Chapters in the Archeology of Cape Cod, III: The Historic Period and Historic Period Archeology

Editor(s): Francis McManamon

Year: 1985

Summary

Contains three parts: "Research on the Historic Period and Historic Period Archaeology" by FP McManamon (pp 1-16); "Changes in the Coastal Wilderness: Historic Land Use Patterns on Outer Cape Cod, 17th-19th Centuries" by Patricia E. Rubertone (pp 17-124); "Historic and Land Use and Settlement on Outer Cape Cod: An Exploratory Analysis of Archeological Data" by Francis P. McManamon and S. Terry Childs (pp 125-156). Historical information and archeological data are used to describe historic period cultural, settlement, and subsistence patterns during the historic period on outer Cape Cod from Eastham north to Provincetown.

Cite this Record

Chapters in the Archeology of Cape Cod, III: The Historic Period and Historic Period Archeology. Francis McManamon. Chapters in the Archeology of Cape Cod ,III. Boston, MA: national park service. 1985 ( tDAR id: 3181) ; doi:10.6067/XCV83B5Z5G

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Woodland • Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American • Late Archaic • Late Woodland • Middle Woodland • Woodland

Material
Ceramic • Metal • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Fort Hill, Eastham • Great Island Tavern site • High Head, North Truro • Indian Neck Ossuary • Nauset Harbor, Eastham • Wellfleet Tavern site

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structures • Fish Trap / Weir • Hearth • Ossuary • Palisade • Refuse Pit • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Settlements • Sheet Midden • Shell Midden • Storage Pit • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Eastham • North Truro • Provincelands • Provincetown • Truro • Wellfleet

Temporal Keywords
17th Century • 18th Century • 19th Century • Historic Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -70.259; min lat: 41.776 ; max long: -69.877; max lat: 42.09 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): Rubertone Patricia; S. Terry Childs; Francis McManamon

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