Almost 13,000 years ago, small groups of Paleoindians endured frigid
winters on the edge of a river in what would become Keene, New
Hampshire. This begins the remarkable story of Native Americans in the
Monadnock region of southwestern New Hampshire, part of the traditional
homeland of the Abenaki people.

Typically neglected or denied by conventional history, the long presence
of Native people in southwestern New Hampshire is revealed by
archaeological evidence for their deep, enduring connections to the land
and the complex social worlds they inhabited. From the Tenant Swamp Site
in Keene, with the remains of the oldest known dwellings in New England,
to the 4,000-year-old Swanzey Fish Dam still visible in the Ashuelot
River, A Deep Presence tells their story in a narrative fashion, drawing
on the author’s thirty years of fieldwork and presenting compelling
evidence from archaeology, written history, and the living traditions of
today’s Abenaki people. Join author and archeologist Robert Goodby for
an evening presentation about his research and newest book! The book can
be found at Putney Public Library and for sale at:
https://harriscenter.org/about-us/merchandise/a-deep-presence

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