Virginia (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)
7,401-7,425 (9,118 Records)
This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2019, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (NMAH) hosted international experts in shipwreck timber conservation to consult on the long-term stabilization and preservation of the Revolutionary War gunboat Philadelphia. The gondola sank at the Battle of Valcour Island in Lake Champlain on 11 October 1776 and was raised in 1935. It is the oldest surviving American...
A Revolving Frontier: Change and Continuity in Marginal Icelandic Settlement, ca. 900-1900 CE (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Medieval to Modern Transitions and Historical Archaeology" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Numerous farmsteads were established in Iceland's highland margins and back valleys during the late 9th and early 10th centuries, as part of the rapid process of settlement across the island. Many of these marginal farms were deserted sometime between the 11th and early 16th centuries, only to be re-settled...
Rewriting Narratives by Challenging Old Ideas: The Potential in Applying Recent Innovations in Archaeology to Legacy Collections. (2019)
This is an abstract from the ""Re-excavating" Legacy Collections" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Army Corp of Engineers Mobile District funded excavations in Mississippi to salvage a number of Native American sites along the Tombigbee River from the construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee River lock and dam complex. Three of these sites, Tibbee Creek (22Lo600), Kellogg (22Cl527), and Yarborough (22Cl814) are...
The Rhode Island Archaeological and Historical Geographic Information System (GIS) Development Project (2018)
In 2017 the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission teamed up with the University of Rhode Island’s Applied History Laboratory to create a Geographic Information System (GIS) incorporating the state’s complex assortment of archaeological and historical sites. With support from the National Park Service, their objective is to collect and share the stories of Rhode Island through an effective and sustainable geospatial database of known archaeological sites and properties in...
Rhyolite, Charcoal and Whiskey: The Archaeology of Catoctin Mountain Park (2016)
Catoctin Mountain has always been a challenging landscape, but one that rewards perseverance. Native Americans negotiated its rocky slopes in search of rhyolite for stone tools, and hunted and camped along the freshwater streams and springs. Workers from the nearby Catoctin Iron Furnace burned its ample timber for charcoal to fuel the ironworks. Innovative farmers and homebuilders created flat terraces for their houses and gardens on the mountainside. During the Prohibition era, some of the...
Rich Neck (44WB52)
Rich Neck was one of the founding plantations of Middle Plantation, the Lower Peninsula community that preceded Williamsburg. Rich Neck’s architectural sophistication and elaborate layout set it apart from nearly all of its colonial neighbors. Started in 1636 by Richard Kemp, the Secretary of the Colony, the plantation grew to over 4,000 acres in size by the middle of the seventeenth century. Richard Kemp and his wife Elizabeth built two structures executed entirely in brick, a rarity in 1640s...
Rich Neck (44WB52): Artifact Distributions, Buckles (2004)
Artifact distribution map, buckles
Rich Neck (44WB52): Artifact Distributions, Buttons (2004)
Artifact distribution map, buttons
Rich Neck (44WB52): Artifact Distributions, Fireplace Tiles (2004)
Artifact distribution map, fireplace tiles
Rich Neck (44WB52): Artifact Distributions, Horse Furniture (2004)
Artifact distribution map, horse furniture
Rich Neck (44WB52): Artifact Distributions, Porcelain (2004)
Artifact distribution map, porcelain
Rich Neck (44WB52): Artifact Distributions, Rhenish Blue and Gray Stoneware (2004)
Artifact distribution map, Rhenish blue and gray stoneware
Rich Neck (44WB52): Artifact Distributions, Straight Pins (2004)
Artifact distribution map, straight pins
Rich Neck (44WB52): Artifact Distributions, Terra Cotta Pipes (2004)
Artifact distribution map, terra cotta pipes
Rich Neck (44WB52): Artifact Distributions, Tin-Glazed Earthenware (2004)
Artifact distribution map, tin-glazed earthenware
Rich Neck (44WB52): Artifact Distributions, White Clay Tobacco Pipes (2004)
Artifact distribution map, white clay tobacco pipes
Rich Neck (44WB52): Artifact Distributions, Window Leads (2004)
Artifact distribution map, window leads
Rich Neck (44WB52): Bellarmine Jug (2004)
Representative artifacts: Bellarmine jug
Rich Neck (44WB52): Decorated Floor Tiles (2004)
Representative artifacts: Decorated floor tiles
Rich Neck (44WB52): Delft Tiles (2004)
Representative artifacts: Delft tiles from dwelling
Rich Neck (44WB52): General Site Map (2004)
General site map
Rich Neck (44WB52): Midden Analysis, Artifact Classes (2004)
Midden analysis chart: Artifact classes
Rich Neck (44WB52): Midden Analysis, Ceramic Typology (2004)
Midden analysis chart: Ceramic typology
Rich Neck (44WB52): Midden Analysis, Ceramic Typology (2004)
Midden analysis chart: Ceramic typology
Rich Neck (44WB52): Midden Analysis, White Clay and Terra Cotta Pipes (2004)
Midden analysis chart: White clay and terra cotta pipes