Disposing of Modernity
The Archaeology of Garbage and Consumerism during Chicago's 1893 World's Fair
Through archaeological and archival research from sites associated with the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, this book explores the changing world of urban America at the turn of the twentieth century.
The Archaeology of Magic
Gender and Domestic Protection in Seventeenth-Century New England
In this book, C. Riley Augé provides a trailblazing archaeological study of magical practice and its relationship to gender in the Anglo-American culture of colonial New England.
A Desolate Place for a Defiant People
The Archaeology of Maroons, Indigenous Americans, and Enslaved Laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp
Site Formation Processes of Submerged Shipwrecks
Everyday Religion
An Archaeology of Protestant Belief and Practice in the Nineteenth Century
The Archaeology of Race in the Northeast
The Seneca Restoration, 1715-1754
An Iroquois Local Political Economy
By combining archaeological data grounded in the material culture of the Seneca Townley-Read site with historical documents, Jordan answers larger questions about the Seneca’s cultural sustainability and durability in an era of intense colonial pressures. He offers a detailed reconstruction of daily life in the Seneca community and demonstrates that they were extremely selective about which aspects of European material culture, plant and animal species, and lifeways they allowed into their territory.