In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life
In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life
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被遗忘的小事：美国早期生活的考古学
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10.2307/279893
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发表时间：
1980
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通讯作者：
J. Deetz
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J. Deetz
历史以多种方式记录。根据作家詹姆斯·迪茨的说法，通过研究那些经常被遗忘的小事，可以最全面地了解过去。门廊、墓碑、乐器，甚至陶器碎片等物品填补了重大历史事件之间的缝隙，描绘了日常生活的错综复杂。在迪茨对《被遗忘的小事》进行彻底修订和扩展的版本中，添加了新的章节，更充分地承认了女性和非裔美国人在美国殖民地的存在。对考古发现的新解释详细描述了在 1620 年定居者抵达马萨诸塞州普利茅斯后的几年里，少数群体如何影响英美传统的发展，以及如何受到英美传统发展的影响。迪茨的观察包括：早在独立战争之前，建筑上的微妙变化就暗示了美洲殖民地日益独立，以及他们希望不再像英国人一样。房地产拍卖记录显示，美国殖民地时期的许多家庭只有一把椅子，这凸显了早期美国家庭的父权本质。家庭的所有其他成员都坐在凳子或地板上。对马萨诸塞州一个小型获释奴隶社区的发掘揭示了非洲文化移植到北美的证据。 《被遗忘的小事》既是对美国生活的研究，也是对如何研究美国生活的解释，通过平凡生活的日常细节，丰富多彩地描绘了数百年前的世界。
History is recorded in many ways. According to author James Deetz, the past can be seen most fully by studying the small things so often forgotten. Objects such as doorways, gravestones, musical instruments, and even shards of pottery fill in the cracks between large historical events and depict the intricacies of daily life. In his completely revised and expanded edition of In Small Things Forgotten, Deetz has added new sections that more fully acknowledge the presence of women and African Americans in Colonial America. New interpretations of archaeological finds detail how minorities influenced and were affected by the development of the Anglo-American tradition in the years following the settlers' arrival in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. Among Deetz's observations: Subtle changes in building long before the Revolutionary War hinted at the growing independence of the American colonies and their desire to be less like the British. Records of estate auctions show that many households in Colonial America contained only one chair--underscoring the patriarchal nature of the early American family. All other members of the household sat on stools or the floor. The excavation of a tiny community of freed slaves in Massachusetts reveals evidence of the transplantation of African culture to North America. Simultaneously a study of American life and an explanation of how American life is studied, In Small Things Forgotten, through the everyday details of ordinary living, colorfully depicts a world hundreds of years in the past.