Book chapter
Pre-Contact Maize Horticulture in New England: A Summary of the Archaeological Evidence
Nantucket and Other Native Places, pp.159-179
SUNY Press
2009
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/111276
Abstract
Book description: 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.
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Details
- Title
- Pre-Contact Maize Horticulture in New England: A Summary of the Archaeological Evidence
- Creators
- Elizabeth Chilton (Author) - Washington State University, Office of the Provost
- Publication Details
- Nantucket and Other Native Places, pp.159-179
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Publisher
- SUNY Press; Albany, New York
- Identifiers
- 99900586060801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter