A model for researching how religion shaped daily life that helps move the archaeology of religion beyond houses of worship and places of burial. Richard F. Veit, author ofDigging New Jersey s Past: Historical Archaeology in the Garden State
Demonstrates convincingly that religious ideology specifically a lifestyle of temperance and simplicity as advocated by evangelical Christians was an important factor in the household consumption decisions in a small community in New York. Charles LeeDecker, Historic Preservation archaeologist
In the early nineteenth century, antebellum...