I teach an introductory historical archaeology course and use the following books:
Deetz, James
1977 In Small Things Forgotten. Doubleday, New York. (Later editions are fine too).
DeCunzo, Lu Ann and John H. Jameson Jr.
2005 Unlocking the Past: Celebrating Historical Archaeology in North America. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Ferguson, Leland
1992 Uncommon Ground: Archaeology and Early African America, 1650-1800.Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
Orser, Charles
2004 Historical Archaeology. Harper Collins, New York.
Veit, Richard
2002 Digging New Jersey's Past: Historical Archaeology in the Garden State. Rutgers University Press.
I have also used Kelly Dixon's Boomtown Saloons, Mrozowski et al's Living on the Boott, Fox and Wood's Archaeology, History, and Custer's Last Battle, and Layton's The Voyage of the Frolic.
There is a lot of good material out there. It really depends on what you are interested in and what your professor is interested in.
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