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Archaeology and Probate Inventories in the Study of Eighteenth-Century Life
- Journal of Interdisciplinary History
- The MIT Press
- Volume 31, Number 2, Autumn 2000
- pp. 223-245
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Comparison of probate inventories with the findings of archeological research shows that neither, by itself, gives a complete account of eighteenth-century material culture. Data from excavations and inventory studies in Delaware illustrate how these sources can be used together to gain a better understanding of life. Archaeology provides particularly important data on poor households.