Abstract
Results of excavations conducted between 1986 and 1994 at the Spencer-Pierce-Little farm, Newbury, Massachusetts, are summarized and evaluated in light of the research questions that have guided the project to date. Under continuous occupation and cultivation from 1635 to the present, the site has that potential to contribute to many topics of interest to historical archaeologists working in New England and elsewhere, including questions about ideological and practical aspects of landscape and land use; changing agricultural practice and the effects of agricultural reform; farm tenancy; the archaeology of the household and homelot; relationships between urban and rural contexts in early America; and a host of other issues.
DOI
10.22191/neha/vol24/iss1/4
Recommended Citation
Beaudry, Mary C.
(1995)
"Scratching the Surface: Seven Seasons at the Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm, Newbury, Massachusetts,"
Northeast Historical Archaeology:
Vol.
24
24, Article 4.
https://doi.org/10.22191/neha/vol24/iss1/4
Available at:
https://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol24/iss1/4
