Directed Readings
I am currently in the midst of a major project based on the Narragansetts of Rhode Island.
I am working on a directed readings study with the purpose of writing a paper to show evidence of social and sexual diversity among the Narragansetts at the time of the earliest Western contact. Although the Narragansetts came into contact with Verrazzano first, there is little in the written record to detail this meeting, however archaeological records from that time are available. Quite a bit of my project will be based on the writings of Roger Williams. I will be using his works to lend support to my conclusions, and I will also be attempting to refute several aspects of his writing using the archaeological records of the time.
This is my current book/journal list. I am always looking for more to add to it, in particular, possibly a couple of relevant gender studies.
Bragdon, Kathleen J. Native People of Southern New England, 1500-1650. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
Calloway, Colin G.,ed. After King Philip’s War: Presence and Persistence in Indian New England. Hanover: University Press of New England, 1997.
Kerber, Jordan E., ed. A Lasting Impression: Coastal, Lithic and Ceramic Research in New England Archaeology. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002.
Kerber, Jordan E. Lambert Farm: Public Archaeology and Canine Burials Along Narragansett Bay. Orlando: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.
Levine Mary Ann, Kenneth E. Sassaman, and Michael S. Nassaney, eds. The Archaeological Northeast. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999.
Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission 2002. Native American Archaeology in Rhode Island. 2002. <http://www.rihphc.state.ri.us/pdfs_zips/survey_pdfs/native_am_archaeology.pdf>
Rubertone, Patricia E. Grave Undertakings: An Archaeology of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001.
Simmons, William S. The Narragansett. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989.
Turnbaugh, William A. A Mid-17th Century Narragansett Indian Burial Site in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. University of Rhode Island, Kingstown: Rhode Island Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, 1984.
Weinstein, Laurie, ed. Enduring Traditions: The Native Peoples of New England. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994.
