Abstract
That some 19th-century farmsteads and other rural places have significance is generally conceded as true. Our problem as historical archaeologists is to develop research questions and directions that illuminate and explain to a broad audience the significance of the physical evidence of the sultures of agriculture in American history. This essay looks at some of the writings of early agricultural historians and draws on previous historical and archaeological farmstead studies in the Middle Atlantic region. Ideas about the success (or failure) of field approaches are presented, and suggestions for research directions that could serve as over-arching themes to tie the archaeology of rural places to national trends are offered.
DOI
10.22191/neha/vol31/iss1/11
Recommended Citation
Catts, Wade
(2001)
"Research Questions for the Archaeology of Rural Places: Experiences from the Middle Atlantic,"
Northeast Historical Archaeology:
Vol.
30-31
31, Article 11.
https://doi.org/10.22191/neha/vol31/iss1/11
Available at:
https://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol31/iss1/11
