Barkhamsted Lighthouse Archaeological Preserve - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Barkhamsted Lighthouse Archaeological Preserve write by Kenneth L. Feder. This book was released on 2009. Barkhamsted Lighthouse Archaeological Preserve available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Barkhamsted Lighthouse
The Barkhamsted Lighthouse - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Barkhamsted Lighthouse write by Kenneth L. Feder. This book was released on 2023-08-08. The Barkhamsted Lighthouse available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Deep in the woods of Barkhamsted, Connecticut, archaeologist Kenneth Feder found a series of irregular cellar holes. That discovery led to the archaeological and genealogical investigation into what had become the legend of Barkhamsted Lighthouse. The long told story as it appeared in local newspaper articles, a school play, and even a book-length poem focused on Molly Barber, a white woman born in central Connecticut in the middle of the eighteenth century. Molly, the legend goes, abandoned her family, her friends, and her privilege to marry the man she loved, James Chaugham, a Narragansett Indian from Block Island in Long Island Sound. Molly and James ultimately had several children and their growing community became a magnet for other outcasts including Native Americans as well as people of African and European descent. Some of these newcomers married into the family and together created a community in their little village. As a tale of rebellion, race, resistance, and resilience the legend called out for investigation. The site was excavated intermittently between 1986 and 2009, and Feder also started a genealogical investigation of James and Molly and their descendants. After meeting with Raymond Ellis, a seventh-generation descendant of the founding couple, Feder recognized that this was more than just a historical mystery to solve, it was also a chance to connect archaeology of historic places with the present-day relatives of those who once lived there.
Archaeology Without Digging
Archaeology Without Digging - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Archaeology Without Digging write by Deborah Surabian. This book was released on 2023-04-20. Archaeology Without Digging available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over the last 30 years, the Connecticut Office of State Archaeology and the Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service have entered into a partnership employing ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to the study of the state’s archaeology and history. As a result, many historical cemeteries and places of note in Connecticut have been investigated. The authors have selected 10 geophysical surveys, which have used GPR as a non-intrusive, non-destructive exploratory tool, that have elicited positive results in the search for unmarked burials, confirmation of marked burials and to authenticate areas of known historical events. This book narrates the stories of GPR studies at 10 historical sites in Connecticut, spanning the 17th to the 20th centuries. Each chapter investigates and highlights a ‘history mystery’ and differing aspects of our research, including the ‘lost’ grave of an African-American Revolutionary War veteran, the verification of French Revolutionary War military personnel in a mass grave, the detection of a below-ground hidden 19th-century family burial tomb, the discovery of hurriedly dug, unmarked burials associated with the 1918 influenza pandemic and the detection of the unknown location of a 1941 military plane crash site, among others. Professionally, the authors have over 40 years’ experience in GPR, soil science and archaeology. They bring their collective expertise to the reader in a scientific approach with a personal, story-telling touch. Each chapter delves into the history of the sites and the nature of the geophysical search (i.e., how the equipment was used) and the interpretation of the data in regard to solving a historical problem.
Legends of Barkhamsted Lighthouse and Satan's Kindom in New Hartford
Legends of Barkhamsted Lighthouse and Satan's Kindom in New Hartford - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Legends of Barkhamsted Lighthouse and Satan's Kindom in New Hartford write by Lewis Sprague Mills. This book was released on 1961. Legends of Barkhamsted Lighthouse and Satan's Kindom in New Hartford available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Village of Outcasts
A Village of Outcasts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Village of Outcasts write by Kenneth L. Feder. This book was released on 1994. A Village of Outcasts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book presents a case study in historical archaeology. Specifically, it presents the story of the archaeological and documentary investigation of the Lighthouse site in the town of Barkhamsted, Connecticut. It is intended for students in courses in archaeology, anthropology, ethnography, and history, as well as those readers with a general interest in archaeology and history."--p. iii.
