(Reprinted from Archeology and Vermont Education, Vol. 2)

The "Participate in Archeology" bulletin published by the National Park Service lists not only ways of getting involved in archeology, but a moderate compliation of magazines, audio-visual programs, and books of interest from across the United States. The Vermont Archeology Week Committee has also composed a brief recommended bibliography. This list may be subject to revision, and does not attempt to introduce all materials suitable for a given topic area.

The children's magazines Cobblestone and Faces often devote issues to archeology or archeological topics. The "Eyewitness" series of encyclopedias and books has several volumes of archeological or historical interest for all ages.

Brett, Jan (1992) The First Dog, Harcourt, Brace & Company, San Diego, California.

Bruchac, Joseph (1985) The Wind Eagle, Bowman Books, Greenfield Court, New York. Stories about the origins, peoples, ideas, and beliefs of the Abenaki.

Bruchac, Joseph and Jonathan London (1992) Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back, Philomel Books, New York. Provides a much-needed ethnographic account of resources of value toNative Americans.

Cherry, Lynne (1992) A River Ran Wild, Harcourt, Brace, Javanovich, New York. A timely look at a local environment changing concurrently with shifts in human cultural patterns.

Dickens, Roy Jr., and James McKInley (1979) Frontiers in the Soil: The Archaeology of Georgia, Frontiers Publishing Company, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Doris, Michelle (1994) Guests Hyperion Books for Children, New York. Fiction written from a point of view of Native American boy during the Contact Period. Age 8+.

Dragonwagon, Crescent (1990) Home Place MacMillan Publishing Company.

Jaffers, Susan (1991) Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, Scholastic Books.

MacGill-Callahan, Sheila (1991) And Still The Turtle Watched, Dial Books, New York.

Weitzman, David (1975) My Backyard History Book, Little, Brown and Company, Boston.

Deetz, James (1967) Invitation to Archaeology, The Natural History Press, Garden City, New York. Still one of the few methodology texts compact enough to carry around in your pocket.

Green, Ernestene L., editor (1984) Ethics and Values in Archaeology, Collier, Macmillan Publishers, London.

Joukowsky, Martha (1980) A Complete Manual of Field Archaeology: Tools and Techniques of Field Work for Archaeologists, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

McHargue, Georgess and Michael Roberts (1977) A Field Guide to Conservation Archaeology in North America, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.

McIntosh, Jane (1986) The Practical Archaeologist: How We Know What We Know About the Past, Paul Press Limited, London. Very well-illustrated and readable treatise of the higher-tech aspects of archeology, although the focus is on Great Britain archeology.

McMillon, Bill (1991) The Archaeology Handbook: A Field Manual and Resource Guide, John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Items of archeological interest often occur in the National Geographic, Natural History, the Smithsonian, or Scientific American. Popular archeology magazines or publications include Archeology and the Mammoth Trumpet.

Bertman, Stephen (1986) Doorways Through Time: The Romance of Archaeology, Jeremy Tarcher, Los Angeles.

Ceram, C. W. (1949) Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology, Alfred A. Knopf, New York.

Deetz, James (1977) In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology of Early Life. Anchor Books/Doubleday, Garden City, New York. This classic imbues even the smallest things with immense fascination.

Hume, Ivor Noel (1982) Martin's Hundred: The Discovery of a Lost Colonial Virginia Settlement, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. One of the most gifted narratives of archeological sleuthing, suspense, and science to be found between the covers of a book.

Sloane, Eric (1955) Our Vanishing Landscape. Ballantine Books, New York.

Struever, Stuart and Felicia Holton (1985) Koster: Americans In Search of Their Prehistoric Past, Doubleday and Company, New York. An excellent account an archeological project and its archeologists, often making the latter as exciting as the former.

Williams, Stephen (1991) Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory, University of Pennsylvannia Press, Philadelphia.

Articles relating to this area often appear in Archaeology of Eastern North America, Man in the Northeast, Maine Archaeological Society Bulletin, the New Hampshire Archaeologist, and the Vermont Archaeological Society Newsletter.

Bellico, Russell P. (1992) Sails and Steam in the Mountains Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmanns, New York.

Braun, Esther K. and David P. Braun (1994) The First Peoples of the Northeast. Lincoln Historical Society, Lincoln, Massachusetts. A very accessible summary of archeology in New England from Paleoindians to the Contact period, with appealing glossy plates and nice illustrations, suitable for junior high and up.

Calloway, Colin G. (1989) The Abenaki. Indians of North America series, Chelsea House Publishers, New York. Popular and well illustrated book about the Abenaki for both children and adult readers.

Calloway, Colin G. (1990) The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People, The Civilization of the American Indian series, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma. An engaging and detailed resource book for readers and scholars seriously interested in the Western Abenaki.

Calloway, Colin G. (1991) Dawnland Encounters: Indians and Europeans in Northern New England. University Press of New England, Hanover, New Hampshire. A highly readable account of the early contacts between Indians and Europeans, showing the rich diversity of these encounters.

Chrisman, Kevin (1986) Of Sailing Ships and Sidewheelers: The History and Nautical Archaeology of Lake Champlain. Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Montpelier, Vermont.

Cronon, William (1983) Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England, Hill and Wang, New York. An excellent, readable foray into an ecological and cultural analysis of Native American and European contact.

Fisher, Montgomery, editor (1985) A Report on the Nautical Archeology of Lake Champlain, The Champlain Maritime Society, Burlington, Vermont.

Haviland, William A. (1973) Mounds in Vermont: Prehistoric or Historic. Vermont Archaeological Society Monograph No. 2., Burlington, Vermont

Haviland, William A. and Marjory Power (1994) The Original Vermonters: Native Inhabitants Past and Present. University Press of New England. Revised and expanded edition. New information on sites not previously discussed, corrections of earlier interpretations, and an up to date overview of contemporary activism.

Johnson, Charles W. (1980) The Nature of Vermont: Introduction and Guide to a New England Environment. University Press of New England. An excellent account of the environmental history of Vermont from bedrock to ice age, from plants to early peoples, by Vermont's state naturalist. Includes areas to visit.

Johnson, Curtis, B. (1995) "Heritage at Risk." Vermont Life Spring, pp.40-42, 61. A recent depiction of Vermont's endangered archeological resources.

Meeks, Harold A. (1986) Vermont's Land And Resources. The New England Press, Shelburne, Vermont. A geographer's tour of the natural and cultural resources of Vermont, from bedrock to granite mining, ice ages to gravel pits, paleo-environmental analysis to timber harvesting.

Parker, Trudy Ann (1994) Aunt Sara, Woman of the Dawnland Dawland Publications Lancaster, New Hampshire.

Peebles, Giovanna (1989) A Rich and Ancient Heritage: Vermont's Archaeological Sites. A nine-page pamphlet published by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Montpelier, Vermont.

Plaice, Lynn - translator (1984) Native Peoples of Quebec. Government du Quebec, Quebec.

Ritchie, William A. (1980) The Archaeology of New York State. Harbor Hill Books, Harrison, New York

Rolando, Victor R. (1992) 200 Years of Soot and Sweat: The History and Archeology of Vermont's Iron, Charcoal, and Lime Industries. Mountain Publications, Manchester, Vermont. This book is the definitive reference for anyone interested in the history of these early industries.

Sanford, Robert, Don Huffer, Nina Huffer, Tom Neumann, Giovanna Peebles, Mary Butera, and Dave Lacy (1994) Stonewalls and Cellarholes: A Guide For Landowners on Historic Features and Landscapes in Vermont's Forests. Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation. Waterbury, Vermont.

Starbuck, David (1994) The Journal of Vermont Archaeology. The Vermont Archaeological Society, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Issue. Vol 1, Burlington, Vermont.

Snow, Dean (1980) The Archaeology of New England, Academic Press, New York. Although this regional classic may be out of print, libraries lucky enough to have the foresight to purchase a copy may still stock it on their shelves.

Trigger, Bruce G., ed. (1978) Handbook of North American Indians, Vol 15, Northeast. Smithsonian Institution. Regional treatment, illustrated, with comprehensive bibliography, and chapters about the Micmac, southern New England, Long Island, and much more.

Wilbur, C. Keith (1978) The New England Indians, The Globe Pequot Press, Chester, Connecticut. VAW Committee members deplore the ethnic and gender biased text, but note that the illustrations are good enough to base experimental reproductions of artifacts on.

Consulting Archaeology Program (1992) 4500 Years of Gordon's Landing: Archaeology at the Grand Isle Fish Hatchery, Consulting Archaeology Program, UVM, Burlington.

Crisman, Kevin J. (1987) The Eagle: An American Brig on Lake champlain During the War of 1812. Shelburne, Vermont and Annapolis, Maryland, The New England Press and Naval Institute Press.

Doherty, Prudence (1985) "Digging up the Past: The Wright Roberts site, West Rutland, Vermont," Rutland Historical Society Quarterly 15(3).

Lord, Philip Jr. (1989) War Over Walloomscoick: Land Use and Settlement Pattern on the Bennington Battlefield - 1777. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 473, Albany, New York.

Powers, Marjory and James Petersen (1984) Season of Prehistory: 4000 Years at the Winooski Site. Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Montpelier, Vermont.

Shomette, Donald G., (1989) Heyday of the Horse Ferry National Geographic Vol.176(4):549-556. A Long-forgotten Animal-powered Craft is Discovered on the Bottom of Lake Champlain.

Starbuck, David (1989) The Ferris Site on Arnold's Bay, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin Harbor, Vergennes, Vermont.

Hume, Ivor Noel (1985) A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America, Alfred A. Knopf, New York.

Kovel, Ralph and Terry (1986) Kovels' New Dictionary of Marks: Pottery and Porcelain 1850 to the Present, Crown Publishers, New York.

McNerney, Kathryn (1988) Antique Tools of American Heritage, Collector Books, Paducah, Kentucky.

Ritchie, William A. (1971) A Typology and Nomenclature for New York Projectile Points. New York State Museum and Science Serice, Bullentin Number 384, Albany, New York. Useful for its photographic documentation of the range and variation of lithic tool types.

Toulouse, Julian Harrison (1971) Bottle Makers and Their Marks, Thomas Nelson, Inc., New York.

Macauley, David (1979) Motel of the Mysteries, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.

Joyce, Christopher and Eric Stover (1991) Witnesses From the Grave: The Stories Bones Tell, Little, Brown and Company, Boston.

Pielou, E. C. (1991) After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Sharrow, Gregory (1992) Many Cultures, One People: A Multicultural Handbook About Vermont For Teachers, The Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont.

Schiffer, Michael B. (1987) Formation Processes of the Archaeological Record, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.

Adventures in Fugawiland, a computer program, is available from Mayfield Publishing Company in Mountainview, California.

Elkins, Aaron (1989) Curses! A Gideon Oliver Mystery, The Mysterious Press, New York. Any Gideon Oliver mystery by this talented author yields a expedition into the heart of forensic anthropology and archeology.

Hillerman, Tony (1988) A Thief of Time, Harper Paperbacks, New York. Although many of the Hillerman archeologist wreak havoc on the past and present, the archeology portrayed is immensely interesting.

Hillerman, Tony (1973) Dance Hall of the Dead, Avon Books, New York.

Michener, James A. (1965) The Source, Fawcett Crest, New York. An inspiring Michener saga about love, the past, and the process of archeology that will provide many evenings of enjoyment.

Murphy, Pat (1986) The Falling Woman, Tom Doherty Associates, New York.

Peters, Elizabeth (1975) The Crocodile on the Sandbank, The Mysterious Press, New York. Elizabeth Peters (under any alias) informs the reader about archeology in a riveting manner; you won't be able to put aside this mystery, or its many sequels.