The Mercury Series is internationally respected, particularly for the archaeological monographs it has published
And the volume in question is significant too: The Far Northeast: 3000 BP to Contact. The archaeology of far northeastern North American (roughly the Atlantic provinces) seems to be deeper, older, and more resistant to simple explanations than one might imagine (e.g., the elaborate 7500 year old burial mound at L'Anse Amour, Labrador, on the Strait of Belle Isle -- who built that then?) This multi-authored collection is being saluted as an important synthesis -- and it only goes back 3000 years.
Worth noting: According to volume editor Kenneth Holyoke, “The book is largely based on a two-day marathon session we organized at the 2019 Canadian Archaeological Association meeting in Québec City, and it was sponsored by the Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki.”
Indigenous voices are included as contributors and supporters of this project. The northeastern Indigenous communities were at the forefront of contact with Europeans. The book begins with a text by the illustrator of the beautiful book cover, Wolastoqey artist Austin Paul.
