Book Review of Perishable Material Culture in the Northeast , edited by Penelope Ballard Drooker, 2004, New York State Museum Bulletin 500, The University of the State of New York, The State Education Department, Albany, New York, 240 pages, ill., maps, $29.95 (paper).

A review of a volume edited by Penelope Ballard Drooker, which reminds archaeologists to consider textile eidence rarely seen as significant cultural markers