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Archeological Salvage at Historic Sites in the Missouri Basin by the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution / Missouri Basin Project (1957)
DOCUMENT Full-Text G. Hubert Smith.

This publication is a mission statement and brief survey of the Missouri Basin area and its archaeological opportunities. The document encourages the excavation of the Missouri Basin in order to expand the initial information available for the restricted reservoir areas. The document is accompanied by photographs of related sites and artifacts.


The Glassworks of Gunner’s Run: Excavation of Dyottville and Henry Benner’s Glass Factory, Kensington, Philadelphia (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only George Cress.

This presentation focuses on the results of archaeological excavation at Dyottville and Henry Benner’s Glass Factory, both located at the confluence of Gunner’s Run and the Delaware River.  The Dyottville glassworks began as the Kensington Glass Works in the late 18th century and continued into the early 20th century producing many well- known glass bottles, flasks, and other glassware distributed widely throughout the country in the 19th century.  The portion of the factory complex that...


Variability in Shops and Raw Materials in Delmarva’s Shell Button Industry, 1930-1990 (2022)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Olivia Williamson.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Smithsonian Environmental Archaeology Laboratory explores the growth and decline of factory-scale shell-button making in portions of Delaware and Maryland. Discovery of two new sites provides a more comprehensive view of the short-lived industry and supports hypotheses concerning the scale of the activity and the shift in raw...