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Winged death head grave markers, architecture, and forks!

We look at how changes in gravestone art and architecture, and to a lesser degree, furniture, tools, and table utensils all reflect cultural changes happening in New England in the 17th and 18th centuries.

"In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life" by James Deetz is a remarkable book because it is informative, yet a very pleasant read from a time when most writing on archaeology was anything but.

A website with examples of New England mortuary art.

http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/regional.html

The Fairbanks House https://fairbankshouse.org/

#archaeology #historicalarchaeology #newengland