1 Introduction -- Overview -- New Directions -- Organization of the Work -- The Archaeological Data and Tests -- Notes -- 2 Consumer Behavior Theory in Historical Archaeology -- Theoretical Approaches -- Consumer Behavior Theory -- Patterns in the Study of Consumer Behavior -- New Perspectives on Consumer Behavior -- Summary -- Notes -- 3 Modeling the Consumer Behavior of the Colonists -- Models of Consumer Behavior -- Contextualism and the Archaeology of Domestic Sites -- A Model -- Summary -- Notes -- 4 Wealth, Property, Land, and Labor -- Wealth and Commodity -- The Seventeenth-Century English Perspective -- Land -- Labor -- Land, Labor, and Mercantilism -- Summary -- Notes -- 5 Maryland in the Seventeenth Century -- Historical Overview -- Population -- Wealth-Holding -- Summary -- Notes -- 6 Land and Settlement Patterning in the Pursuit of Wealth -- Variability in Tract Size -- Variability in Plantation Siting -- Summary -- Notes -- 7 Environment and History of William Stephens Land -- The Chesapeake Tidewater Environment -- William Stephens Land -- Summary -- Notes -- 8 Compton, 1650s-1660s -- Methodology -- Results -- Feature Analysis -- Artifact Analysis -- Summary -- Notes -- 9 Patuxent Point, 1660s-1670s -- Methodology -- Results -- Feature Analysis -- Artifact Analysis -- Patuxent Point Cemetery -- Summary -- Notes -- 10 Material Variability along the Shores of the Chesapeake -- Plantation Siting -- Architectural Form and Space -- Homelot Spatial Organization -- Food Production, Preparation, Storage, and Presentation -- Disposal of the Dead -- Summary -- Notes -- 11 Consumer Behavior in Seventeenth-Century English America -- Consumer Behavior Theory in Historical Archaeology -- Consumer Behavior in English America -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.