71. Wilder, H.H., “Notes on the Indians of Southern Massachusetts,” AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, ns., Vol. XXV, 1923, pp. 197-218.
This contains some information on the excavation of burials, plus an attempt at reconstruction of how the face of an Indian might have looked, based upon skeletal features.
72. Williams, Roger, A KEY INTO THE LANGUAGE OF AMERICA: OR AN HELP TO THE LANGUAGE OF THE NATIVES IN THAT PART OF AMERICA, CALLED NEW ENGLAND (Providence: The Narragansett Club) Vol. 1, Ser. 1, 1866.
Originally published in 1643, this is a basic source on all aspects of Indian culture. Concern is mainly with the Narragansetts.
73. Willoughby, C. C., “The Adze and the Ungrooved Axe of the New England Indians,” AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, ns. Vol. IX, 1907, pp. 296-306.
Contains both historic and prehistoric data. Same material is found in Willoughby, 1935. Perhaps useful in separating historic and prehistoric forms.
74. Willoughby, Charles C., ANTIQUITIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND INDIANS (Cambridge: the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University) 1935.
The area covered here is the entirety of New England, so caution must be exercised in selecting information to avoid bringing in details not applicable to the Plymouth area. The relevant section is that called, “The Later Algonquian Group”. Information covers textiles, wooden dishes, shell beads, and burials and grave goods. The sub-section on “General Culture of the Historic New England Tribes”, has both relevant and irrelevant information—the discussions of wampum and fortifications are worthy of note. The archaeology contained in the rest of the book seems rather out of date, and the conclusions as to the source of copper are wrong. Illustrations that pertain to historic artifacts are worth looking at. This book has the advantage of being the major and last of the author’s works concerning the New England area, and information contained in earlier articles (of which there are several) can be found here.
75. Willoughby, C. C., “Certain Earthworks of Eastern Massachusetts,” AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, ns., Vol. XIII, 1911, pp. 566-76.
The information also appears in Willoughby, 1935, where the author has revised his thinking on the nature of some of the earthworks; that source, therefore is better consulted than this.