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Canary Red: Preserving Cochineal And Contrasting Colonial Histories On Lanzarote, Sarah Mattes Jan 2015

Canary Red: Preserving Cochineal And Contrasting Colonial Histories On Lanzarote, Sarah Mattes

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


From Kaolin To Claymount: Landscapes Of The 19th-Century James River Stoneware Industry, Oliver Maximilian Mueller-Heubach Jan 2013

From Kaolin To Claymount: Landscapes Of The 19th-Century James River Stoneware Industry, Oliver Maximilian Mueller-Heubach

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

This dissertation will examine the James River stoneware tradition, which encompasses parts of Henrico, Dinwiddie, Prince George, and Charles City Counties, south and east of the Falls of the James at Richmond, Virginia. This area has one of the richest histories in American ceramics. The essential elements of stoneware production will be examined. This dissertation will provide the only comprehensive overview of this regional industry with in depth descriptions of the relevant potteries, potting families and their environment. Detailed description of ceramic forms and decorations specific to individual potters will be provided. The archaeological research done at the potting sites, …


Booze At The Brothel: Alcohol-Related Artifacts And Their Use In Performance At The 27/29 Endicott Street Brothel, Amanda B. Johnson Jan 2012

Booze At The Brothel: Alcohol-Related Artifacts And Their Use In Performance At The 27/29 Endicott Street Brothel, Amanda B. Johnson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


I'M Really Just An American: The Archaeological Importance Of The Black Towns In The American West And Late-Nineteenth Century Constructions Of Blackness, Shea Aisha Winsett Jan 2012

I'M Really Just An American: The Archaeological Importance Of The Black Towns In The American West And Late-Nineteenth Century Constructions Of Blackness, Shea Aisha Winsett

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No abstract provided.


To And From Places Beyond: Examining Low-Fired Coarse Earthenwares And Informal Trade Networks Among Enslaved Bermudians In The 18th And 19th Centuries, Sarah Helen Zimmet Jan 2012

To And From Places Beyond: Examining Low-Fired Coarse Earthenwares And Informal Trade Networks Among Enslaved Bermudians In The 18th And 19th Centuries, Sarah Helen Zimmet

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Dietary Bioarchaeology: Late Woodland Subsistence Within The Coastal Plain Of Virginia, Berek J. Dore Jan 2011

Dietary Bioarchaeology: Late Woodland Subsistence Within The Coastal Plain Of Virginia, Berek J. Dore

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Heavy Metal Archaeology: A N Examination Of Lead's Significance For The Interpretation Of Archaeological Bone, Peter Andrew Regan Jan 2010

Heavy Metal Archaeology: A N Examination Of Lead's Significance For The Interpretation Of Archaeological Bone, Peter Andrew Regan

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Mission San Juan Bautista: Zooarchaeological Investigations At A California Mission, Michelle C. St. Clair Jan 2005

Mission San Juan Bautista: Zooarchaeological Investigations At A California Mission, Michelle C. St. Clair

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Domestic Brick Architecture In Early Colonial Virginia, Douglas E. Ross Jan 2002

Domestic Brick Architecture In Early Colonial Virginia, Douglas E. Ross

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Shenandoah Valley Earthenware As Symbols Of Identity, Sunyoon Park Jan 2001

Shenandoah Valley Earthenware As Symbols Of Identity, Sunyoon Park

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Putting Flesh On The Bones: Theoretical And Methodological Approaches To Butchery Analysis In Historical Archaeology, R. Grant Gilmore Jan 1999

Putting Flesh On The Bones: Theoretical And Methodological Approaches To Butchery Analysis In Historical Archaeology, R. Grant Gilmore

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Excavations At The Barton-Swift-Nolan House: Antebellum Material Culture In The Georgia Piedmont, Christopher Andrew Brooks Jan 1995

Excavations At The Barton-Swift-Nolan House: Antebellum Material Culture In The Georgia Piedmont, Christopher Andrew Brooks

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Town Planning And Architecture On Eighteenth Century St Eustatius, Dana Elizabeth Triplett Jan 1995

Town Planning And Architecture On Eighteenth Century St Eustatius, Dana Elizabeth Triplett

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


All Sorts Of China Ware Large, Noble And Rich Chinese Bowls: Eighteenth-Century Chinese Export Porcelain In Virginia, David Andrew Madsen Jan 1995

All Sorts Of China Ware Large, Noble And Rich Chinese Bowls: Eighteenth-Century Chinese Export Porcelain In Virginia, David Andrew Madsen

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Trade Networks And Artifact Analysis: A Comparison Of Elite Households 1780-1810, Rion Renee Microys Jan 1994

Trade Networks And Artifact Analysis: A Comparison Of Elite Households 1780-1810, Rion Renee Microys

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Who Went To Market?: An Urban And Rural, Late Eighteenth-Century Perspective Based On Faunal Assemblages From Curles Neck Plantation And The Everard Site, Susan Michelle Trevarthen Jan 1993

Who Went To Market?: An Urban And Rural, Late Eighteenth-Century Perspective Based On Faunal Assemblages From Curles Neck Plantation And The Everard Site, Susan Michelle Trevarthen

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


An Ethnoarchaeological Study Of The Cisterns In Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles, Ross K. Harper Jan 1990

An Ethnoarchaeological Study Of The Cisterns In Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles, Ross K. Harper

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Stone Ovens Of St Eustatius: A Study Of Material Culture, Maria Lavinia Machado Monteiro Jan 1990

The Stone Ovens Of St Eustatius: A Study Of Material Culture, Maria Lavinia Machado Monteiro

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Ceramics From The Franklin Glassworks: Acquisition Patterns And Economic Stress, Meredith Campbell Moodey Jan 1988

Ceramics From The Franklin Glassworks: Acquisition Patterns And Economic Stress, Meredith Campbell Moodey

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Paintings As Information: The Anthropology Of Images: A Consideration Of Late Sixteenth And Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Painting In Relation To Foodways And Historical Archeology, Melissa Payne Jan 1985

Paintings As Information: The Anthropology Of Images: A Consideration Of Late Sixteenth And Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Painting In Relation To Foodways And Historical Archeology, Melissa Payne

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Pin-Up Art, Interpreting The Dynamics Of Style, Linda K. Derry Jan 1982

Pin-Up Art, Interpreting The Dynamics Of Style, Linda K. Derry

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Pottery And Kiln Of Green Spring: A Study In 17th Century Material Culture, James M. Smith Jan 1981

The Pottery And Kiln Of Green Spring: A Study In 17th Century Material Culture, James M. Smith

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.