Historical Archaeology of the Chesapeake, edited by Paul A. Shackel and Barbara J. Little. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. 1994

This volume is a good attempt at presenting an overview of theland-based historical archaeology that has been on-going in the Chesapeake region overthe last fifteen years. It brings together articles by academic. CRM. and public sectorarchaeologists. and includes work by both well established and promising youngresearchers focused on the Chesapeake region. The volume is organized into four thematicand chronologi­cal sections, covering time periods from the earliest European settlementof the region to the nineteneth century