The Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology is a ground-breaking compendium of information about this ever-growing field. Concentrating on the post-1400 period as well as containing generic explanations of historical archaeology where needed, the encyclopedia is compiled by over 120 experts from around the world and contains more than 370 entries covering important concepts and sites.
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'Highly readable ... Most valuable for college and university libraries supporting curricula in anthropology, history, and museum studies.' - Choice
'This guide defines the field of historical archaeology and serves as an excellent introduction for students. Highly recommended for academic libraries.' - Reference Reviews, January 2003
'This guide defines the field of historical archaeology and serves as an excellent introduction for students. Highly recommended for academic libraries.' - Reference Reviews, January 2003
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Charles E. Orser is the Editor of the International Journal of Historical Archaeology and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Illinois State University, USA.
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As a geopolitical entity, 'Acadia' denotes a portion of north-eastern Canada and the USA that was nominally under French control from its first settlement in 1604 until the Acadian Expulsion of 1755-1764. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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As a geopolitical entity, 'Acadia' denotes a portion of north-eastern Canada and the USA that was nominally under French control from its first settlement in 1604 until the Acadian Expulsion of 1755-1764. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
contextual historical archaeology, maroon sites, behavioural archaeologists, actual gender practices, churchyard archaeology, colonoware pottery, historical archaeologists, backyard archaeology, archaeologists realised, battlefield archaeology, plantation archaeology, consumer choice approaches, contact archaeology, behavioural archaeology, folk typology, postmedieval archaeology, garden archaeology, much historical archaeology, recitation literacy, folk typologies, mining archaeology, feminist historical archaeology, commodity slavery, mean ceramic date, postbellum tenant plantation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, African American, Native Americans, North America, New World, South Carolina, New Zealand, South Africa, Smithsonian Institution Press, National Park Service, New England, Plenum Press, South America, Academic Press, Cambridge University Press, North Africa, Industrial Revolution, Middle Ages, Kluwer Academic, Cape Town, Great Britain, Parks Canada, West Africa, Port Royal, African Burial Ground New!
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- In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life by James Deetz on 5 pages
- Those of Little Note: Gender, Race, and Class in Historical Archaeology by Elizabeth M. Scott on 4 pages
- Dolly's Creek: An Archaeology of a Victorian Goldfields Community by Susan Lawrence on page 36, page 155, and page 360
- Gender and Material Culture: The Archaeology of Religious Women by Roberta Gilchrist on page 245, and page 248
- Folk Housing Middle Virginia: Structural Analysis Historic Artifacts by Henry Glassie on page 113, and page 524
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