Reviews
Provides a synthesis of the fur trade through time and across the continent. [Nassaney] avoids bogging the reader down in lists of material evidence by offering consistent, coherent explanations of archaeological findings. . . . Recommended.
--CHOICE
Impressive and ambitious, covering centuries of time and much of the North American continent....Admirably balances the enormous numbers of sites, peoples, historical events, and colonial enterprises with some of the important research directions that have defined and are defining the field of fur trade studies in archaeology....Absorbing.—
--Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology
Introduce[s] fur trade complexities and historic trajectories.
--Journal of Anthropological Research
Will prove invaluable to researchers working on both sides of the border on fur trade sites. . . . Stresses the malleable and contingent relationship between the archaeological record and the people that created it, the incomplete nature of both the historical and material records and the surprising things that they can illuminate about the past when viewed in a critical light.
--Canadian Journal of Archaeology
A fine piece of scholarship that will appeal to a wide audience. . . . Offers the opportunity to see the historical connections that transcend the boundaries of a particular site or region.
--American Antiquity