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Late Woodland Cultures of the Middle Atlantic Region
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 226

Late Woodland Cultures of the Middle Atlantic Region

Provides a comparative overview of the late prehistoric cultures that lived in the Middle Atlantic region between A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1600. Regional specialists address issues regarding social complexity, community pattering and organization, social organizations, subsistence (especially the use of agriculture), warfare, and use of storage.

Prehistoric Cultures of the Delmarva Peninsula
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 448

Prehistoric Cultures of the Delmarva Peninsula

This book traces the cultural development of the prehistoric Native American cultures of the Delmarva Peninsula from 12,000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the arrival of Europeans ended their distinctive way of life. It presents what the archaeological record reveals about human adaptation during this period in response to environmental and climatic changes.

Transportation and Agricultural Changes in Blackbird Hundred
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 240

Transportation and Agricultural Changes in Blackbird Hundred

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1994
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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A Historical Archaeology of Delaware
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 512

A Historical Archaeology of Delaware

"By analyzing what she describes as richly detailed archaeological site biographies, De Cunzo reconstructs how Delaware's farming people actively created their identities and shaped their interactions at home, at work, at church, and in the marketplace as they began to confront industrial capitalism. Informed by a contextual, interpretive perspective, this valuable work reveals the complex interrelationships among environment, technology, economy, social order, and cultural praxis that defined the "cultures of agriculture" in Delaware during the last three centuries."--Jacket.

Phase I/II Archaeological Research Plan
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Phase I/II Archaeological Research Plan

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1987
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Final Archaeological Investigations of the Glatz Site, Route 7 North, New Castle County, Delaware
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 178
New Jersey
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 335

New Jersey

New Jersey: A History of the Garden State presents a fresh, comprehensive overview of New Jersey’s history from the prehistoric era to the present. The findings of archaeologists, political, social, and economic historians provide a new look at how the Garden State has evolved. The state has a rich Native American heritage and complex colonial history. It played a pivotal role in the American Revolution, early industrialization, and technological developments in transportation, including turnpikes, canals, and railroads. The nineteenth century saw major debates over slavery. While no Civil War battles were fought in New Jersey, most residents supported it while questioning the policies of ...

Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 614

Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples

DIVDIVMore than 10,000 years ago, people settled on lands that now lie within the boundaries of the state of Connecticut. Leaving no written records and scarce archaeological remains, these peoples and their communities have remained unknown to all but a few archaeologists and other scholars. This pioneering book is the first to provide a full account of Connecticut’s indigenous peoples, from the long-ago days of their arrival to the present day./divDIV /divDIVLucianne Lavin draws on exciting new archaeological and ethnographic discoveries, interviews with Native Americans, rare documents including periodicals, archaeological reports, master’s theses and doctoral dissertations, conferenc...

Looking Beneath the Surface
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 284

Looking Beneath the Surface

For more than ten thousand years, humans have lived in New Jersey. From Summit to Cape May, from Trenton to the Jersey Shore, the state is a treasure trove of archaeological artifacts, revealing much about those who occupied the region prior to European settlement. As a rule, only the most durable of human creations3⁄4items of stone and pottery3⁄4survive the ravages of time. To complicate matters, the onslaught of our own culture and the indiscriminate looting of sites by greedy collectors have further diminished the cultural materials left behind. The task of the archaeologist is to gather and interpret these scraps for the benefit of science and the public. But digging up relics is a t...

Pennsylvania Archaeologist
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 538

Pennsylvania Archaeologist

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1999
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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