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Introduction, David B. Landon

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A brief overview of the publications in this volume. This includes the awards for excellence in service, the winners of the student paper ocmpetition, the paper topics of the volume including use of material culture from a 19th century laborer's home, archaebiology and urban salvage archaeology in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Award For Excellence In Service, Ann-Eliza Lewis

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Mary Beaudry was given the Award for Excellence in Service for encouraging future generations of archaeologists, her commitment and professional service to CNEHA and for her many presentations over the years.

Award For Excellence In Service, Sherene Baugher

Northeast Historical Archaeology

For the 20th anniversary of the Journal, the Award for Excellence in Service was awarded to Paul Huey and Lois Feister for their dedicated involvment to the Journal for a number of years.

An Annotated Bibliography Of Selected Sources On Thearchaeology Of Old World Dutch Material Culture In The16th, 17th, And 18th Centuries, Paul R. Huey

Northeast Historical Archaeology

An annotated bibliography of sources used for the Archaeology of Old World Dutch and Material Culture in the 16-18th centuries.

The Archaeology Of 17th-Century New Netherland Since1985: An Update, Paul R. Huey

Northeast Historical Archaeology

In 1985, a number of goals and research questions were proposed in relation to the archaeology of' pre-1664 sites in the Dutch colony of New Netherland. Significant Dutch sites were subsequently ~xcavated in Albany, Kingston, and other places from 1986 through 1988, while a series of useful publications continued to be produced after 1988. Excavations at historic period Indian sites also continued after 1988 . . Excavations in 17th-century sites from Maine to Maryland have revealed extensive trade contacts with New Netherland and the Dutch, while the Jamestown excavations have indicated the influence of the Dutch !n the early history …

A Preliminary Assessment And Identification Of Theshipwreck Remains Uncovered In 1916 At The World Tradecenter Site In New York City, Gerald A. De Weerdt

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Charred wood timbers of a shipwreck found and rescued in 1916 at the future site of the World Trade Center in Manhattan were origiral/y identified as remains of the TIjger, a Dutch ship that burned in 1614. A swivel cannon marked voc was also found at or near the site in 1967. An.examination 0rthe timbers, preserved in the Museum of the City of New York, suggests they are instead from a vessel of about 55 feet in length built for use on the river or other inland waters, probably by an English shipwright. The . cannon was made in Amsterdam …

Cloth Seals At Iroquois Sites, Jan M. Baart

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Textiles represent a very significant component of the Dutch goods that were exported to New Netherland for trade with the Iroquois Indians. These textiles varied greatly in quality. These differences were indicated on lead cloth seals that were affixed to the cloths. The lead cloth seals that are excavated at Iroquois sites provide useful information about the origins and quality of the traded cloth; They also .are a source of information about Dutch textile manufacture in the 17th century, a period during which the cloth industry was the most important urban industry in the Netherlands. Amsterdam was the staple market …

The Castello Plan-Evidence Of Horticulture In New Netherland Or Cartographer's Whimsy?, Richard Schaefer, Meta Fayden Janowitz

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Few descriptions or depictions of horticulture in New Netherland have come down to us, although 17th-century observers' accounts of gardens and orchards present lengthy lists of fruits, vegetables, 'and fiowers transplanted from Europe, as well as those discovered in North America. Perhaps the most evocative source is the mid-century Castello Plan, a view of the settlement af New Amsterdam, which shows elaborate · parterres on most of the unoccupied lots. Are the gardens of the Castello Plan fact, or simply cartographer's whimsy? Based on data from both the Netherlands and New Netherland-including artists~ depiction~, travelers' accounts, and gardening texts-that illustrate …

The Van Lidth De Jeude Family And The Waste From Their Privy: Material Culture Of A Wealthy Family In 18th-Century Tiel, The Netherlands, Michiel H. Bartels

Northeast Historical Archaeology

This study uses the comprehensive material culture of the 18th-century privy of the regent family Van Lidth de Jeude in Tiel (the Netherlands). The analysis takes advantage of the secondary sources that are common in the Netherlands to evaluate the privy contents. The archaeological finds are interpreted with the aid of historical documents, contemporary literature and probate inventories, and the content of the privy is set against the background of an 18th-century provincial town in the heart of the Netherlands. This combined study reveals much surprising information about the daily and private lives, personal history, gender aspects and socioeconomic status …

Introduction, Paul R. Huey

Northeast Historical Archaeology

This is an introduction for the 34th volume of the Journal of Northeast Historical Archaeology. This volume is about the archaeology of Dutch Sites in the Old and New Worlds.

Book Review Of "Industrial Archaeology: Future Directions", Edited By Eleanor Conlin Casella And James Symonds, 2005, Springer, New York, Forward By Sir Neil Cossons, 321 Pages, $89.95 (Cloth), $39.95 (Paper)., Kelly J. Dixon

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A review of a volume which discusses the possible future of industrial archaeology at a conference in 2002 at the University of Manchester.

Book Review Of "Historical Archaeology", Edited By Martin Hall And Stephen W. Silliman, 2006, 202 Book Reviews Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts, 360 Pages, $39.95 (Paper)., Robert Paynter

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A review of a volume discusses the interests of the authors in regards to agency, meaning, identity, interpretation, representation, and reflection within the f the field of historical archaeology.

Book Review Of "The Continuance—An Algonquian Peoples Seminar: Selected Research Papers 2000", Edited By Shirley Dunn, 2004, New York State Education Department, Albany, New York, 144 Pages, $19.95 (Paper)., Julie Ann Stoltz

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A review of a volume offering a look at the experiences of the Mohican people through a broad period of time.

Book Review Of "Rockingham Ware In American Culture, 1830-1930: Reading Historical Artifacts", By Jane Perkins Claney, 2004, University Press Of New England, Hanover, 184 Pages, 48 Figures, 14 Color Plates, 8 Tables, Sherene Baugher

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A review of Jane Perkins Claney's research on the 19-th century Rockinghamd ware. This was an inexpensive distinctive mottled brown glazed ceramic found in both rural and urban homes.

Book Review Of "Perishable Material Culture In The Northeast", Edited By Penelope Ballard Drooker, 2004, New York State Museum Bulletin 500, The University Of The State Of New York, The State Education Department, Albany, New York, 240 Pages, Ill., Maps, $29.95 (Paper)., Elizabeth S. Peña

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A review of a volume edited by Penelope Ballard Drooker, which reminds archaeologists to consider textile eidence rarely seen as significant cultural markers.

Book Review Of "Neither Plain Nor Simple: New Perspectives On The Canterbury Shakers", By David R. Starbuck, 2004, University Press Of New England, Lebanon, New Hampshire, 190 Pages, 174 Illustrations, $29.95 (Paper)., Kim A. Mcbride

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A review of David R. Starbuck's book which details his archaeological work of the Shaker people at Canterbury, near Concord, New Hampshire.

Book Review Of " 'The Most Advantatageous Situatation In The Highlands': An Archaeological Study Of Fort Montgomery State Historic Site" Edited By Charles L. Fisher, 2004, New York State Museum, Cultural Resource Survey Program Series No. 2, Albany, 182 Pages, $24.95 (Paper)., Christopher T. Espenshade

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A concise review of "The Most Advantageous Situation in the Highlands", which details the archaeological study of Fort Montgomery in Orange County, New York.

A Bibliography Of Northeast Historical Archaeology, 1987–2006, David R. Starbuck

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A bibliography of Northeast Historical Archaeology, 1987- 2006. A list of published articles, books, master’s theses and doctoral dissertations

“What’Ll Thou Have”: Quakers And The Characterization Of Tavern Sites In Colonial Philadelphia, John M. Chenoweth

Northeast Historical Archaeology

In 1766, Ebenezer Robinson, an active Quaker and middle-class tradesman, was one of the first to develop the land just north of Independence Hall, then at the edge of urban Philadelphia. Recent work on Independence Mall sponsored jointly by the National Park Service and the National Constitution Center has uncovered several features on this property, but analysis and historical documentation has suggested that a low-class tavern occupied the spot while Robinson owned it. This paper examines artifacts from a privy associated with this period of the site and compares the finds with several other sites to characterize this tavern, explore …

The Socioeconomic Landscape Of Northern Delaware’S Taverns And Innkeepers: The Blue Ball Tavern And Vicinity, Heather A. Wholey

Northeast Historical Archaeology

In the 18th and 19th centuries, taverns and inns were an important element in the early American social and economic landscape, functioning not only to provide meals and lodging, but also as places for community gatherings, festivities, public rallies, auctions, political elections, formal and informal information exchange, and so forth. Evidence and information obtained from both primary and secondary source material and archaeological field investigations recount and illuminate the variety of services provided and socioeconomic niches satisfied by these establishments in northern Delaware. The Blue Ball Tavern of New Castle County, Delaware was one such establishment and is presented within …

Owned In Life, Owned In Death: The Pine Street African And African-American Burialground In Kingston, New York, Joseph E. Diamond

Northeast Historical Archaeology

In the summer of 1990, a Phase 1A Archaeological Reconnaissance of the City of Kingston, New York, resulted in the discovery of an 18th to 19th century African and African-American burial ground within the city limits of Kingston, NY. This area was designated specifically for African-American burials in 1750 and continued in use until it was engulfed by the southerly expansion of Kingston in the 1870s. Although small family graveyards of enslaved individuals have been found throughout the Hudson Valley, only two large cemeteries holding the remains of enslaved individuals and their descendants have been discovered. The Pine Street Cemetery …

Bricks And An Evolving Industrial Landscape: The West Point Foundry And New York's Hudson River Valley, Timothy James Scarlett, Jeremy Rahn, Daniel Scott

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Ongoing archaeological research at Scenic Hudson’s West Point Foundry Preserve in Cold Spring, New York, has permitted systematic collection of data related to fire and common brick brands that appear throughout the foundry’s campus. Archaeologists have begun to correlate the varied ceramic building material with periods in the evolution of this 19th-century industrial landscape. Hudson River Valley brick making provides an interesting comparison to the foundry’s history since both industries were tied to the overall development of New York City’s urban fabric.

Wampum Diplomacy: The Historical And Archaeological Evidence For Wampum At Fort Niagara, Elizabeth S. Peña

Northeast Historical Archaeology

The 18th-century French and British post at Fort Niagara was the site of numerous conferences and meetings in which wampum beads were exchanged between European powers and Native Americans. Considering the distance from shell sources and wampum production sites, this article explores the presence of wampum at Fort Niagara through an examination of the archaeological and documentary evidence. It is suggested that, via several intermediaries, the Fort Niagara wampum beads originated in Albany, an 18th-century hub of wampum production.

"Articles Too Tedious To Enumerate": The Appreciation Of Ceramics In Mid-18th-Century Newport, Rhode Island, Christina Hodge

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Ceramic possession in mid-18th-century Newport, Rhode Island is contextualized through an analysis of newspapers and probate lists, providing background for the interpretation of archaeological remains from a mid-18th-century house lot in Newport that is now part of the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard site. The interpretation of ceramic evidence is approached through notions of tediousness, taste, and distinction. The language of contemporary documents highlights differences in the perception of different ware types and forms over time; references to stoneware and creamware, for example, did not meet expectations. The relationship between levels of ceramic marking in texts and ceramics’ perceived social significance is not always …

Editor's Introduction, David B. Langdon

Northeast Historical Archaeology

David Langdon highlights the articles present in the 40th anniversary issue of the Journal of Northeast Historical Archaeology.

Award For Excellence, Sherene Baugher

Northeast Historical Archaeology

For the 40th anniversary year of CNEHA, Pierre Beaudet, once Chair of the Board for 9 years, recieves an Award for Excellence in Service.

The Contact Period Of Central Peten, Guatemala In Color, Timothy W. Pugh, Leslie G. Cecil

Faculty Publications

When Bernal Díaz del Castillo passed by Nojpeten with Hernán Cortés in 1525, he remarked upon the Itza capital’s brilliant whiteness, even from a great distance (Jones 1998:69). However had he stood in the central plaza, he would have discerned that the sun’s reflection eclipsed artifacts and architecture of a variety of colors. The archaeological record is frequently similarly whitewashed by our focus upon form, weight, and distribution. Nevertheless, color helped imbue the Contact period (AD 1525-1697) world of the Maya of the Petén lakes region of Guatemala with significance. This paper investigates the colors of ritual paraphernalia encountered in …

An Analysis Of Personal Adornment At Fort St. Joseph (20be23), An Eighteenth-Century French Trading Post In Southwest Michigan, Ian B. Kerr

Masters Theses

Since 1998 Western Michigan University archaeologists have investigated Fort St. Joseph (20BE23), an 18th century mission, garrison and trading post located in present day Niles, Michigan. The project’s research directive focuses on exploring notions of identity formation and its material expression in light of the prolonged and persistent cultural contact between Native Americans and Europeans at the site.

This thesis seeks to further this directive by exploring how personal adornment materiality both structures and broadcasts individuals’ social identities. By employing an intrasite spatial analysis of the assemblage of adornment artifacts from recognized domestic contexts at Fort St. Joseph this thesis …

Kites For Low Cost Near Earth Aerial Archaeological Photography, Robert Joseph Brandon

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents an overview of kite aerial photography (KAP) as a platform for archaeologists to acquire time sensitive unmanned near earth aerial photography for archaeological research. The methods and tools reviewed in this thesis are limited to those that make this technology accessible to the typical poorly funded archaeologists working in remote locations. The KAP methods detailed here have a low start up cost, are easy to transport, and a can be easily learned by archaeologists. The goal of this thesis is to promote KAP as a significant and regularly utilized tool for archaeological projects.

Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Analysis Of Lower Pecos Rock Paints And Possible Pigment Sources, Jon Russ, Kaixuan Bu, Jeff Hamrick, James V. Cizdziel

Master of Science in Analytics (MSAN) Faculty Research

Chemical analyses of prehistoric rock paints from the Lower Pecos Region of southwestern Texas were undertaken using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. This technique allowed us to measure the chemical composition of the paint pigments with minimal interference from a natural rock coating that completely covers the ancient paints. We also analyzed samples representing potential sources of paint pigments, including iron-rich sandstones and quartzite from the study area and ten ochre samples from Arizona. Cluster analysis, principle component analysis and bivariate plots were used to compare the chemical compositions of the paint and pigment sources. The results indicate that limonite …