{"product_id":"the-recovery-of-meaning-9780971958739","title":"The Recovery of Meaning","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection uses the historical archaeology of the eastern United States to explore social life, religion, and ideology. A new prologue by Mark Leone defines the elements of culture and identifies those parts of the concept that are important to historical archaeologists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '[A] significant book . . . . [T]his work offers much of interest to interpreters of the American past.' (\u003cstrong\u003eMarley Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ein, \u003c\/strong\u003eMuseum News)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'This work admirably demonstrates the value of structural and symbolic analysis for the recovery of meaning. For that reason it is a valuable addition to [the] anthropological literature.' (\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth J. Reitz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ein, \u003c\/strong\u003eGeorgia Historical Quarterly)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'This collection . . . tackles connections between actor and object within the context of the historical archaeology of European expansion and development in North America.' (\u003cstrong\u003eLeslie Stewart-Abernathy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ein, \u003c\/strong\u003eAmerican Antiquity)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '[A] landmark demonstration of the progress that has been made in interpretation. . . . [T]he book is itself a small gem of material culture.' (\u003cstrong\u003eEzra Zubrow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ein, \u003c\/strong\u003eScience)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue to the Percheron Press Edition: Where Is Culture to be Found by Historical Archaeologists?\u003cem\u003e Mark P. Leone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Issues in Historical Archaeology\u003cem\u003e, Mark P. Leone and Parker B. Potter Jr.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI. Sixteenth-Century Spanish Settlement in the Southeast\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSanta Elena: Threshold of Conquest\u003cem\u003e, Stanley South\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSaints and Soldiers at Santa Catalina: Hispanic Designs for Colonial America\u003cem\u003e, David Hurst Thomas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eII. Native Americans and Europeans in Seventeenth-Century Southern New England\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSociopolitical Implications of Mortuary Ritual Remains in Seventeenth-Century Native Southern New England\u003cem\u003e, Elise M. Brenner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom Myth to History, or Why King Philip’s Ghost Walks Abroad\u003cem\u003e, Constance A. Crosby\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIII. The Archaeology of the Georgian Worldview and the Eighteenth-Century Beginnings of Modernity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMaterial Culture and Worldview in Colonial Anglo-America\u003cem\u003e, James F. Deetz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Georgian Order as the Order of Merchant Capitalism in Annapolis, Maryland\u003cem\u003e, Mark P. Leone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCraft and Culture Change in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake\u003cem\u003e, Barbara J. Little\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAsymmetry and Recursive Meanings in the Eighteenth Century: The Morris Pound House\u003cem\u003e, Ann M. Palkovich\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIV. Nineteenth-Century Plantation Slavery and Its Aftermaths\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eToward a Theory of Power for Historical Archaeology: Plantations and Space\u003cem\u003e, Charles E. Orser, Jr.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAn Archaeological Framework for Slavery and Emancipation, 1740–1880\u003cem\u003e, Theresa A. Singleton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eV. The Archaeology of Industrial Capitalism and Modern America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMeaning and the Built Environment: A Symbolic Analysis of a Nineteenth-Century Urban Site\u003cem\u003e, Texas B. Anderson and Robert G. 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