| Author | Timms, Peter.
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| Title | Archaeological investigations of the Shaker Farm, Ashburnham, Massachusetts / Peter Timms, Joyce Clements, Hadley Kruczek-Aaron.
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| Published | Ashburnham, Mass. : Ashburnham Historical Society, c2006.
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| Description | viii, 144 p. : ill. (some fold.), maps ; 28 cm.
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| General Note | The Harvard Shaker community owned the farm at Ashburnham, Mass. between 1822 and 1882, but they did not live on the property. They employed non-Shaker managers to care for the farm and used the pasture, lumber, bark and herbs for their community.
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-144).
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| Summary Note | Summary: The final product of a field school sponsored by the Ashburnham Historical Society between 1992-1998 to teach archaeological method and theory through the investigation of an historic site known as the Shaker Farm.
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| Subjects | Ashburnham (Mass. : Town) -- History.
Ashburnham Historical Society (Ashburnham, Mass.).
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Massachusetts -- Ashburnham.
Historic sites -- Massachusetts -- Ashburnham.
Shaker Farm (Ashburnham, Mass.)
Shakers -- Massachusetts -- Ashburnham.
Shakers -- Massachusetts -- Harvard.
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| Other Authors | Clements, Joyce.
Kruczek-Aaron, Hadley.
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| Organizations | Ashburnham Historical Society (Ashburnham, Mass.).
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: BX 9768 H3 T58
mq234308: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 141140] |
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