Nantucket and Other Native Places: The Legacy of Elizabeth Alden Little

Nantucket and Other Native Places......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Illustrations......Page 9
Tables......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
1. The “Ancient Dwelling” on Sunset Hill: Preliminary Archaeological Investigations at the Jethro Coffin House......Page 17
2. Native American Architecture on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts......Page 41
3. Drift Whales at Nantucket: The Kindness of Moshup......Page 79
4. Island Queens: Women Sachems on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in the Colonial Period......Page 103
5. Pilgrim Subsistence: A Seventeenth-Century Profi le from theJohn and Priscilla Alden House,Duxbury, Massachusetts......Page 119
6. The “Indian Planting Fields”in Concord, Massachusetts: Influence of New Techniques on Archaeological Explanatory Models......Page 135
7. Wampum Use in Southern New England: The Paradox of Bead Production without the Use of Political Belts......Page 153
8. The Origin and Spread of Maize (Zea Mays) in New England......Page 175
9. Limestone, Shell, and theArchaeological Visibility ofMaize and Beans in New England: A Fertilizer Hypothesis......Page 197
10. An Intellectual Biography of Elizabeth Alden Little, 1927–2003......Page 217
Afterword: A Presentation at Elizabeth A. Little’s Memorial Celebration,September 12, 2003......Page 227
A Comprehensive List of the Works of Elizabeth Alden Little......Page 231
Contributors......Page 241
A......Page 245
C......Page 246
J......Page 247
M......Page 248
N......Page 249
S......Page 251
W......Page 252