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Nantucket and other native places : the legacy of Elizabeth Alden Little /

The archaeology and histories of the Native peoples and earliest settlers of eastern Massachusetts come vividly to life in these pages. Leading archaeologists and anthropologists share the latest findings and interpretations on a wide range of topics, including the archaeology of the Jethro Coffin H...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chilton, Elizabeth S., 1963-, Rainey, Mary Lynne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The "ancient dwelling" on Sunset Hill: preliminary archaeological investigations at the Jethro Coffin House / Duncan Ritchie
  • Native American architecture on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts / Mary Lynne Rainey
  • Drift whales at Nantucket: the kindness of moshup / Elizabeth Alden Little and J. Clinton Andrews
  • Island queens: women sachems on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket in the colonial period / Kathleen J. Bragdon
  • Pilgrim subsistence: a seventeenth century profile from the John and Priscilla Alden House, Duxbury, Massachusetts / Tonya Baroody Largy and Mitchell T. Mulholland
  • The "Indian planting fields" in Concord, Massachusetts: influence of new techniques on archaeological explanatory models / Shirley Blancke
  • Wampum use in southern New England: the paradox of bead production without the use of political belts / Marshall Joseph Becker
  • The origin and spread of maize (zea mays) in New England / Elizabeth S. Chilton
  • Limestone, shell, and the archaeological visibility of maize and beans in New England: a fertilizer hypothesis / Elizabeth Alden Little
  • An intellectual biography of Elizabeth Alden Little, 1927-2003 / Dena Ferran Dincauze
  • Afterword: A presentation at Elizabeth A. Little's memorial celebration, September 12, 2003 / Ruel Little.