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Archaeological Anthropology

2014

20th century

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Modeling Communities Through Food: Connecting The Daily Meal To The Construction Of Place And Identity, Karen Bescherer Metheny Aug 2014

Modeling Communities Through Food: Connecting The Daily Meal To The Construction Of Place And Identity, Karen Bescherer Metheny

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Foodways are an aspect of community building that find expression in the physical and cultural landscape. Using family reconstitution, food maps, and other archaeological and anthropological approaches to study foodways and commensality in the mining town of Helvetia, Pennsylvania (ca. 1891–1947), I lay out a program to reconstruct the spatial relationships associated with food procurement, preparation, and consumption in historic-period communities. Particular emphasis is placed on food sharing and shared food activities in the context of the daily meal. These reconstructed relationships or food connections reflect the varied networks and boundaries within the community, based on ethnicity, gender, age, sex, …


Dates For Suction Scarred Bottoms: A Chronology For Early Owens Machine-Made Bottles, George L. Miller, Tony Mcnichol Apr 2014

Dates For Suction Scarred Bottoms: A Chronology For Early Owens Machine-Made Bottles, George L. Miller, Tony Mcnichol

Northeast Historical Archaeology

For much of the 20th century the Owens automatic bottle-blowing machines were used to produce glass containers around the world. This machine and others revolutionized glass production and led to the end of hand production of commercial glass containers. Bottles produced on the Owens machines have distinct suction scars on their bases that make them easy to identify. Because of the way the rights to the Owens machines were licensed, these licenses have a great potential to establish the dates when the production of major categories of glass containers on the Owens bottle-blowing machine began. The first lease for the …


Fort Nonsense, Edward S. Rutsch, Sally Skinner Apr 2014

Fort Nonsense, Edward S. Rutsch, Sally Skinner

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Outhouses In Rome, New York, Lee Hanson Apr 2014

Outhouses In Rome, New York, Lee Hanson

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


The Study Of Ten Houses In Paterson's Dublin Area, Jo Ann Cotz Apr 2014

The Study Of Ten Houses In Paterson's Dublin Area, Jo Ann Cotz

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


The Evolution Of The Rogers Locomotive Company, Paterson, Nj, Brian Morrell Apr 2014

The Evolution Of The Rogers Locomotive Company, Paterson, Nj, Brian Morrell

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Groundhog Kilns-Rectangular American Kilns Of The Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries, Georgeanna H. Greer Mar 2014

Groundhog Kilns-Rectangular American Kilns Of The Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries, Georgeanna H. Greer

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


The Sewer Tile Clay Pottery Of Grand Ledge, Michigan, Marsha Macdowell, Kurt Dewhurst Mar 2014

The Sewer Tile Clay Pottery Of Grand Ledge, Michigan, Marsha Macdowell, Kurt Dewhurst

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


The Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Of North Carolina, Charles G. Zug Iii Mar 2014

The Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Of North Carolina, Charles G. Zug Iii

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Households, Economics, And Ethnicity In Paterson's Dublin, 1829-1915: The Van Houten Street Parking Lot Block, Lu Ann De Cunzo Mar 2014

Households, Economics, And Ethnicity In Paterson's Dublin, 1829-1915: The Van Houten Street Parking Lot Block, Lu Ann De Cunzo

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Ode To A Lunch Bowl: The Atlantic Lunch As An Interface Between St. Mary's County, Maryland, And Washington, D.C., George L. Miller Feb 2014

Ode To A Lunch Bowl: The Atlantic Lunch As An Interface Between St. Mary's County, Maryland, And Washington, D.C., George L. Miller

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract available at this time.


Book Review: Saugus Iron Works: The Roland W. Robbins Excavations, 1948-1953, Richard Veit Jan 2014

Book Review: Saugus Iron Works: The Roland W. Robbins Excavations, 1948-1953, Richard Veit

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Review of Sagues Iron Works: The Roland W. Robbins Excavations, 1948-1953, edited by William A. Griswold and Donald W. Linebaugh, 2011, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 440 pages, 182 black-and-white illustrations, index, appendices, no price given.