1. An extended analysis and related bibliography concerning this subject are available in the author’s article entitled “Conjuring Boundaries: Inferring Past Identities from Religious Artifacts,” International Journal of Historical Archaeology 4, no. 4 (2000): 281–313. Additional details concerning the history of the Loudoun Valley house site and its occupants over time are presented in the author’s dissertation, “Consuming Mosaics: Mass-Produced Goods and Contours of Choice in the Upper Potomac Region” (Ph.D. diss., University of Virginia, 2003).