The archaeology of wealth : consumer behavior in English America
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The archaeology of wealth : consumer behavior in English America
(Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology)
Plenum Press, c1996
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-278) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
James G. Gibb offers a unique study of 17th century English North American attitudes toward the acquisition and use of wealth. He analyzes domestic sites excavated in Maryland and Virginia to interpret patterns in the construction of household identities and places these patterns within the social and cultural context of the region. His work includes a new critical approach that underscores the role of conscious individual action in history and the importance of material culture in the construction of identities.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction.- Overview.- New Directions.- Organization of the Work.- The Archaeological Data and Tests.- Notes.- 2 Consumer Behavior Theory in Historical Archaeology.- Theoretical Approaches.- Consumer Behavior Theory.- Patterns in the Study of Consumer Behavior.- New Perspectives on Consumer Behavior.- Summary.- Notes.- 3 Modeling the Consumer Behavior of the Colonists.- Models of Consumer Behavior.- Contextualism and the Archaeology of Domestic Sites.- A Model.- Summary.- Notes.- 4 Wealth, Property, Land, and Labor.- Wealth and Commodity.- The Seventeenth-Century English Perspective.- Land.- Labor.- Land, Labor, and Mercantilism.- Summary.- Notes.- 5 Maryland in the Seventeenth Century.- Historical Overview.- Population.- Wealth-Holding.- Summary.- Notes.- 6 Land and Settlement Patterning in the Pursuit of Wealth.- Variability in Tract Size.- Variability in Plantation Siting.- Summary.- Notes.- 7 Environment and History of William Stephens Land.- The Chesapeake Tidewater Environment.- William Stephens Land.- Summary.- Notes.- 8 Compton, 1650s–1660s.- Methodology.- Results.- Feature Analysis.- Artifact Analysis.- Summary.- Notes.- 9 Patuxent Point, 1660s–1670s.- Methodology.- Results.- Feature Analysis.- Artifact Analysis.- Patuxent Point Cemetery.- Summary.- Notes.- 10 Material Variability along the Shores of the Chesapeake.- Plantation Siting.- Architectural Form and Space.- Homelot Spatial Organization.- Food Production, Preparation, Storage, and Presentation.- Disposal of the Dead.- Summary.- Notes.- 11 Consumer Behavior in Seventeenth-Century English America.- Consumer Behavior Theory in Historical Archaeology.- Consumer Behavior in English America.- Conclusion.- Notes.- References.
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