James Deetz, Ph.D., was the Harrison Professor of Historical
Archaeology at the University of Virginia. One of the founders of
modern historical archaeology in America, Deetz's work has
profoundly affected the fields of anthropology, history, and
folklore. For decades he led research on Plymouth Colony,
Massachusetts, revolutionizing our understanding of the way people
lived in colonial America. His books include Invitation to
Archaeology, In Small Things Forgotten, and Flowerdew Hundred. He
died in 2000.
Patricia Scott Deetz is a cultural historian with an M.A. in
history from Rhodes University, South Africa. She worked with her
husband as a researcher in the Department of Anthropology at the
University of Virginia. She lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.
"[A] fascinating and delightful?revisionist history of our Pilgrim
forebears."
--The Providence Journal
"The Deetzes have knocked the dust off these Thanksgiving pageant
characters and given them new life."
--The San Diego Union-Tribune
"A hard-headed description...based on the evidence, of life in the
Plymouth Colony."
--The New York Times
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