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, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.

    Ferguson, Leland

    1992, Uncommon Ground: Archaeology and Early African America, 1650-1800. Washington, DC: 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.

    Noël 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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