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Mary C. Beaudry mines archaeological findings of sewing and needlework to discover what these small traces of female experience reveal about the societies and cultures in which they were used. Beaudry's geographical and chronological scope is broad: she examines sites in the United States and Great Britain, as well as Australia and Canada, and she ranges from the Middle Ages through the Industrial Revolution.The author describes the social and cultural significance of "findings": pins, needles, thimbles, scissors, and other sewing accessories and tools. Through the fascinating stories that grow out of these findings, Beaudry shows the extent to which such "small things" were deeply entrenched in the construction of gender, personal identity, and social class

Archaeology and the Modern World: Colonial Transcripts in South Africa and the Chesapeake. Martin Hall. New York: Routledge, 2000. 218 pp.

Exploring Gender Relations in Historical America: The Archaeology of Gender: Separating the Spheres in Urban America. Diana diZerega Wall.Exploring Gender Relations in Historical America: Those of Little Note: Gender, Race, and Class in Historical Archaeology. Elizabeth M. Scott, ed.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Households beyond the House: On the Archaeology and Materiality of Historical Households -- 2. Scalar Analysis of Early Nineteenth-Century Household Assemblages: Focus on Communities of the African Atlantic -- 3. Exploring Household Foodways in the North Carolina Piedmont, 1450-1710 -- 4. Landschaft and Place-Making at George Washington's Ferry Farm -- 5. Ranch as 'Ohana: The Role of Ranching Station Households in the Formation of the Hawaiian Ranching Community -- 6. Intimate Landscapes and Ideal Households: Nineteenth-Century Proslavery Reforms on a South Carolina Plantation -- 7. Households of the Overseas Chinese in Aurora, Nevada -- 8. Traditions and Tasks: Household Production and the Internal Economy at Dean Hall Plantation, South Carolina -- 9. The Spooky Entanglements of Historical Households -- List of Contributors -- Index.

This volume develops the concept of intimate economies by showing how contemporary historical archaeologists apply the perspective to their research. The chapters in this volume address intimate economies across multiple historical contexts, and through various case studies provide the reader with a rich, evocative exploration of a concept of topical importance to current concerns and issues