The Archaeology Of Interdependence: European Involvement In The Development Of A Sovereign United States European Involvement In The Development Of A Sovereign United States

The publication explores the ways in which archaeological research can inform us about the manner and motives of European involvement in the development of a sovereign United States. The five chapters focus on different archaeological sites (four terrestrial sites) and each consider the special ways in which archaeology can contribute to our understanding of the cultural dynamics that set the historic course of events in motion that culminated in United States sovereignty. An introduction and conclusion examine how the material culture that is the central focus of archaeological research should be preserved, managed, and interpreted. While much is known through historical documents, this volume seeks to enrich, modify, and challenge the written record by attention to the archaeological remains. The scale of analysis ranges from the artifact through the site to the landscape. Chapters address the changing relationships between specific European countries and the United States as indicated by the presence of artifacts or types of artifacts (e.g., weapons, domestic, architectural) made or traded by other countries during different time periods; an analysis of “space syntax” seen at battlefields or fortifications; the importance of conceptually reconstructing terrain crossed by troops or at battlefields. **__The Archaeology of Interdependence: European Involvement in the Development of a Sovereign United States__** presents innovative investigations of what material culture at all scales might tell us about the political, economic, or ideological relationships among cultures that corroborates, contradicts, or enriches the historic record. The publication explores the ways in which archaeological research can inform us about the manner and motives of European involvement in the development of a sovereign United States. The five chapters focus on different archaeological sites (four terrestrial sites and one underwater), and each consider the special ways in which archaeology can contribute to our understanding of the cultural dynamics that set the historic course of events in motion that culminated in United States sovereignty. An introduction and conclusion examine how the material culture that is the central focus of archaeological research should be preserved, managed, and interpreted. While much is known through historical documents, this volume seeks to enrich, modify, and challenge the written record by attention to the archaeological remains. The scale of analysis ranges from the artifact through the site to the landscape. Chapters address the changing relationships between specific European countries and the United States as indicated by the presence of artifacts or types of artifacts (e.g., weapons, domestic, architectural) made or traded by other countries during different time periods; an analysis of space syntax seen at battlefields or fortifications; the importance of conceptually reconstructing terrain crossed by troops or at battlefields. The Archaeology of Interdependence: European Involvement in the Development of a Sovereign United States presents innovative investigations of what material culture at all scales might tell us about the political, economic, or ideological relationships among cultures that corroborates, contradicts, or enriches the historic record The American Wars Of Independence As Elements Of Global Cultural And Political Change / Douglas Comer -- Archaeology, Computer Technology, And The Battle Of Princeton As A Cross-cultural, Trans-atlantic Encounter / Robert A. Selig, Matthew Harris And Wade P. Catts -- St. Eustatius : The Nexus For Colonial Caribbean Capitalism / R. G. Gilmore Iii -- World Powers At Play In The Western Pacific : The Coastal Fortifications Of Southern Cebu, Philippines / John A. Peterson -- Materiality And Meaning : The Search For The Rochambeau Camp In Fairfax County, Va / Douglas Comer. [edited By] Douglas Comer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-v The American Wars of Independence as Elements of Global Cultural and Political Change....Pages 1-14 Archaeology, Computer Technology, and the Battle of Princeton as a Cross-Cultural, Trans-Atlantic Encounter....Pages 15-39 St. Eustatius: The Nexus for Colonial Caribbean Capitalism....Pages 41-60 World Powers at Play in the Western Pacific: The Coastal Fortifications of Southern Cebu, Philippines....Pages 61-79 Materiality and Meaning: The Search for the Rochambeau Camp in Fairfax County, VA....Pages 81-107 Back Matter....Pages 109-110 The Archaeology of Interdependence 4 Contents 6 Chapter 1: The American Wars of Independence as Elements of Global Cultural and Political Change 8 Chapter 2: Archaeology, Computer Technology, and the Battle of Princeton as a Cross-Cultural, Trans-Atlantic Encounter 22 Chapter 3: St. Eustatius: The Nexus for Colonial Caribbean Capitalism 47 Chapter 4: World Powers at Play in the Western Paci fi c: The Coastal Forti fi cations of Southern Cebu, Philippines 67 Chapter 5: Materiality and Meaning: The Search for the Rochambeau Camp in Fairfax County, VA 86 Index 113