Book Review: The Archaeological Northeast By Mary Ann Levine, Kenneth A. Sassaman, And Michael S. Nassaney,
2013
Binghamton University
Book Review: The Archaeological Northeast By Mary Ann Levine, Kenneth A. Sassaman, And Michael S. Nassaney, Alan Leveillee
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Book review of The Archaeological Northeast by Mary Ann Levine, Kenneth A. Sassaman, and Michael S. Nassaney, 1999, Bergin & Garvey, Westport, CT, Foreword by Alice B. Kehoe, 336 pages, $75.00 (cloth), $29.95 (paper).
Book Review: Death By Theory: A Tale Of Mystery And Archaeological Theory By Adrian Praetzellis,
2013
Binghamton University
Book Review: Death By Theory: A Tale Of Mystery And Archaeological Theory By Adrian Praetzellis, Diana Dipaolo Loren
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Book Review: Death by Theory: A Tale of Mystery and Archaeological Theory by Adrian Praetzellis 2000, Altamira Press, California. 174 pages, $59.00 (cloth), $17.95 (paper).
Book Review: Imagining Consumers: Design And Innovation From Wedgewood To Corning By Regina Lee Blaszczyk,
2013
Binghamton University
Book Review: Imagining Consumers: Design And Innovation From Wedgewood To Corning By Regina Lee Blaszczyk, James A. Delle
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Book review of Imagining Consumers: Design and Innovation from Wedgewood to Corning by Regina Lee Blaszczyk 2000, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 368 pages, $39.95 (hardcover).
Review Essay: On The Care And Feeding Of Heritage Management Apprentices,
2013
Binghamton University
Review Essay: On The Care And Feeding Of Heritage Management Apprentices, Edward L. Bell
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Review of Federal Planning and Historic Places: The Section 106 Process by Thomas F. King, 2000; and Assessing Site Significance: A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians by Donald L. Hardesty and Barabara J. Little, 2001.
Learning Cast Up From The Mire: Archaeological Investigations Of Schoolhouses In The Northeastern United States,
2013
Binghamton University
Learning Cast Up From The Mire: Archaeological Investigations Of Schoolhouses In The Northeastern United States, James G. Gibb, April M. Beisaw
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Common schools, often comprising a single room with one or two teachers, taught millions of children from the 1850s through the 1930s. They have provided source material for objective historical writings on education and inspired subjective literature on the school experiences of teachers and students. But as prominent as one-room schools have been in the North American experience, and in the perceptions of rural 19th- and early 20th-century life, these ubiquitous structures have not found a place in the archaeological literature. This paper examines the archaeological potential of schoolhouse sites for providing useful information not otherwise available to historians, poets, …
Waiting For The Second Coming: The Canterbury Shakers, An Archaeological Perspective On Blacksmithing And Pipe Smoking,
2013
Binghamton University
Waiting For The Second Coming: The Canterbury Shakers, An Archaeological Perspective On Blacksmithing And Pipe Smoking, David R. Starbuck
Northeast Historical Archaeology
While the Shakers are primarily known for their religious beliefs, their lives have also reflected a fascination with technological innovation and a desire for self-sufficiency in certain manufactures. Over the past six years, excavations have been conducted at the Shaker Village in Canterbury, New Hampshire, into the remains of two Shaker blacksmith shops, one of which was accompanied by a waster dump filled with redware tobacco pipes, indicating that this had been a site of pipe manufacture. This was the very first evidence that the Canterbury Shakers had engaged in pipemaking, probably prior to the Shaker prohibition upon tobacco in …
Towards An Archaeology Of The Hudson River Ice Harvesting Industry,
2013
Binghamton University
Towards An Archaeology Of The Hudson River Ice Harvesting Industry, Wendy Elizabeth Harris, Arnold Pickman
Northeast Historical Archaeology
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, natural ice cut from the Hudson River provided the New York City metropolitan area with much of its supply. This article briefly examines the history and technology of this industry, and its impact on local workers, commuities, and landscapes. The documentary history and visible remains of three ice house sites are analyzed, with ice house technology viewed as an integrated system of production and transportation. Results suggest that archaeological examination of such sites can be used to study variations in ice industry technology and reveal features not mentioned in the documentary record. …
Issue 63, Autumn 2013,
2013
Syracuse University
Issue 63, Autumn 2013, Society Of Bead Researchers
The Bead Forum: Newsletter of the Society of Bead Researchers
Deterioration and Conservation of Unstable Glass Beads on Native American Objects, by Robin Ohern and Kelly McHugh.
Desde Basura, Una Cultura: El Sitio Samarina, La Libertad, Ecuador,
2013
SIT Study Abroad
Desde Basura, Una Cultura: El Sitio Samarina, La Libertad, Ecuador, Alexandra Friedl
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Por tres semanas, rellenas de polvo, sudor y más polvo, yo tuve la oportunidad de investigar la arqueología de la Península de Santa Elena y más específicamente, la cultura Guangala (500 a.C. – 800 d.C.) a través de la excavación del sitio Samarina (OGSE-46).1 El sitio Samarina está en el cantón de La Libertad en la provincia de Santa Elena en la costa suroeste de Ecuador (Figura 1). El proyecto empezó en el 2006 y continúa hasta hoy bajo el control de la Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena (UPSE). La península de Santa Elena tiene un expediente arqueológico que …
Late Holocene Tsunami Deposits At Salt Creek, Washington, Usa,
2013
Simon Fraser University
Late Holocene Tsunami Deposits At Salt Creek, Washington, Usa, Ian Hutchinson, Curt D. Peterson, Sarah L. Sterling
Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations
We interpret two thin sand layers in the estuarine marsh at Salt Creek, on the southern shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, as the products of tsunamis propagated by earthquakes at the Cascadia subduction zone. The sand layers extend for about 60 m along the left bank of the creek about 800 m from the mouth, and can be traced to the base of a nearby upland area. One layer is exposed in the creek bank about 400 m further upstream, but they are only patchily distributed in the rest of the central area of the marsh. Both …
Ordinary And Poor People In 18th-Century Delaware,
2013
Binghamton University
Ordinary And Poor People In 18th-Century Delaware, John Bedell, Gerald P. Scharfenberger
Northeast Historical Archaeology
The authors and their colleagues have recently carried out excavations at three 18th-century farm sites in central Delaware. The Augustine Creek South and Thomas Dawson Sites were both occupied by ordinary property owners in the 1730 to 1770 period. The Augustine Creek North Site was occupied from about 1750 to 1810 by unknown but probably poor tenants, possibly in two chronologically separate occupations. At all three sites, architectural remains and artifact deposits were found. Analysis of these sites has focused on the question of how fully ordinary and poor people participated in the social, economic, and intellectural changes of the …
Telling Time For Archaeologists,
2013
Binghamton University
Telling Time For Archaeologists, George L. Miller, Patricia Samford, Ellen Shlasko, Andrew Madsen
Northeast Historical Archaeology
This essay presents an accumulation of data on the dates for common types of artifacts found on archaeological sites from the historical period. These dates come from a variety of sources and include a mix of types of dates. These dates are based on such things as patents, pattern registrations, dates when commercial production began, estimates of when production stopped, and the popularity ranges for various styles of wares based on makers' marks. The introductory essay discusses some of the problems in the sources of the dates presented.
Editor's Introduction,
2013
Binghamton University
Editor's Introduction, Mary C. Beaudry
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Editor's introduction to the volume.
Book Review: Massacre At Fort William Henry, By David R. Starbuck, 2002,
2013
Binghamton University
Book Review: Massacre At Fort William Henry, By David R. Starbuck, 2002, Marshall Joseph Becker
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Book Review of Massacre at Fort William Henry, by David R. Starbuck 2002, University Press of New England, Hanover, New Hampshire. 148 pages, 83 illlus., $16.95 (paper)
Review Essay: Reading The Reading Of Gender In Archaeology,
2013
Binghamton University
Review Essay: Reading The Reading Of Gender In Archaeology, Katherine Howlett
Northeast Historical Archaeology
A review of In Pursuit of Gender: Worldwide Archaeological Approaches edited by Sarah Milledge Nelson and Myriam Rosen-Ayalon, 2001 and of Gender and the Archaeology of Death edited by Bettina Arnold and Nancy L. Wicker, 2001.
Addressing An Historic Preservation Dilemma: The Future Of Nineteenth-Century Farmstead Archaeology In The Northeast,
2013
Binghamton University
Addressing An Historic Preservation Dilemma: The Future Of Nineteenth-Century Farmstead Archaeology In The Northeast, Terry H. Klein, Sherene Baugher
Northeast Historical Archaeology
This summary article identifies the goals of the volume and a framework for evaluating, interpreting, and preserving farmstead sites. The article also discusses how to apply this framework and mentions the roles of the government, academia, and the public.
A System For Ranking The Research Potential Of 19th- And 20th- Century Farmstead Sites,
2013
Binghamton University
A System For Ranking The Research Potential Of 19th- And 20th- Century Farmstead Sites, George L. Miller, Terry H. Klein
Northeast Historical Archaeology
There is a need to establish a systematic and objective process for evaluating the research potential of farmstead sites so that intelligent choices can be made in deciding which sites should be investigated and managed and which should not. We propose the use of a checklist of traits that measure a site's research potential. Each of the traits in the checklist is assigned a score based on its value in providing important data for analyzing a site. The proposed checklist is a tool for organizing our observations and permitting comparisons from one site to the next as well as one …
Research Questions For The Archaeology Of Rural Places: Experiences From The Middle Atlantic,
2013
Binghamton University
Research Questions For The Archaeology Of Rural Places: Experiences From The Middle Atlantic, Wade Catts
Northeast Historical Archaeology
That some 19th-century farmsteads and other rural places have significance is generally conceded as true. Our problem as historical archaeologists is to develop research questions and directions that illuminate and explain to a broad audience the significance of the physical evidence of the sultures of agriculture in American history. This essay looks at some of the writings of early agricultural historians and draws on previous historical and archaeological farmstead studies in the Middle Atlantic region. Ideas about the success (or failure) of field approaches are presented, and suggestions for research directions that could serve as over-arching themes to tie the …
Trying To Think Progressively About 19th-Century Farms,
2013
Binghamton University
Trying To Think Progressively About 19th-Century Farms, Mary C. Beaudry
Northeast Historical Archaeology
Recent excavations at a 19th-century estate manager's farm at Milton, South Uist, in the Western Isles of Scotland, prompt comparison with New England farms of the same era. Of particular interest is the material signature of the move toward "progressive farming" manifested through the construction of model farms and the introduction of industrially-inspired farm management practices and technological innovations. Comparisons drawn between the Hebriden case study, Milton Farm, and the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm in Newbury Massachusetts.
How The Past Becomes A Place: An Example From 19th-Century Maryland,
2013
Binghamton University
How The Past Becomes A Place: An Example From 19th-Century Maryland, Julia A. King
Northeast Historical Archaeology
This paper examines how certain landscapes were remade as places important in the collective memory in 19th-century America. Specifically, archaeological, documentary, and literary evidence are used to show how Susquehanna, a 19th-century tobacco and wheat farm in St. Mary's County, Maryland was reconfigured as a place important in the state's past. By imagining Susquehanna and the region in which it was located as a place in time, many upper and middle class Marylanders were able to reconcile the growing differences between the southern and northern parts of the state. The actions of these 19th-century men and women are not unrelated …
