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Hybrid Methods for Locating and Excavating Early Historical Conflict-Related Domestic Sites

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Since 2012, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Mashantucket, Connecticut, in collaboration with the University of Connecticut, has carried out a research program to survey and document the battlefields of the Pequot War (1636–1637). The unique nature of the project has required the refinement of the long-standing field methods of battlefield archaeology. In this article, we argue that these techniques, while originally developed to explore sites of conflict, can be operationalized to locate 17th-century indigenous domestic sites. We describe this modified method and provide a site-specific case study to present its efficacy.

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Desde 2012, el Museo y Centro de Investigación Mashantucket Pequot en Mashantucket, Connecticut, en colaboración con la Universidad de Connecticut, ha llevado a cabo un programa de investigación para estudiar y documentar los campos de batalla de la Guerra Pequot (1636–1637). La naturaleza única del proyecto ha requerido el refinamiento de los métodos de campo de larga data de la arqueología de los campos de batalla. En este artículo, argumentamos que estas técnicas, aunque originalmente se desarrollaron para explorar sitios de conflicto, pueden adaptarse para localizar sitios domésticos indígenas del siglo XVII. Describimos este método modificado y proporcionamos un estudio de caso específico del sitio para mostrar su eficacia.

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Depuis 2012, le Musée et Centre de recherche Mashantucket Pequot à Mashantucket dans le Connecticut, en collaboration avec l'Université du Connecticut, a mené un programme de recherche pour étudier et documenter les champs de bataille de la guerre de Pequot (1636–1637). La nature unique du projet a imposé le perfectionnement des méthodes de terrain établies de longue date en matière d'archéologie du champ de bataille. Nous postulons dans cet article que ces techniques, si elles ont été développées à l'origine pour explorer les sites de conflit, peuvent être rendues opérationnelles pour localiser les sites domestiques indigènes du 17ème siècle. Nous décrivons cette méthode modifiée et proposons une étude de cas d'un site spécifique pour illustrer son efficacité.

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  1. The year 1611 is the first known instance of trading activity between the Pequot nation and the Dutch.

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We thank Françoise Dussart, Brian Jones, and Alexia Smith for comments on earlier versions of this article. We also thank the three anonymous reviewers and the editorial staff of Historical Archaeology for their productive commentary and help. David Naumec and Noah Fellman of the MPMRC were integral to the military analysis and spatial analysis included in this article, respectively. We would also like to thank the many MPMRC staff members, University of Connecticut field-school students, and community volunteers who worked at Calluna Hill and on the Pequot War Battlefield Project. All interpretive decisions remain our own.

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Farley, W.A., McBride, K.A. & Willison, M.K. Hybrid Methods for Locating and Excavating Early Historical Conflict-Related Domestic Sites. Hist Arch 55, 378–399 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-021-00284-6

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