Sightseeking

Sightseeking
Author: Christopher J. Lenney
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2005
Genre: Historic sites
ISBN: 9781584654636

A startlingly original synthesis of keen observation and interpretive skill that will transform one s understanding of New England s man-made landscape"

Historical Archaeology and Indigenous Collaboration

Historical Archaeology and Indigenous Collaboration
Author: D. Rae Gould
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2019-12-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0813057337

Society for American Archaeology Scholarly Book Award Highlighting the strong relationship between New England’s Nipmuc people and their land from the pre-contact period to the present day, this book helps demonstrate that the history of Native Americans did not end with the arrival of Europeans. This is the rich result of a twenty-year collaboration between indigenous and nonindigenous authors, who use their own example to argue that Native peoples need to be integral to any research project focused on indigenous history and culture. The stories traced in this book center around three Nipmuc archaeological sites in Massachusetts—the seventeenth century town of Magunkaquog, the Sarah Boston Farmstead in Hassanamesit Woods, and the Cisco Homestead on the Hassanamisco Reservation. The authors bring together indigenous oral histories, historical documents, and archaeological evidence to show how the Nipmuc people outlasted armed conflict and Christianization efforts instigated by European colonists. Exploring key issues of continuity, authenticity, and identity, Historical Archaeology and Indigenous Collaboration provides a model for research projects that seek to incorporate indigenous knowledge and scholarship.

Princeton, Massachusetts

Princeton, Massachusetts
Author: Joyce Bailey Anderson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2009-05-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625842597

Nestled at the foot of Wachusett Mountain, Princeton has come a long way since the days when cows outnumbered its citizens. Today, within its small circumference, the town boasts four nationally registered historical districts. With an array of styles from Colonial to Greek Revival, Richardsonian to Romanesque, its distinguished architectural landscape serves as a lasting reminder of the towns many transitions. Anderson, Dubman and Fiandaca document Princetons growth from eighteenth-century agrarian community to turn-of-the-century summer resort.

Prehistoric Exchange Systems in North America

Prehistoric Exchange Systems in North America
Author: Timothy G. Baugh
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1475762313

In this unique volume, archaeologists examine the changing economic structure of trade in North America over a period of 6,000 years. Organined by geographical and chronological divisions, each chapter focuses on trade in one of nine regions from the Arachiac through the late prehistoric period. Each contribution explores neighboring areas to llustrate the complexity of North American exchange. By charting the econmic structure of these regions, archaeologists, economic anthropologists, and economic geographers gain greater insight into the dynamics of North American trade and exchange on a continental wide basis.

The Heart of the Commonwealth

The Heart of the Commonwealth
Author: John L. Brooke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2005-07-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521673396

Presents a synthetic view of the social grounding of republicanism and liberalism in Worchester Country, Massachusetts, from its settlement to the eve of the Civil War.

Late Pleistocene Archaeology and Ecology in the Far Northeast

Late Pleistocene Archaeology and Ecology in the Far Northeast
Author: Claude Chapdelaine
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2012-09-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1603447903

The Far Northeast, a peninsula incorporating the six New England states, New York east of the Hudson, Quebec south of the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Maritime Provinces, provided the setting for a distinct chapter in the peopling of North America. Late Pleistocene Archaeology and Ecology in the Far Northeast focuses on the Clovis pioneers and their eastward migration into this region, inhospitable before 13,500 years ago, especially in its northern latitudes. Bringing together the last decade or so of research on the Paleoindian presence in the area, Claude Chapdelaine and the contributors to this volume discuss, among other topics, the style variations in the fluted points left behind by these migrating peoples, a broader disparity than previously thought. This book offers not only an opportunity to review new data and interpretations in most areas of the Far Northeast, including a first glimpse at the Cliche-Rancourt Site, the only known fluted point site in Quebec, but also permits these new findings to shape revised interpretations of old sites. The accumulation of research findings in the Far Northeast has been steady, and this timely book presents some of the most interesting results, offering fresh perspectives on the prehistory of this important region.