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- catalog abstract ""This original book examines seventeenth-century English North American attitudes toward the acquisition and use of wealth. James G. Gibb uses a consumer behavior model - based on recent developments in contextual theory and analysis of period literature - to interpret the acquisition patterns among several households in the Chesapeake Bay region. His new, critical approach recognizes and addresses the role of conscious individual action in history and the importance of material culture in the construction of identities. Gibb analyzes data from domestic archaeological sites in Maryland and Virginia to interpret patterns in the construction of household identities and to place them within the social and cultural context of the region." "The Archaeology of Wealth applies a variety of analytical methods to data drawn from legal history, geography, period literature, political tracts, first-hand accounts of life in the colonies, forensics, and archaeology. This interdisciplinary study provides a novel theory and method for examining seventeenth-century colonial life in North America that describes the period in terms of the actual beliefs and actions of the settlers. Its findings will be valuable to archaeologists and historians in both the academic and private sectors."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9622764.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description ""This original book examines seventeenth-century English North American attitudes toward the acquisition and use of wealth. James G. Gibb uses a consumer behavior model - based on recent developments in contextual theory and analysis of period literature - to interpret the acquisition patterns among several households in the Chesapeake Bay region. His new, critical approach recognizes and addresses the role of conscious individual action in history and the importance of material culture in the construction of identities. Gibb analyzes data from domestic archaeological sites in Maryland and Virginia to interpret patterns in the construction of household identities and to place them within the social and cultural context of the region." "The Archaeology of Wealth applies a variety of analytical methods to data drawn from legal history, geography, period literature, political tracts, first-hand accounts of life in the colonies, forensics, and archaeology. This interdisciplinary study provides a novel theory and method for examining seventeenth-century colonial life in North America that describes the period in terms of the actual beliefs and actions of the settlers. Its findings will be valuable to archaeologists and historians in both the academic and private sectors."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-278) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Consumer behavior theory in historical archaeology -- Modeling the consumer behavior of the colonists -- Wealth, property, land, and labor -- Maryland in the seventeenth century -- Land and settlement patterning in the pursuit of wealth -- Environment and history of William Stephens Land -- Compton, 1650s-1660s -- Patuxent Point, 1660s-1670s -- Material variability along the shores of the Chesapeake -- Consumer behavior in seventeenth-century English America.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 283 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Archaeology of wealth.".
- catalog identifier "0306452332".
- catalog isFormatOf "Archaeology of wealth.".
- catalog isPartOf "Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Plenum Press,".
- catalog relation "Archaeology of wealth.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "306.3 20".
- catalog subject "Consumer behavior United States History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Consumption (Economics) Social aspects United States History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "HF5415.33.U6 G53 1996".
- catalog subject "Wealth United States History 17th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Consumer behavior theory in historical archaeology -- Modeling the consumer behavior of the colonists -- Wealth, property, land, and labor -- Maryland in the seventeenth century -- Land and settlement patterning in the pursuit of wealth -- Environment and history of William Stephens Land -- Compton, 1650s-1660s -- Patuxent Point, 1660s-1670s -- Material variability along the shores of the Chesapeake -- Consumer behavior in seventeenth-century English America.".
- catalog title "The archaeology of wealth : consumer behavior in English America / James G. Gibb.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".