Neither Plain nor Simple: New Perspectives on the Canterbury Shakers

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The Canterbury Shakers of New Hampshire are probably the most studied Shaker group in The us and provide a very good text case for historical archaeology. Survey work carried out from 1978 until 1982, followed by excavations from 1994 onwards, investigated and mapped 600 acres across the village. Evidence from these, in conjunction with documentary evidence and interviews, is used here to build a picture of the built and natural environment of the Shakers while also evaluating the Shakers’ own self-image. What studying the fabric culture from the Canterbury Shaker village has revealed is that the `strict, sombre image of the early years used to be steadily replaced by a less rigid way of life that allowed for more individual expression and more consumer choices’.

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