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The Archaeology of Hassanamesit Woods

Chapter 5 shares the results of eight years of field work conducted at the Hassanamesit Woods Land Trust in Grafton, Mass., focused on the Sarah Burnee/Sarah Boston Homestead site on Keith Hill. The material recovered from the site dates to the eighteenth and nineteenth century occupations and demonstrates how this homestead functioned as a center of activity and gathering for the Nipmuc community. Loss of this parcel in 1854 provides one example of how land sales by this family (and others) over the generations resulted in dispossession of the tribal land base in Nipmuc homelands. The archaeology at this site contributes information about different dimensions of the Nipmuc community (such as occupational diversity) and emphasizes the contributions archaeology can make to the enrichment of Nipmuc historical narratives and of the present-day tribe, which has embraced learning more about this site and its occupants through the Hassanamesit Woods project.