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Contents List of Illustrations vii List of Tables xi Preface xiii 1 The “Ancient Dwelling” on Sunset Hill: Preliminary 1 Archaeological Investigations at the Jethro Coffin House Duncan Ritchie 2 Native American Architecture on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts 25 Mary Lynne Rainey 3 Drift Whales at Nantucket: The Kindness of Moshup 63 Elizabeth Alden Little and J. Clinton Andrews 4 Island Queens: Women Sachems on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in the Colonial Period 87 Kathleen J. Bragdon 5 Pilgrim Subsistence: A Seventeenth-Century Profile from the John and Priscilla Alden House, Duxbury, Massachusetts 103 Tonya Baroody Largy and Mitchell T. Mulholland 6 The “Indian Planting Fields” in Concord, Massachusetts: Influence of New Techniques on Archaeological Explanatory Models 119 Shirley Blancke 7 Wampum Use in Southern New England: The Paradox of Bead Production without the Use of Political Belts 137 Marshall Joseph Becker vi Contents 8 The Origin and Spread of Maize (Zea Mays) in New England 159 Elizabeth S. Chilton 9 Limestone, Shell, and the Archaeological Visibility of Maize and Beans in New England: A Fertilizer Hypothesis 181 Elizabeth Alden Little 10 An Intellectual Biography of Elizabeth Alden Little, 1927–2003 201 Dena Ferran Dincauze Afterword: A Presentation at Elizabeth A. Little’s Memorial Celebration, September 12, 2003 211 Ruel Little A Comprehensive List of the Works of Elizabeth Alden Little 215 About the Contributors 225 Index 229 ...