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An Old Place, Safe and Quiet A Blackstone River Valley Cremation Burial Site
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Alan Leveillee
Book Code: H860
ISBN: 0-89789-860-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-860-7
216 pages, figures, photos, tables
Bergin & Garvey
Publication: 4/30/2002
List Price: $85.00 (UK Sterling Price: £47.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [t]his book is to be widely recommended, and it should be an indispensable reference for all regional prehistorians and students of mortuary behavior generally.
    —Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology     2003
Description: The discovery, excavation, and interpretation of data on one of the most significant ancient Native American archaeological sites in the Northeast is chronicled. Research team leader Alan Leveillee outlines the regional, environmental, and cultural contexts, details the archaeological methodology, and synthesizes the results of analyses of lithics, metals, flora, fauna, and soils, and presents the on-site observations and interpretations of the Native American representative of the team. Focusing on the discovery and subsequent archaeological approach to the first professionally excavated secondary burial complex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Leveillee demonstrates that anthropological models enable consideration of how artifacts and features reveal 3,500-year-old ideologies, ceremonies, and social systems--the archaeology of ideas.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Environmental Setting
  • Cultural Context
  • Research Design and Methodologies
  • The Archaeological Record: Features and Artifacts
  • Analytical Results
  • Interpretations
  • Epilogue
  • References
  • Glossary
  • Appendix: Transcripts of Native American Representative Conversation Logs
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