A Lasting Impression: Coastal, Lithic, and Ceramic Research in New England Archaeology [Paperback]

This unique volume focuses on coastal archaeology, lithic analysis, and ceramic analysis within the study of New England archaeology. These topics represent the major research interests of the late distinguished archaeologist Barbara E. Luedtke, to whom the volume is dedicated. During her 25-year career in New England archaeology, Luedtke paved the way for numerous investigations and archaeologists in the region. This book reflects her scholarship's enormous impact and lasting impression on her colleagues and the development of New England archaeology.

The authors discuss various issues pertaining primarily to Native American settlement, subsistence, and technology in New England from as early as the first human occupation of the regionapproximately 10,000 B.C.E.until shortly after European colonization 400 years ago. They also present methodologies, results, analyses, interpretations, and syntheses of important regional studies, which complement and challenge existing models and knowledge. Since some of the papers address current methodological approaches, this book is relevant to other geographic areas, providing a comparative framework for evaluating archaeological research elsewhere.

Series Foreword
Foreword by Brona G. Simon
Preface by Jordan E. Kerber
Coastal Archaeology
Archaeology on the Boston Harbor Islands after 25 Years by Barbara E. Luedtke
Interpreting Diverse Marine Shell Deposits of the Woodland Period in New England and New York: Interrelationships among Subsistence, Symbolism, and Ceremonialism by Jordan E. Kerber
Late Woodland Use of Coastal Resources at Mount Sinai Harbor, Long Island, New York by David J. Bernstein
Archaeological Investigations at the Lucy Vincent Beach Site (19-DK-148): Preliminary Results and Interpretations by Elizabeth S. Chilton and Dianna L. Doucette
Small Is Beautiful: Tidal Weirs in a Low-Energy Esl³‚