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The Archaeology of Utopian and Intentional Communities (Hardcover)
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The Archaeology of Utopian and Intentional Communities (Hardcover)
Series: American Experience in Archaeological Perspective
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Utopian and intentional communities have dotted the American
landscape since the colonial era, yet only in recent decades have
archaeologists begun analyzing the material culture left behind by
these groups. The case studies in this volume use archaeological
evidence to reveal how these communities upheld their societal
ideals - and how some diverged from them in everyday life.
Surveying settlement patterns, the built environment, and even the
smallest artifacts such as tobacco pipes and buttons, Stacy
Kozakavich explores groups including the Shakers, the Harmony
Society, the Moravians, the Ephrata Cloister, the Oneida community,
Brook Farm, Mormon towns, the Llano del Rio colony, and the Kaweah
colony. She urges researchers not to dismiss these communal
experiments as quaint failures but to question how the lifestyles
of the people in these groups are interpreted for visitors today.
She reminds us that there is inspiration to be found in the unique
ways these intentional communities pursued radical social goals.
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