James T. Powers is a historian, archaeologist, lecturer, author, and retired teacher who holds a BA and two MA’s from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. James has devoted his entire career to understanding our prehistoric and historic past and how they have shaped who we are as a people and society. He lives in Durham, Connecticut.
For 14,000 years, the Indigenous people of Southern New England survived and thrived despite experiencing extreme and dramatic climate and environmental changes. Like our present and near future,... (more)