Northeast Historical Archaeology Volume 15 Article 4 1986 A Bibliography of Northeast Historical Archaeology David R. Starbuck Follow this and additional works at: http://orb.binghamton.edu/neha Part of the Archaeological Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Starbuck, David R. (1986) "A Bibliography of Northeast Historical Archaeology," Northeast Historical Archaeology: Vol. 15 15, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.22191/neha/vol15/iss1/4 Available at: http://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol15/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB). It has been accepted for inclusion in Northeast Historical Archaeology by an authorized editor of The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB). For more information, please contact [email protected]. A Bibliography of Northeast Historical Archaeology Cover Page Footnote The preparation of this bibliography required far more time than anticipated, and the compiler would especially like to thank Carol Halder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for typing nearly all of the entries. I also am extremely grateful to Mary Beaudry, E. Ann Smith, Pierre Beaudet, Laval University archaeologists, Paul Huey, and Nancy Dickinson for their major contributions to this bibliography, and to David Switzer, Henry Miller, Sherene Baugher, Karlis Karklins, David Poirier, Gale Gustafson, Suzanne Spencer-Wood, Lois Feister, Charles Fisher, Giovanna Peebles, Edward Bell, and Cecelia Kirkorian for sending me listings that are included here. This article is available in Northeast Historical Archaeology: http://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol15/iss1/4 Northeast Historical Archaeo/ogy/Vol. 15, 1986 19 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF sive as possible, there nevertheless are many books and articles of a theoretical NORTHEAST HISTORICAL nature where it is less than clear whether ARCHAEOLOGY they have an appropriately "Northeastern" focus. A small number of works on theory and material culture written by historical David R. Starbuck, Compiler archaeologists who work in other parts of the United States and Canada have been This bibliography includes books and ar­ included, but an effort has been made to ticles that pertain to historical archaeology include only those works that have a demon­ as practiced in the provinces and states that strable relevance to the Northeast. For ex­ make up the region served by the Council for ample, several theoretical works by Stanley Northeast Historical Archaeology. The bib­ South are listed here because his mean ce­ liography also includes all articles published ramic date formula and his evidence for in Northeast Historical Archaeology since its artifact patterning are frequently cited by inception, regardless of whether those arti­ Northeastern archaeologists, even though cles deal specifically with the Northeast. All his field work is exclusively in the South­ entries are listed alphabetically by author east. and then sequentially by date of publication. In reviewing this bibliography, several With few exceptions, newsletter entries and patterns are immediately apparent. The unpublished manuscripts have not been in­ first is that most publications (about 85%) cluded, but this listing does include a modest appeared within the past 20 years. For the number of often-cited doctoral dissertations decade of the 1980s, some 834 publications and master's theses. are listed here, and this will probably go At the end of many of the entries there is well over 1,000 by the end of the decade. For a letter abbreviation in brackets to indicate the 1970s, the figure was 698; for the 1960s, the pertinent state or province. The abbre­ 204; for the 1950s, 61; for the 194o"s, 18; for viations used here are as follows: the 1930s, 19; and for the 1920s, 27. A total NL Newfoundland and Labrador of only four publications appeared before ONT Ontario that. (Nearly 20 others appeared with no QC Quebec date of publication and are not included in NB New Brunswick these totals.) Many of the earlier publica­ PEl Prince Edward Island tions deal chiefly with the Contact Period NS Nova Scotia and so do not necessarily reflect historical ME Maine archaeology as it is currently practiced. NH New Hampshire Also, if it were not for the pioneering work of VT Vermont Calver and Bolton in New York State, there MA Massachusetts would be very few publications listed for the--._ CT Connecticut late 1910s, 1920s, and early 1930s. RI Rhode Island New York State and Quebec account for a NY New York very large proportion of the total listing, PA Pennsylvania with Virginia also making a very respect­ NJ New Jersey able showing. No publications could be DEL Delaware found for West Virginia, and only two for the VA Virginia District of Columbia. Vermont, Delaware, MD Maryland and Prince Edward Island have also pro­ DC District of Columbia duced extremely few publications in this A total of 1,884 entries are listed here, field. Within that part of the United States with a cut-off date of early fall, 1987. While covered by CNEHA, clearly some states lack this bibliography tries to be as comprehen- any type of ongoing research program in 20 Bibliography/Starbuck historical archaeology, presumably because became well known, who only writes theory of an absence of university or government­ or syntheses but has never written up any sponsored programs. This is a serious prob­ site reports, and so forth. The rather sad lem, and, given federally-mandated require­ reality is that most of us are guilty of one or ments that every state identify and protect more of these failings. We all are behind in historic archaeological sites, there is no good our publications, and now our peers will be reason why statewide surveys should not able to see our shortcomings! We are not all produce some solid publications in virtually as prolific as Ivor Noel Hume, and we do not every state. all have Parks Canada to publish our re­ Some compliments are in order, however. ports. Still, let us hope that looking at our­ The publication program funded by Parks selves in this bibliography will prompt us all Canada is outstanding and accounts for to do better before it is time for a new edition many of the entries in this bibliography. of this bibliography to appear! Parks Canada has been immensely effective As a guide to using the bibliography, the in distributing the results of its research following listing presents summaries, by en­ through its various series-History and Ar­ try number, of all references that pertain to chaeology, the Microfiche Report Series, the each province or state. Manuscript Report Series, the Research Bul­ letin, Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Newfoundland and Labrador Papers in Archaeology and History, and now 0029, 0065, 0066, 0067, 0074, 0075, 0076, through its new series, Studies in Archaeol­ 0186, 0187, 0285, 0399, 0557, 0653, 0663, ogy, Architecture and History. The number 0664, 0824, 0825, 0835, 0855, 0860, 0862, of publications on historical archaeology put 0863, 0947, 1035, 1164, 1190, 1293, 1306, out by U.S. government agencies is pathetic 1389, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1418, 1419, 1425, in comparison. (One overwhelming conclu­ 1492, 1493, 1615, 1616, 1617, 1618, 1620, sion in assembling this bibliography is that 1720, 1721, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1754, the manuscripts and planning documents 1788, 1789 prepared by and for U.S. federal and state agencies are not being adequately published Ontario or distributed. This is a situation that de­ mands improvement.) 0025, 0026, 0043, 0045, 0098, 0231, 0232, High praise must also be given to Ivor 0233, 0234, 0308, 0326, 0412, 0413, 0447, Noel Hume. No other author represented in 0469, 0470, 0510, 0595, 0597, 0598, 0622, this bibliography comes close to him in 0623, 0740, 0741, 0763, 0764, 0775, 0829, meeting our foremost professional obliga­ 0830, 0831, 0843, 0856, 0868, 0878, 0899, tion-to publish. In breadth and in consis­ 0900, 0901, 0902, 0903, 0904, 0905, 0907, tently high quality of publications, Noel 0908, 0909, 0910, 0911, 0912, 0914, 0915, Hume has few competitors-45 of his publi­ 0916, 0960, 0978, 0979, 0985, 0986, 0987, cations are listed here, and no doubt there 1011, 1022, 1027, 1028, 1101, 1183, 1198, are others that have been missed. For prep­ 1203, 1204, 1217, 1304, 1305, 1335, 1336, aration of site reports, for material culture 1337, 1338, 1374, 1380, 1393, 1442, 1443, studies, and for broad-ranging syntheses, he 1509, 1541, 1544, 1607, 1608, 1609, 1619, has set an example for all of us to emulate. 1621, 1623, 1624, 1697, 1698, 1709, 1710, Finally, after spending many hundreds of 1741, 1766, 1771, 1797, 1798, 1800, 1801, hours assembling this bibliography, this au­ 1814, 1815, 1819, 1821, 1842, 1843, 1844, thor has been the first to go through it and 1872, 1873 discover the answer to the question, "who's publishing, and who's not?" Now everyone Quebec will know who has not published for ten 0027, 0055, 0072, 0077, 0079, 0094, 0097, years, who stopped publishing once they 0099, 0100, 0101, 0102, 0124, 0158, 0159, Northeast Historical ArchaeologyNol. 15, 1986 21 0160, 0165, 0175, 0185, 0239, 0250, 0273, 0313, 0314, 0347, 0348, 0349, 0369, 0376, 0278, 0279, 0280, 0302, 0304, 0320, 0321, 0379, 0381, 0383, 0386, 0398, 0409, 0446, 0322, 0323, 0377, 0378, 0380, 0382, 0410, 0474, 0476, 0493, 0494, 0515, 0516, 0556, 0420, 0421, 0422, 0423, 0454, 0455, 0456, 0558, 0579, 0588, 0589, 0590, 0591, 0592, 0457, 0458, 0459, 0460, 0477, 0478, 0479, 0662, 0695, 0706, 0707, 0708, 0715, 0717, 0480, 0481, 0482, 0483, 0484, 0485, 0486, 0742, 0743,