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Milestones
Stories Carved in Stone: The Story of the Dummer Family, the Merrimac Valley Gravestone Carvers, and the Newbury Carved Stones,1636-1735, Mary Gage & James Gage, 2003, Powwow River Books. Available at Amazon.com [more information ...]
NOTE: This book contains a detailed chapter on the Newbury and Wentham milestones.
The Turnpikes of New England and Evolution of the same through England, Virginia, and Maryland, Frederic J. Wood, 1997, Branch Line Press (abridged edition).
Available at Amazon.com
Note: This book contains several references and descriptions of milestones not mention on this website.
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Native Americans (New England Region)
A Time Before New Hampshire: The Story of a Land and Native Peoples, Michael J. Caduto, 2003, University of New Hampshire. Available at Amazon.com
The Indian Heritage of New Hampshire and Northern New England, Thaddeus Piotrowski (ed.), 2002, McFarland & Co. Available from Amazon.com
Picture Rocks: American Indian Rock Art in the Northeast Woodlands, Edward J. Lenik, 2002, University Press of New England. Available from Amazon.com
The First Peoples of the Northeast, Esther K Braun & David P. Braun, 1994, Moccasin Hill Press. Available from Amazon.com
Spirit of the New England Tribes: Indian History and Folklore, 1620-1984, William S, Simmons, 1986, University Press of New England. Available from Amazon.com
The Original Vermonters: Native Inhabitants, Past and Present, William A. Haviland & Marjory W. Power, 1994, University Press of New England. Available from Amazon.com
The Mohicans of Stockbridge, Patrick Frazer, 1992, University of Nebraska Press. Available from Amazon.com
In Search of New England’s Native Past: Selected Essays by Gordon M. Day, Michael K. Foster and William Cowan (eds.), 1998, University of Massachusetts Press. Available from Amazon.com
Native People of Southern New England 1500-1650, Kathleen J. Bragdon, 1996, University of Oklahoma Press. Available from Amazon.com
After King Philip’s War: Presence and Persistence in Indian New England, Colin G. Calloway (ed.), 1997, University Press of New England. Available from Amazon.com
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Prehistoric Structures
America’s Stonehenge Deciphered, Mary Gage, 2006, Powwow River Books.
Available at Amazon.com [more information ...]
Inuksuit: Silent Messengers of the Artic, Norman Hallendy, 2000, University of Washington Press. It discuss Native American built stone structures in the artic. Available at Amazon.com
Manitou: The Sacred Landscape of New England’s Native Civilization, James Mavor & Byron Dix, 1989, Inner Traditions. Available at Amazon.com
Reclaiming the Ancestors: Decolonizing a Taken Prehistory of the Far Northeast, Frederick M. Wiseman, 2005, University Press of New England. Available at Amazon.com - Wisemen is a Professor and a person of Abenaki ancestry. He devotes and entire chapter to Native American stone cairns, chambers, and other stone structures.
Across Before Columbus? Evidence for Transoceanic Contact with the Americas Prior to 1492, Donald Gilmore & Linda McElroy (Editors), 1998, Edgecomb, ME: NEARA. Availalbe at Amazon.com - This is a collection of essays representing a number of different points of view and theories. It has a lot of information about archaeoastronomy and stone structure sites in North America.
NEARA Collection - NEARA (New England Antiquities Society) has an extensive research collection currently housed at the New Hampshire Technical Institute Library in Concord, NH. The library is open to the public.
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Quarrying
The Art of Splitting Stone: Early Rock Quarrying Methods in Pre-Industrial New England 1630-1825, Mary Gage & James Gage, 2005, Powwow River Books, Available at Amazon.com [more information ...]
Hammers on Stone: The History of Cape Ann Granite, Barbara H. Erkkilla, 1980, TBW Books. Buy used from Alibris.
Bath Stone: A Quarry History, John W. Perkins, Merton Priory Press. Available from Amazon.com
Stone Quarry Landscapes: The Industrial Archaeology of Quarrying, Peter Stanier, 2000, Tempus Publishing. Available from Amazon.com
Stonecutting 101: Principles & Practices used in Fracturing Stone [VHS], Bill Child, 2001. Available at www.stonemasonry.net
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Stone Walls
Sermons in Stone: The Stones was New England and New York, Susan Allport, 1994, W. W. Norton. Available from Amazon.com
The Granite Kiss: Traditions and Techniques of Building New England Stone Walls, Kevion Gardner, 2003, Countryman Press. Available from Amazon.com
Stone by Stone: The Magnificant History in New England’s Stone Walls, Robert M. Thorson, 2004, Walker & Company. Available from Amazon.com
Exploring Stone Walls: A Field Guide to New England’s Stone Walls, Robert M. Thorson, 2005, Walker & Company. Available from Amazon.com
Stone Wall Secrets [Childrens Book], Kristine Thorson, et al, 1998, Tilbury Publishers, Available from Amazon.com
Building Stone Walls, John Vivian, 1976, Storey Publishing. Available from Amazon.com
Building Stone Walls, Charles McRaven, 1999, Storey Publishing. Available from Amazon.com
Stonework: Techniques and Projects, Charles McRaven, 1997, Storey Publishing. Available from Amazon.com
Building with Stone, Charles McRaven, 1989, Storey Publishing. Available from Amazon.com
The Stonebuilders Primer: A Step-By-Step Guide to Owner-Builders, Charles K. Long, 1998, Firefly Books. Available from Amazon.com
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Town Pounds
Sermons in Stone: The Stones Walls of New England and New York, Susan Allport, 1994, W. W. Norton. Buy new from amazon.com
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Women in History
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation, Cokie Roberts, 2004, William Morrow. Buy new from Amazon.com
The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America, Joy Day Buel & Richard Buel, Jr, 1984, W.W.Norton. Buy used from Alibris.
Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, 1991, Vintage. Buy new from Amazon.com
Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Woman in Northern New England, 1650-1750, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, 1991, Vintage. Buy new from Amazon.com
Home Life in Colonial Days, Alice Earle Morse, 1993 (reprint), Berkshire House Publishers. Buy new from Amazon.com
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