A wide ranging collection of forty-two papers from a 1997 conference on post-medieval archaeology -  five are concerned with the use and interpretation of evidence; thirteen describe settlements and their communities on both sides of the Atlantic; four are on nautical and military operations; thirteen are concerned with artefacts and pottery and their manufacture and distribution; and seven use environmental evidence to throw new light on the human populations, and the plant and animal worlds of the time.  A large heavy hardback.  396 pages.  In new condition.  Cat No 4949