Beliefs and Rituals in Archaic Eastern North America: An Interpretive Guide by Cheryl Claassen. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2015. 408 pp.

2016 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 885-886
Author(s):  
Richard W. Jefferies
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
Interpretive Guide

The Identification and Study of Indian Shell Middens in Eastern North America: 1643–1861

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew L. Christenson
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Civil War ◽  
North America ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Shell Midden ◽  
Shell Middens ◽  
Work Done

Although the interest in shell middens in North America is often traced to reports of the discoveries in Danish kjoekkenmoeddings in the mid-nineteenth century, extensive shell midden studies were already occurring on the East Coast by that time. This article reviews selected examples of this early work done by geologists and naturalists, which served as a foundation for shell midden studies by archaeologists after the Civil War.

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