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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The River Gods | |
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| The Forts | |
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| The Documents | |
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| The Natural Setting | |
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| Geology and Landscape | |
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| Climate | |
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| Flora | |
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| Fauna | |
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| General History of the Conflict | |
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| The Indian Background | |
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| King William's War (1690-1697) | |
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| Queen Anne's War (1702-1713) | |
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| The False Peace (1713-1744) | |
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| King George's War (1744-1748) | |
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| The Building of Fort Shirley and Fort Pelham | |
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| The Siege and Capture of Louisbourg | |
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| The Building of Fort Massachusetts | |
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| The Fall of Fort Massachusetts in 1746 | |
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| The Rebuilding of Fort Massachusetts | |
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| The Second Attack on Fort Massachusetts | |
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| Another Peace (1748-1754) | |
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| The French and Indian War (1754-1763) Begins | |
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| Fort Massachusetts and Crown Point | |
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| The Dark Days | |
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| Turn of the Tide and the Close of the War | |
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| The End of the Line of Forts | |
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| Fort Shirley | |
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| Construction and Occupation of the Fort | |
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| Post-abandonment History of Fort Shirley | |
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| Surface Features | |
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| Excavations and Stratigraphy | |
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| Excavation of the Well | |
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| Interpretation of the Excavated Well and Its Construction | |
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| Architecture and Activity Areas | |
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| Fort Pelham | |
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| Post-abandonment History of the Site | |
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| Surface Features of the Site | |
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| Excavations and Stratigraphy | |
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| The "Powder Magazine" | |
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| The Well | |
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| The "Garden" Area | |
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| Artifact Density and Distribution | |
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| Architecture and Activity Areas | |
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| The Artifacts of Shirley and Pelham | |
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| Prefatory Remarks | |
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| Ceramics | |
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| Glass | |
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| Table Implements | |
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| Jackknives | |
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| Clay Smoking Pipes | |
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| Coins | |
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| Clothing Hardware | |
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| Miscellaneous Brass Artifacts | |
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| Bone or Ivory Comb | |
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| Tin-plated Iron Artifacts | |
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| Miscellaneous Iron Artifacts | |
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| Lead | |
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| Gunflints | |
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| The Wood in Shirley's Well | |
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| Overview | |
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| Daily Life in the Line of Forts | |
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| The People in the Forts | |
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| Material Culture | |
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| Military Artifacts | |
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| Food and Drink | |
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| Health and Sanitation | |
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| Recreation and Self-improvement | |
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| Religion on the Massachusetts Frontier | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| The Patronage Pyramid | |
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| The Consumer Revolution on the Massachusetts Frontier | |
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| Social Differentiation | |
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| The Line of Forts as a Real Estate Venture | |
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| Aftermath: Twilight of the River Gods | |
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| Military Foodways at Fort Pelham, a Faunal Analysis | |
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| Paleobotanical Remains | |
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| Forts in the Line and Related Forts | |
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| Biographical Sketches | |
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| John Hawks's Journal | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |