Nantucket & Other Native Places
The Legacy of Elizabeth Alden Little
Nantucket and Other Native Places is a Memorial Volume honoring Elizabeth (Betty) Little who passed away in 2003. Betty was President of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society from 1984-1986. The Society is co-publisher with SUNY Press, Albany, New York. This volume is a "Festschrift" of chapters written by archaeologists who knew Betty and were influenced by her during her lifetime. The papers cover research areas which were of special interest to Betty, which means that they will also be of interest to the archaeological community, especially in Southern New England.
At the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society (MAS), the program consisted of presentations by many of the authors who contributed chapters to the volume and the meeting was followed by a gala book signing and reception at the Robbins Museum. Below are highlights of this event followed by a listing of chapters. This book is available at the Robbins Museum Store and also on the MAS Online Store.
Co-Editors Elizabeth Chilton and Mary Lynne Rainey with Dr. John Little, Betty's husband.
(Dr. Little
sponsored the book signing and reception.)
Duncan Ritchie, Tonya Largy and other authors at the signing tables.
2010 Annual Meeting Co-Chairs Susan
Jacobucci and Tonya Largy
Nantucket & Other Native Places...Contents:
1) The "Ancient Dwelling" on Sunset Hill: Preliminary Archaeological Investigations at the Jethro Coffin House. Duncan Ritchie
2) Native American Architecture on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Mary Lynne Rainey
3) Drift Whales at Nantucket: The Kindness of Moshup. Elizabeth Alden Little and J. Clinton Andrews
4) Island Queens: Women Sachems on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket in the Colonial Period. Kathleen J. Bragdon
5) Pilgrim Subsistence: A Seventeenth-Century Profile from the John and Priscilla Alden House, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Tonya Baroody Largy and Mitchell T. Mulholland
6) The "Indian Planting Fields" in Concord, Massachusetts: Influence of New Techniques on Archaeological Explanatory Models. Shirley Blancke
7) Wampum Use in Southern New England: The Paradox of Bead Production without the Use of Political Belts. Marshall Joseph Becker
8) The Origin and Spread of Maize (Zea Mays) in New England. Elizabeth S. Chilton
9) Limestone, Shell, and the Archaeological Visibility of Maize and Beans in New England: A Fertilizer Hypothesis. Elizabeth Alden Little
10) An Intellectual Biography of Elizabeth Alden Little, 1927-2003. Dena Ferran Dincauze
Afterword: A Presentation at Elizabeth A. Little's Memorial Celebration, September 12, 2003. Ruel Little
A Comprehensive List of the Works of Elizabeth Alden Little.
Nantucket & Other Native Places
The Legacy of Elizabeth Alden Little
