Readings in Historical Archaeology

The following books each offer examples and descriptions of historical archaeology. They have all been written with the non-professional in mind, and should be available through most major book retailers.

Deetz, James
1993 - Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619-1864. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
1996 - In Small Things Forgotten: An Archeology of Early American Life. New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday.

Delgado, James P., ed.
1997 - Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology. London: British Museum Press.

Falk, Lisa, ed.
1991 - Historical Archaeology in Global Perspective. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Ferguson, Leland
1992 - Uncommon Ground: Archaeology and Early African America, 1650-1800. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Johnson, Matthew
1993 - Housing Culture: Traditional Architecture in an English Landscape. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Layton, Thomas N.
1997 - The Voyage of the Frolic: New England Merchants and the Opium Trade. Stanford University Press.

Noél Hume, Ivor
1982 - Martin's Hundred. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Pounds, Norman J. G.
1989 - Hearth & Home: A History of Material Culture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Rathje, William L. and Cullen Murphy
1992 - Rubbish: The Archaeology of Garbage. New York: Harper Collins Publisher.

Samford, Particia and David L. Ribblett
1995 - Archaeology for Young Explorers. Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg foundation.

Schrire, Carmel
1995 - Digging Through Darkness: Chronicles of an Archaeologist. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.

Scott, Elizabeth M., ed.
1994 - Those of Little Note: Gender, Race, and Class in Historical Archaeology. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.

Spector, Janet D.
1993 - What This Awl Means: Feminist Archaeology at a Wahpeton Dakota Village. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press.

Yentsch, Anne Elizabeth
1994 - A Chesapeake Family and Their Slaves: A Study in Historical Archaeology. New York: Cambridge University Press.


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