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Volumes II and III focus on the identification of different kinds of materials and are divided chronologically. Volume III focuses on materials produced and used mainly during the 19th and 20th centuries. In addition to the materials considered in Volume II, works here outline metal cans, gun cartridges, and even electrical artifacts.

Volumes II and III focus on the identification of different kinds of materials and are divided chronologically. Volume II focuses on earlier materials, primarily from the 17th and 18th centuries, but also extending into the early decades of the 19th century. Ceramic materials, including smoking pipes, and glass (both window and vessel) are considered in the first part and "small finds" such as beads, buckles, thimbles, gun flints, and buttons ...

The African Diaspora Archaeology volume is compiled by Chris Fennell, organizer of the African Diaspora Archaeological Network (ADAN): www.diaspora.uiuc.edu. This publication includes an introduction by Fennell that reviews the field and 23 articles selected from Historical Archaeology. Including studies from Africa, the Caribbean, South America, and both the northern and southern US, this volume provides a fascinating look at African culture,...

A compilation by Timothy K. Perttula including articles from Historical Archaeology. Topics include Colonial Perspectives, The Effects of Introduced Epidemic Diseases, and Case Studies in North America. For a complete Table of Contents, please view http://pastfoundation.org/lulu/2luxdo5.jpg, or visit the publication's homepage and click "preview" beneath the large image of the cover, which will display the first few pages of the book.

A compilation by Richard F. Veit and Alasdair M. Brooks including articles from Historical Archaeology. Topics include Investigative Methods, Places and Landscapes, "Small Things" Material Culture, Commemoration, and Human Remains and Grave Goods. For a complete Table of Contents, please view http://pastfoundation.org/lulu/2eydu6d.jpg, or visit the publication's homepage and click "preview" beneath the large image of the cover, which will disp...

Consisting of five articles by some of the leading lights of historical archaeology, this volume examines the cultural expressions of colonial settlement on both sides of the Atlantic. Compared against the framework of the English at Jamestown, as told by William Kelso, Audrey Horning examines the British colonization of Ireland, Kathleen Deagan looks at the Spanish in the Caribbean and South America, Marcel Moussette and William Moss analyze ...

In this volume, various archaeologists offer their analyses and ideas on the importance of material things and the ways in which historical archaeology allows us to see the past differently, and sometimes see a different past. While the field has changed dramatically over the past 35 years, two of the most prominent areas of change are evident herein. First, our scale of analysis has expanded from sites to landscapes, from structures to system...

A compilation by Christopher C. Fennell including articles from Historical Archaeology. Topics include Methods and Cartographies of Analysis, Terrains Shaped by Economics, Class, and Social Identities, Configuring Landscapes of Geometry, Ideology, and Surveillance, and Geographies of Racism and Inequality. For a complete Table of Contents, please view http://pastfoundation.org/lulu/oazxwk.jpg, or visit the publication's homepage and click "pre...

This republication of Historical Archaeology and the Importance of Material Things includes the original volume's contents: a Foreword by Stanley South and articles by Ferguson, Deetz, Binford, Glassie, Rathje, Leone, and Fitting, in that order. These are followed by an Afterword prepared by Leland Ferguson for this republication. I am pleased to see Importance back in print, as well as the discussion that should be generated as we look at his...

Most of the artifacts archaeologists uncover are utilitarian and mundane. However, artifacts are sometimes recovered that provide a surprising narrative or present an interpretive conundrum. The articles in this volume share eleven stories of artifacts that enlighten, presenting artifacts of varying types, locales, and periods with engaging stories that illuminate the ways in which historical archaeologists encounter and interpret the past thr...

An illustrated historical children's book about the Abercorn Archaeology Site in Savannah, Georgia (9CH1205). It tells two stories back-to-back. One is the story of Enitan, an African American girl living in a plantation village in Georgia in the mid-19th century. The other story describes Vicente, the son of an archaeologist who works with archaeologists in the early 21st century and learns about the village.