Robert von Bitter is the Archaeological Data Coordinator at the Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries in Toronto where he lives with his wife and two daughters. Although broadly interested in the archaeology of the province, Robert has recently found the second half of the 17th century both a unique and fascinating period on which to focus his personal research. Ronald F. Williamson is founder and now Senior Associate of Archaeological Services Inc. He has spent most of his career studying the history and archaeology of Ontario Iroquoians, much of it collaboratively with Indigenous partners. He is also Vice Chair of the board of Shared Path Consultation Initiative, a charitable organization dedicated to moving beyond collaboration and consultation to Indigenous decision-making in land use planning. He has published extensively on both Indigenous and early colonial Great Lakes history. He is appointed as adjunct status at the University of Western Ontario and he is Chair of the board of the Museum of Ontario Archaeology in London. His primary interests are in the ancestral Wendat occupation of Ontario, the Early Woodland Period in the Northeast and more broadly in the origins and development of the northern Iroquoian cultural pattern.
Le volume offre un jeu de va-et-vient entre histoire, archéologie et géographie. Cette conjonction de disciplines, associée à l'intégration de nouvelles méthodes de recherche et à la reconnaissance de la mémoire autochtone, produit une image nuancée et complexe des établissements IDN et de leur population. Cet exercice qui tient compte de la fluidité identitaire autochtone, tout comme celle de leurs frontières, permet ainsi de mieux comprendre la dynamique qui a incité l'occupation de ce territoire.--Renée Girard, historienne indépendante, ""Histoire engagée.ca, https: //histoireengagee.ca/recension-de-louvrage-the-history-and-archaeology-of-the-iroquois-du-nord-dirige-par-ronald-f-williamson-et-robert-von-bitter/"" The History and Archaeology of the Iroquois Du Nord offers an important summary and revisit of a seldom discussed topic. Historians and archaeologists with an interest in the regions around the shores of Ontario during this brief period of time, as well as those studying the borderlands of Haudenosaunee culture and society, will find this book to be a very useful, up-to date reference. [... ] Readers who are unfamiliar with the history of the Iroquois du Nord villages will learn much about the circumstances and purpose of their existence during the later stages of the Iroquois Wars. --Jonah A. Ellens, Historian, Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada ""https: //www.erudit.org/en/journals/onhistory/2024-v116-n2-onhistory09540/1113345ar/""