, 1849-1851, Volumes 1-4, 1851. Charles Van Benthuysen, Public Printer, Albany NY.

Parker, Arthur C., Parker on the Iroquois. 1968. Edited by Wm. A. Fenton, Syracuse Univ. Press, Syracuse NY.

Ritchie, William A.

• New York Projectile Points. A Typology and Nomenclature, Revised 1971. New York State Museum, Bulletin 384.
• The Archaeology of New York State, Revised edition, 1965.
• The Archaic in New York, 1971. NYSAA Bulletin, No. 52.

Romain, William F.

• Mysteries of the Hopewell: Astronomers, Geometers and Magicians of the Eastern Woodlands,2000. University of Akron Press, Akron Ohio.
• Journey to the Center of the World: Astronomy, Geometry, and Cosmology of the Fort Ancient Enclosure. In The Fort Ancient Earthwork: Prehistoric Lifeways of the Hopewell Culture in Southwestern Ohio, 2004. Edited by R.P. Connolly and B.T. Lepper. The Ohio Historical Society, Columbus Ohio.

Ruttenber, E.M., The History of Tribes of Hudson’s River Vol.1and 2., (- 1700, 1700-1850), 1872. Reprinted, Hope Farm Press and Bookshop, Saugerties NY.

Snow, Dean, Chas. T. Gehring, Wm. Starna, Editors, In Mohawk Country, 2008. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse NY.

Speck, Frank, The Mohican Indians, 1872. J. Munsell, Albany NY.

Squire, EG. Ancient Monuments of New York State, 1849. The Smithsonian Institution. Reprinted 2006, The Hayriver Press, Colfax WI.

Tuck, James A., Onondaga Iroquois Prehistory: A Study of Settlement Archaeology, 1971. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse NY.

Van Den Bogaert , Harmen Meyrdertsz, A Journey into Mohawk and Oneida Country 1634-1635. Translated and edited by Charles T. Gehring and Wm. A. Starna, 1991. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse NY.

Van Der Donck, Adriaen, Description of New Netherland, 1653. Translated by Diederik Goedhuys, Edited by Chas. T. Gehring and Wm. A. Starna, 2010. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln NE.

Museums in New York

Akwesasne Cultural Center (Mohawk Museum and Library), Route 37, RR1, Hogansburg NY 13655

Fenimore House Museum: American Indian Wing (Thaw Collection and Iroquois exhibits), Cooperstown NY 13326

Ganondagan State Historical Site, 1488 State Route 444, Victor NY 14564 (17^th century Seneca site.)

New York State Museum, 260 Madison Avenue, Albany NY 12230

National Museum of the American Indian, US Customs House, One Bowling Green, New York NY 10014

Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Avenue, Rochester NY 14603

The Iroquois Indian Museum, 324 Caverns Road, Howe’s Cave NY 12092

Seneca Iroquois National Museum, 814 Broad Street, Salamanca NY 14779

Six Nations Museum, 1462 County Route 60, Onchiota NY 12989

Shako:wi Cultural Center, 5 Territory Road, Oneida NY 13421

Shinnecock Nation Museum and Cultural Center, 45 Montauk Hwy, Southampton NY 11968

Southold Indian Museum, Bayview Road, SoutholdNY 11971 (LI Chapter NYSAA)

Susquehanna River Archaeological Center of Native Indian Studies (SRAC), 345 Broad Street, Waverly NY

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