1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction 2 CHAPTER 2: Sources for Interpreting Artifacts of Personal Adornment 3 CHAPTER 3: Clothing Fasteners 4 CHAPTER 4: Jewelry 5 CHAPTER 5: Hair Accessories 6 CHAPTER 6: Miscellaneous Accessories 7 References 8 Index 9 About the Author
Carolyn L. White is assistant professor of historical archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and is a research fellow at Boston University.
White blazes a trail for historical archaeologists and material
culture researchers who are interested not just in identifying and
dating the objects they study but also in their social and cultural
import. Excavated artifacts of personal adornment are often minute
both in size and in proportion to finds such as ceramics and glass,
and their significance is easily overlooked. More than a reference
work, White's guide provides the theoretical grounding and a
methodological framework for interpreting items of personal
adornment in light of gender roles and the physical construction of
the body through dress. It is a sophisticated, exhaustive, and
much-need work.
*Mary C. Beaudry, Boston University*
White provides an unparalleled resource for archaeologists,
historians, museum professionals, and the general public interested
in personal adornment. Her comprehensive research and discussion of
the history, manufacture, distribution, and, most importantly, the
meaning of artifacts of personal adornment for the people
inhabiting colonial New England is breathtakingly executed;
allowing us to more broadly and creatively conceptualize this
important class of artifacts.
*Diana Loren, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University*
This is a wonderful guide to a class of artifacts that connects to
individual idiosyncrasies. White opens up real possibilities for
getting closer to people in the past and she gives us a method for
doing it. This book not only identifies artifacts of personal
adornment, it interprets them in cultural context. It is a gift to
historical archaeologists and to all scholars who think about the
construction of identity.
*Rebecca Yamin, John Milner Associates, Inc.*
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