A few of sources I like to assign in my colonial archaeology course:

Europeans Encounter New Worlds and New Peoples:

*Deagan, Kathleen, "Historical Archaeology's Contribution to Our
Understanding of Early America," in Historical Archaeology in Global
Perspective, ed. by Lisa Falk, pp. 97-112. Smithsonian Institution
Press, Washington, D.C. [1992].
*Little, Barbara J., People with History: An Update on Historical
Archaeology in the United States. Journal of Archaeological Method and
Theory 1(1): 5-40 [1994]. Reprinted in Images of the Recent Past:
Readings in Historical Archaeology, ed. by Charles E. Orser, Jr., pp.
42-78 (Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 1996).
*Mouer, L. Daniel, "Chesapeake Creoles: The Creation of Folk Culture in
Colonial Virginia," in The Archaeology of 17th-Century Virginia, ed. by
T. R. Reinhart and D. J. Pogue, pp. 105-166. Published by the
Archeological Society of Virginia by the Council of Virginia
Archaeologists, Richmond [1993].
*Schrire, Carmel, "The Historical Archaeology of the Impact of
Colonialism in Seventeenth-Century South Africa," in Historical
Archaeology in Global Perspective, ed. by Lisa Falk, pp. 69-96.
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC [1992].
*Deetz, James, "Archaeological Evidence of Sixteenth- and
Seventeenth-Century Encounters," ," in Historical Archaeology in Global
Perspective, ed. by Lisa Falk, pp. 1-10. Smithsonian Institution Press,
Washington, DC [1992].
*Fitzhugh, William W., "Early Contacts North of Newfoundland before A.D.
1600: A Review," in Cultures in Contact: The European Impact on Native
Cultural Institutions in Eastern North America, A.D. 1000-1800, ed. by
William W. Fitzhugh, pp. 23-44. Smithsonian Institution Press,
Washington, D.C. [1985].
*Thomas, Peter A., "Cultural Change on the Southern New England
Frontier, 1630-1665," in Cultures in Contact, ed. by William W.
Fitzhugh, pp. 131-163. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
[1985].
Tuck, James A., Barry Gaulton and Matthew Carter, "A Glimpse of the
Colony of Avalon," in Old and New Worlds, ed. by Geoff Egan and Ronald
L. Michael, pp. 147-154. Oxbow Books, Oxford [1999].