An Archaeology of the English Atlantic World, 1600 – 1700
Archaeology
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Summary
An Archaeology of the British Atlantic World is the first book to apply the methods of modern-world archaeology to the study of the seventeenth-century English colonial world Charles E Orser Jr explores a range of material evidence… of daily life collected from archaeological excavations throughout the Atlantic region including England Ireland western Africa Native North America and the eastern United States He considers the archaeological record together with primary texts by contemporary writers Giving particular attention to housing fortifications delftware and stoneware Orser offers new interpretations for each type of artefact His study demonstrates how the archaeological record expands our understanding of the Atlantic world at a critical moment of its expansion as well as to the development of the modern Western world