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A Dendroarchaeological Study Of Wood From Fort Lennox National Historic Site, Île-Aux-Noix, Québec, Emilie Young-Vigneault, Louis Filion, Allison Bain Apr 2014

A Dendroarchaeological Study Of Wood From Fort Lennox National Historic Site, Île-Aux-Noix, Québec, Emilie Young-Vigneault, Louis Filion, Allison Bain

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Samples of wood excavated from the Fort Lennox National Historic Site, on Île-aux-Noix in the Upper Richelieu River, were entrusted to Université Laval by Parks Canada for tree-ring analysis in 2004. These samples consisted primarily of coniferous species, namely 29 samples of white cedar (Thuja occidentals), 18 of white pine (Pinus strobus), and a single sample of hemlock (Tsuga canadensis). Tree-ring and historical data suggest an alternative explanation for the use of this wood than that originally proposed by archaeologists. The wood originally was thought to have been part of a late 18th-century structure that was torn down, and the …


A Battle Of Remembrance: Memorialization And Heritage At The Newtown Battlefield, New York, Brant Venables Apr 2014

A Battle Of Remembrance: Memorialization And Heritage At The Newtown Battlefield, New York, Brant Venables

Northeast Historical Archaeology

On 29 August 1779, Loyalist soldiers and Native American warriors fought against overwhelming numbers of invading Continental forces in the Battle of Newtown. After Newtown, the Continental forces destroyed 40 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) towns. In 1879, Newtown Battlefield, near present-day Elmira, New York, was transformed into a heritage landscape memorializing the victors and the early expansion of the United States. To analyze the changing rituals of memorialization from 1879 to 2012, I examined monuments, interpretive signage, and primary-source documents, such as speech transcripts and newspaper accounts. I concluded that the rituals of memorialization at Newtown reflected the U.S. national attitudes and …


Stable-Isotope Bone Chemistry And Human/Animal Interactions In Historical Archaeology, Eric J. Guiry, Stéphane Noël, Eric Tourigny Apr 2014

Stable-Isotope Bone Chemistry And Human/Animal Interactions In Historical Archaeology, Eric J. Guiry, Stéphane Noël, Eric Tourigny

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Stable isotope–based paleodietary work is ideally suited for answering questions about a wide variety of human/animal relationships in historical archaeological contexts in northeastern North America and farther afield. To date, very few published studies have approached historical animal husbandry and trade from an isotopic perspective. We advocate for increased attention to the possibilities of stable-isotope work by (1) explaining why the technique is well suited to address some problems of human/animal relations encountered by historical archaeologists, (2) presenting a literature review of previous stable-isotope work on human/ animal interaction in historical North America, and (3) offering a short case study …


It's Elemental! A Case Study In The Use Of Multi-Element Geochemical Analysis As An Aid In Locating Cultural Features At The Foundation Site, Michael J. Gall Apr 2014

It's Elemental! A Case Study In The Use Of Multi-Element Geochemical Analysis As An Aid In Locating Cultural Features At The Foundation Site, Michael J. Gall

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Analysis of soil pH and anthropogenic multi-element chemical residue distribution patterns has proved a valuable prospecting method for locating areas of concentrated human and/or domesticated-animal activity within archaeological sites. The application, analysis, and results of a geochemical study at the Foundation site (28MO352), a significant ca. 1733 to 1790s farmstead site in Manalapan Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, is presented as a case study. Multi-element geochemical analysis using Mehlich-3 and ICP-AES was employed as a critical, cost-efficient method to aid in targeting areas for intensive excavation. The method enabled the identification of numerous activity areas and buried cultural features, assisted …


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 …


A Plantation Transplanted: Archaeological Investigations Of A Piedmont-Style Slave Quarter At Rose Hill, Geneva, New York, James A. Delle, Kristen R. Fellows Apr 2014

A Plantation Transplanted: Archaeological Investigations Of A Piedmont-Style Slave Quarter At Rose Hill, Geneva, New York, James A. Delle, Kristen R. Fellows

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Although a relatively short-lived phenomenon, plantation slavery was established in the Finger Lakes region of New York State by immigrant planters from Maryland and Virginia. Excavations at the Rose Hill site, Geneva, NY have located two quarter sites associated with these early 19th-century plantations, including the standing Jean Nicholas house on property once part of the White Springs Farm, the other a subsurface, though largely intact, stone foundation of a similar building at Rose Hill. Analysis of the refined earthenwares recovered from the plowzone at the Rose Hill quarter indicate that the structure was first occupied in the early 19th …


Venison Trade And Interaction Between English Colonists And Native Americans In Virginia's Potomac River Valley, D. Brad Hatch Apr 2014

Venison Trade And Interaction Between English Colonists And Native Americans In Virginia's Potomac River Valley, D. Brad Hatch

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Trade played a crucial role in the relationships that formed between European colonists and Native Americans during the early colonial period. In the 17th-century Potomac River valley the interactions between Native Americans and Europeans laid the foundations for the emergence of a truly creolized society. Much of the research on these relationships has focused on Maryland contexts and post-1660 contexts on Virginia’s Northern Neck. This paper examines the influence of Native Americans on the early settlement of Virginia’s Potomac Valley using the Hallowes site (44MW6) as an example. Skeletal-portion and age-distribution analyses of the deer remains at the site and …


The Seventeenth Century Brewhouse And Bakery At Ferryland, Newfoundland, Arthur R. Clausnitzer Jr., Barry C. Gaulton Apr 2014

The Seventeenth Century Brewhouse And Bakery At Ferryland, Newfoundland, Arthur R. Clausnitzer Jr., Barry C. Gaulton

Northeast Historical Archaeology

In 2001 archaeologists working at the 17th-century English settlement at Ferryland, Newfoundland, uncovered evidence of an early structure beneath a mid-to-late century gentry dwelling. A preliminary analysis of the architectural features and material culture from related deposits tentatively identified the structure as a brewhouse and bakery, likely the same “brewhouse room” mentioned in a 1622 letter from the colony. Further analysis of this material in 2010 confirmed the identification and dating of this structure. Comparison of the Ferryland brewhouse to data from both documentary and archaeological sources revealed some unusual features. When analyzed within the context of the original Calvert …


Editor's Introduction, Susan E. Maguire Apr 2014

Editor's Introduction, Susan E. Maguire

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Editor's introduction to the volume.


Notes On Historical Archaeology, Iain C. Walker Apr 2014

Notes On Historical Archaeology, Iain C. Walker

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


A Sword From The Taunton River, E. Andrew Mowbray Apr 2014

A Sword From The Taunton River, E. Andrew Mowbray

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


1971 Spring Symposium Speakers Directory Apr 2014

1971 Spring Symposium Speakers Directory

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Directory of speakers at the 1971 spring symposium held at Bear Mountain State Park, New York.


Archaeology And The Public: Out Of The Ivory Tower And Into The Streets, David A. Armour Apr 2014

Archaeology And The Public: Out Of The Ivory Tower And Into The Streets, David A. Armour

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Digging Up An Archaeologist, Gordon C. De Angelo Apr 2014

Digging Up An Archaeologist, Gordon C. De Angelo

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Major Contributions In Historical Archaeology, Gilbert Hagerty Apr 2014

Major Contributions In Historical Archaeology, Gilbert Hagerty

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Spreading The Word: Some Ideas On Publication And Education, Edward S. Rutsch Apr 2014

Spreading The Word: Some Ideas On Publication And Education, Edward S. Rutsch

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


1971 Spring Symposium Field Trip Apr 2014

1971 Spring Symposium Field Trip

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A photo survey of the 1971 spring symposium field trip to the Revolutionary War defenses on Constitution Island, New York.


Site Layout And Recording, Edward F. Heite Apr 2014

Site Layout And Recording, Edward F. Heite

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Archaeological Field Techniques And Problems, John H. Mead Apr 2014

Archaeological Field Techniques And Problems, John H. Mead

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Editor's Message Apr 2014

Editor's Message

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Editor's introduction to the volume.


1970 Fall Symposium Speakers Directory Apr 2014

1970 Fall Symposium Speakers Directory

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Directory of speakers from the 1970 fall symposium held at Ringwood, New Jersey.


Historic Ironmaking, Jack Chard Apr 2014

Historic Ironmaking, Jack Chard

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


1970 Fall Symposium Field Trip Photo Survey Apr 2014

1970 Fall Symposium Field Trip Photo Survey

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A photo survey of the 1970 fall symposium field trip to Ringwood Manor and Long Pond Ironworks.


Megalithic Mystery Hill, Robert E. Stone Apr 2014

Megalithic Mystery Hill, Robert E. Stone

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Colonial Crown Point And Its Artifacts, Frank J. Kravic Apr 2014

Colonial Crown Point And Its Artifacts, Frank J. Kravic

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


The Joys Of Urban Archaeology, Dick Ping Hsu Apr 2014

The Joys Of Urban Archaeology, Dick Ping Hsu

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


The Manufacture Of Dutch Clay Tobacco-Pipes, Iain C. Walker Apr 2014

The Manufacture Of Dutch Clay Tobacco-Pipes, Iain C. Walker

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Editor's Message Apr 2014

Editor's Message

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Editor's introduction to the volume.


Notes On Historical Archaeology, Iain C. Walker Apr 2014

Notes On Historical Archaeology, Iain C. Walker

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.


Artillery Implements And Carriage Hardware: Fort Plain, New York, Wayne Lenig Apr 2014

Artillery Implements And Carriage Hardware: Fort Plain, New York, Wayne Lenig

Northeast Historical Archaeology

No abstract is available at this time.