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Nantucket and Other Native Places: The Legacy of Elizabeth Alden Little
SUNY Press
02/01/2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/111744
Abstract
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 House, arguably the oldest house in Nantucket; the origin and significance of maize horticulture; the production and distribution of wampum; Native women sachems of Martha's Vineyard; Native vernacular architecture at Nantucket; the "Indian planting fields" at Concord; fertilizer and Native horticulture; the enduring strands of significance of drift whales; and an insightful examination of a seventeenth-century house in Duxbury.A tribute to the career of the influential archaeologist Elizabeth Alden Little (1926-2003), Nantucket and Other Native Places offers an essential introduction to the archaeology of eastern Massachusetts. The book includes an homage to Elizabeth Little's life and career by renowned archaeologist Dena F. Dincauze, as well as a comprehensive bibliography of her extensive published work.
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- Title
- Nantucket and Other Native Places: The Legacy of Elizabeth Alden Little
- Creators
- Elizabeth S Chilton (Editor) - Washington State University, Office of the ProvostMary Lynne Rainey (Editor)
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Publisher
- SUNY Press
- Number of pages
- 1
- Identifiers
- 1438432542; 9781438432540; 99900586062301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book