Can You Dig it? Case Studies in New England Colonial House Sites Archaeology

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This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution”: Identifying and Understanding Early Historic-Period House Sites" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Well-preserved Colonial-period house sites have been discovered in agricultural fields, beneath deep fill deposits, in urban areas, next to major roadways, and under suburban lawns. The 17th- and 18th- century house sites discussed in this paper demonstrate that early colonial houses varied a great deal in form and construction and include types that are no longer standing in New England, such as small earthfast “cottages”, one-room end-chimney houses, and long, narrow cross-passage homes. The case studies also illuminate internal configurations of space and the lifeways of colonial people, from yeomen to gentry.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020   •
• “Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution”: Identifying and Understanding Early Historic-Period House Sites

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