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Current Research

In-Press Book

The Archaeology of North American Farmsteads

by Mark D. Groover

A new volume in the series The American Experience in Archaeological Perspective, edited by Michael S. Nassaney (Western Michigan University).

"An excellent introduction to the material legacy of farming in the United States from the 1600s to the 1950s"--Donald L. Hardesty, University of Nevada, Reno

"Groover's approach directly challenges the common misconception by many agencies and state historic preservation offices, which consider farmsteads to be redundant resources without important information potential, by demonstrating a wide range of important research topics and results from the colonial era into the twentieth century."--Barbara J. Little, National Park Service

From the early colonial period to the close of World War II, life in North America was predominantly agrarian and rural. Archaeological exploration of farmsteads unveils a surprising quantity of data about rural life, consumption patterns, and migrations across the continent.

Mark Groover offers both case studies and an overview of current trends in farmstead archaeology in this exciting new work. He also proposes a research design and makes numerous suggestions for evaluating (and re-evaluating) the significance of farmsteads as an archaeological resource. His chronological survey of farmstead sites throughout numerous regions of North America provides fascinating insights to students, cultural resource management professionals, or general readers interested in learning more about what material culture remains can teach us about the American past.

Farmstead archaeology is a rapidly expanding component of historical archaeology. This book offers important lessons and information as more sites become victims of ever-accelerating development and urbanization.

Mark D. Groover, assistant professor of anthropology at Ball State University, is the author of An Archaeological Study of Rural Capitalism and Material Life: The Gibbs Farmstead in Southern Appalachia.

Series Description:

The University Press of Florida is proud to announce a new series in historical archaeology that focuses attention on a range of significant themes in the development of the modern world from an Americanist perspective. Each volume will explore an event, process, setting, or institution that played a formative role in the making of America. These comprehensive overviews underscore the theoretical, methodological, and substantive contributions that archaeology has made to the study of American history and culture. While these studies focus on historical archaeology in America, they will also have broader application to historical and anthropological inquires in other parts of the world.

Link to University Press of Florida web page

August 2008 scheduled publication date.

Historical Archaeology in East Central Indiana

The Huddleston Farmhouse/National Road Historical Archaeology Project

Farmstead Archaeology in East Central Indiana

The Moore-Youse House, Muncie, Indiana

Previous Research

Household Dynamics and Landscape Change

The Nicholas Gibbs Farmstead, Knox County, East Tennessee

The Catherine Brown Cowpen, Barnwell County, South Carolina

The Archaeology of Cattle Raisers in the South Carolina Backcountry

The Thomas Howell Site, Columbia, South Carolina