Name: A Village of Outcasts: Historical Archaeology and Documentary Research at the Lighthouse Site By Kenneth Feder
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A Village of Outcasts: Historical Archaeology and Documentary Research at the Lighthouse Site by Kenneth Feder

A fascinating story of Native Americans, freed African-American slaves, and assorted European outcasts who came together and established a settlement that thrived from 1740 to 1860, this case study integrates the history and archaeology of a multicultural, multiethnic New England village.

About Kenneth Feder

Feder obtained his B.A. in anthropology in 1973 from the State University of New York at Stonybrook. He obtained his M.A. in anthropology in 1975 from the University of Connecticut and his Ph.D. from the same institution in 1982. He has taught in the Department of Anthropology at Central Connecticut State University since 1977 where he is now a full professor. His primary research interests include the archaeology of the native peoples of New England and the analysis of public perceptions about the human past. He is the founder and director of the Farmington River Archaeological Project, a long-term investigation of the prehistory of the Farmington River Valley. He is the author and co-author of several books including: Human Antiquity: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology (with Michael Park; now in its fifth edition; McGraw-Hill); Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology (about to appear in its seventh edition; McGraw-Hill); The Past In Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory (about to appear in its fifth edition; Oxford University Press); and Linking to the Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology (now in its second edition; Oxford University Press). Finally, he is the author of A Village of Outcasts: Historical Archaeology and Documentary Research at the Lighthouse Site (Mayfield Publishing). When he's not digging in the dirt or writing books, he likes to hang out with his one wife, two kids, and four very bad cats.

1. Encountering the Lighthouse 2. The Archaeology of History 3. The Legend of the Lighthouse 4. Sources of the Lighthouse Legend 5. Digging in the Documents: Sources 6. Digging in the Documents: The People of the Lighthouse 7. Digging in the Dirt: A Brief Introduction to Archaeological Methodology and Analysis 8. Digging in the Dirt: Archaeology at the Lighthouse Sight 9. Material Culture at the Lighthouse Epilogue Appendix 1: Dates Used in Mean Ceramic Date CalculationAppendix 2: Miller Index Value CalculationsGlossaryReferencesIndex

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A Village of Outcasts: Historical Archaeology and Documentary Research at the Lighthouse Site by Kenneth Feder

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Kenneth Feder

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19931116

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224

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