Sightseeking: Clues to the Landscape History of New England Book

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	Preface
1	Prologue
	Kurathian Hypothesis	2
	Windsor Chair	9
	Sightseeking Defined	10
2	Placenames
	Algonquian Toponyms	17
	Folknames	21
	Toponymic Density	22
	Hydrographic Names	22
	Hydrographic Transplants	25
	Generic Folknames	28
	Name-Strings	31
	Transplanted Folknames	33
	-Shire Names	34
	Township Toponymy	36
	Transplanted Town Names	36
	All the King's Men	42
	Biblical-Auspicial	46
	Same-Suffixed Names	47
	Stylistic Zonation	50
	Compass-Point Names	51
	Blend-names	53
	Echonyms	54
	Name-Changes	55
	The Great-Big Line	56
	Reversed Center Arc	60
	Of Balls and Cobbles	64
	The China Syndrome	66
	Street Names	69
	Generics	71
	Colonial	72
	Floral-Arboreal	73
	Honorific	74
	Personal Names	75
	Bithematics	77
	Sound-alikes	79
	Artifactuals	81
	Test Names	82
	Affinities	84
3	Boundaries and Townplans
	Cadastre	87
	Toolmarks	91
	North by Northwest	94
	Vitruvian Hypothesis	97
	Through a Glass Darkly	98
	Mylar Grid	100
	Township	102
	Townsite Criteria	102
	Nuclear Village	103
	Infields and Outfields	104
	Cambridge	108
	Divisions	109
	Great Dividends (1636)	110
	Charlestown Wood Lots	111
	Cambridge Squadrants of 1683	112
	Dorchester New Grant	116
	Range Township	118
	Townplan Templates	123
	Ulster Template	124
	Brookside Village	125
	Street Village	126
	Crossroads Village	129
	Hilltop Village	134
	Templates Revisited	135
	Commons	136
	Steeple Rows	141
	Farms and Fields	142
	Wall-net	143
	Materials and Contents	143
	Form and Function	144
	Sources of Evidence	148
	Fields as Artifacts	149
	Ditches	150
	Town Bounds	151
	By Farms and Lots	153
	Ad Filum Aquae	156
4	Roads
	English Model	160
	Midwestern Model	163
	Organic Model	166
	Quo Vadit	167
	Contour-keeping	168
	Connect-the-Dots	169
	Path-ology	170
	Nantucket	172
	Grid	174
	Pretzel	179
5	Houses
	Modularity	186
	Mobility	187
	Conformity	189
	House Types	190
	Hall House	191
	Stone-Ender	194
	Whale House	196
	Charter House	198
	Other One-Room Houses	200
	Hall-and-Parlor House	202
	Saltbox	202
	Central Chimney Large House	207
	Cape Cod House	208
	One-and-a-Half Cottage	214
	Off-Center Square House	217
	Center Hall House	219
	Twin Rearwall Chimney House	222
	Gablefront Houses	227
	Connected Farmstead	231
	Three-Decker	233
	Localism	237
	Roof Types	239
	Connecticut Valley	241
	Hallmarks	246
	Materials	249
	Figures in the Carpet	253
	Stud Frame	256
	Plank Frame	257
	Infiltrates and Imports	259
	Urban Fabric	260
	Time Styles	261
	Growth Rings	264
	The Green Between	265
	Slash and Burn	266
	Deja Vu	268
	Systems	269
	Lifewebs	271
6	Gravestones
	Attributes	275
	Initial Impressions	280
	Exotic Stones	281
	Patronage Areas	283
	Status	285
	Rural Cemetery Monuments	287
7	Epilogue
	Artifactual Dynamics	297
	Other Spill-Stains	300
	After 1850	303
	Conclusion	305
App	Handlist of Reversed Centers	309
App	China Syndrome	309
App	Handlist of Horribles Parades	310
	Notes	311
	Bibliography	329
	Index	349