Elizabeth S. Chilton

Department Chair, Associate Professor

 

Department of Anthropology
UMass Amherst

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Recent Publications

Books and Monographs

2003

Cultural Continuity in Native New England (second editor; with Holly Herbster). Peer-reviewed, edited volume submitted for publication as special issue of the journal Northeast Anthropology, Vol. 64. Ten chapters by invited authors.

1999

Material Meanings: Critical Approaches to the Interpretation of Material Culture. Peer reviewed, edited volume. Nine chapters by invited contributors. Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry Series, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

Chapters and Journal Articles

2006 From the Ground Up: The Effects of Consultation on Archaeological Methods. In Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Native Peoples and Archaeology in the Northeastern United States, edited by Jordan Kerber. University of Nebraska Press.
2006 Pre-Contact Maize Horticulture in New England: A Summary of the Archaeological Evidence. In A Memorial Volume in Tribute to Elizabeth Alden Little (1926-2003), edited by Mary Lynne Rainey, published by the Nantucket Historical Society and the Massachusetts Archaeological Society. In press .
2006 The Origin and Spread of Maize ( Zea Mayz ) in New England. In Histories of Maize: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Prehistory, Biogeography, Domestication, and Evolution of Maize , edited by John Staller, Robert Tykot, and Bruce Benz, pp. 539-547. Elsevier.
2005 " A Reexamination of the DEDIC Paleo-Indian Site, Deerfield, Massachusetts," by Elizabeth Chilton , Tom Ulrich, and Niels Rinehart. Massachusetts Archaeological Society Bulletin 66(2):58-66 .
2004 Beyond 'Big': Gender, Age, and Subsistence Diversity in Paleo-Indian Societies. In The Settlement of the American Continents: a Multidisciplinary Approach to Human Biogeography , edited by C. M. Barton and G. A. Clark, D. Yesner, and G. Pearson, pp. 162-172. University of Arizona Press.
2004 Social Complexity in New England: AD 1000-1600. In North America Archaeology , edited by Timothy Pauketat and Diana Loren, pp. 138-160 . Blackwell Press, Studies in Global Archaeology Series.

2002

The Archaeology of Coastal New England: The View from Martha's Vineyard (first author; with Dianna L. Doucette). Northeast Anthropology 42:55-66.

2002

Lucy Vincent Beach: Another look at the Prehistoric Exploitation of Piscine Resources off the Coast of Massachusetts, U.S.A. (third author; with Tonya Largy, Peter Burns, and Dianna Doucette). Northeast Anthropology 42:67-73.

2002

"Towns They Have None": Diverse Subsistence and Settlement Strategies in Native New England. In Northeast Subsistence-Settlement Change: A.D. 700 - A.D. 1300, edited by J. Hart and C. Reith, pp. 289-300. New York State Museum Bulletin, No. 496.

2002

Archaeological Investigations at the Lucy Vincent Beach Site (19-DK-148): Preliminary Results and Interpretations (first author; with Dianna Doucette). In A Lasting Impression: Coastal, Lithic, and Ceramic Research in New England Archaeology, edited by Jordan Kerber, pp. 41-70. Praeger Publishers.

2001

The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Contact Period in the Northeastern United States. Reviews in Anthropology 29:337-360.

2000

The Settling and Unsettling of New England: Retrospect and Prospects. Conference on New England Archaeology Newsletter Vol. 20.

2000

Evidence for Prehistoric Maize Horticulture at the Pine Hill Site, Deerfield, Massachusetts (first author; with Tonya B. Largy and Kathryn Curran). Northeast Anthropology 59:23-46.

1999

Meaningful Materials and Material Meanings: An Introduction. In Material Meanings: Critical Approaches to the Interpretation of Material Culture, edited by Elizabeth S. Chilton, pp. 1-6. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

1999

One Size Fits All: Typology and Alternatives in New England Ceramic Research. In Material Meanings: Critical Approaches to the Interpretation of Material Culture, edited by Elizabeth S. Chilton, pp. 44-60. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

1999

Ceramic Research in New England: Breaking the Typological Mold. In The Archaeological Northeast, edited by Mary Ann Levine, Kenneth E. Sassaman, and Michael S. Nassaney, pp. 97-111. Bergin and Garvey Press, Westport, Connecticut.

1998

The Cultural Origins of Technical Choice: Unraveling Algonquian and Iroquoian Ceramic Traditions in the Northeast. In The Archaeology of Social Boundaries, edited by Miriam Stark. pp. 132-160. Smithsonian Institution Press.

 

 


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