Bibliography for Further Reading
Teacher Resources
Deetz, James. In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology
of Early American Life. New York: Doubleday, 1996.
An excellent overview of archaeology and material culture
studies as an avenue into investigative historical research. This revised,
expanded edition contains many illustrations of artifacts, both from
Virginia and New England.
Hume, Noel Ivor. Here Lies Virginia: An Archaeologist's View of Colonial
Life and History. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia,
1994.
Hume, Ivor Noel. In Search of This and That: Tales from an Archaeologist's
Quest, Selected Essays from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal. Williamsburg,
Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1996.
Both Hume books are very entertaining, readable accounts
of archaeology in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area and how archaeology
has complemented historical interpretation.
Katz-Hyman, Martha. "In the Middle of this Poverty Some Cups
and a Teapot": The Material Culture of Slavery in Eighteenth-Century
Virginia and the Furnishing of Slave Quarters at Colonial Williamsburg.
Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1993.
On the difficulties of restoring and presenting African-American
spaces and artifacts in Colonial Williamsburg.
Whiffen, Marcus. The Eighteenth-century Houses of Williamsburg: A
Study of Architecture and Building in the Colonial Capitol. Williamsburg,
Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1987.
Student Resources
Perrin, Pat. Architecture: An Image for America.
Carlisle, Mass.: Discovery, 1998. (Grades 4-8)
Using Thomas Jefferson as a key figure, the book discusses how architectural
style helped build the notion of "America." Illustrations
throughout.
Samford, Patricia and David L. Ribbett. Archaeology for Young Explorers:
Uncovering History at Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Va.:
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1998. (Grades 3-6)
Designed as a book for young readers, this offers a good overview
of how colonial artifacts are excavated, gathered, interpreted and
eventually incorporated into an educational setting.
Smith, Carter, ed. The Arts and Sciences, A Source book on Colonial
America. American albums from the collections of the Library of Congress.
Brookfield, Connecticut: The Millbrook Press, 1991. (Grades 6-8)
The beginnings of America's artistic traditions are discussed and
illustrated, and the discoveries, inventions and experiments that
contributed to the advancement of scientific knowledge are presented.
Timelines, prints, photographs and diagrams are included.
Yetter, George H. Williamsburg Before and After. Williamsburg,
Virginia: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1988. (Grades 4 and up)
Tells the story of the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg's historic
buildings, their history, architecture, restoration or reconstruction
and conservation, through color photography and drawings as well as
text.
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