Continuity of Lithic Practice from the Eighteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries at the Nipmuc Homestead of Sarah Boston, Grafton, Massachusetts

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11830086
AutoresJoseph Bagley (Buffalo State University), Joseph M Bagley, Mrozowski (0000-0002-0197-2392), Stephen Mrozowski, Heather Law Pezzarossi, Jill M Steinberg (0000-0002-4222-1544), John Steinberg
Año2014
Volumen43
Número1
Páginas172-188
Fecha de publicación2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNortheast Historical Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0048-0738 • E-ISSN: 0048-0738
EditorialBinghamton University (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.22191/neha/vol43/iss1/9
OpenAlexW635805799
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas8

Stone tools have been found at all Nipmuc-related house sites in central Massachusetts dating from the 17th through 20th centuries. This article explores in detail the lithic assemblage recovered from the kitchen midden of the late 18th and early 19th century Sarah Burnee/Sarah Boston farmstead in Grafton, Massachusetts. Quartz and quartzite lithics were found in similar concentrations as historic ceramics within the midden suggesting that these tools were in active use within the household. Ground-stone tools of ancient origin indicate curation and reuse of older materials, and knapped glass and re-worked gunflints suggest knowledge of flintknapping. This article argues that despite colonial rules forbidding traditional Native practices, this and other Nipmuc families continued to practice the production and use of lithics for at least 300 years after the arrival of Europeans

Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Midden · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History