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This research looks at the institutional desecration of graves at the Milwaukee County Institution Grounds as overseen by Superintendent Ferdinand Bark, the reaction of the surrounding community to that disturbance, and the ensuing investigation. The paper also explores the relationship of this historical event to the evidence from the 1990s and 2013 archaeological excavations conducted at the location of the cemetery. The event will be viewed within the historical context in which it happened...
1980 Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Inventories, Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis
This project contains Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Inventory forms and pictures for historic buildings at Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis, which are now part of Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The data and information were collected as part of a project undertaken by the National Park Service, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP). The collection comprises data pertaining to historic structures located at both Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis. This project...
611th Air Support Group Resources
Project metadata for resources within the 611th Air Support Group cultural heritage resources collection.
The African American Cemetery at Catoctin Furnace: Bridging the Past and the Future (2016)
The Catoctin African American Cemetery is the resting place of at least 50 individuals who labored at Catoctin Furnace and its surrounding community from the 1770s to the 1840s. Many of these men and women were enslaved workers, while others were possibly part of the free black population that also lived and worked at the furnace. In 2014, an ambitious project to preserve, protect, and interpret the cemetery was launched. Documentary research, forensic analysis, and geophysical investigations...
African Americans in a Dominican Cemetery: Social Boundaries of an Enclave Community (2013)
This paper presents preliminary findings from an aboveground study of a cemetery in Samaná, Dominican Republic. In 1824 approximately 200 African Americans left the United States for what was then Haiti, and established an enclave in a relatively isolated area of the island. Their Anglo surnames, Protestantism, and primary use of English have defined this community in relation to the neighboring Dominican and Haitian populations for over 150 years. Using spatial data from the town’s cemetery, I...
The African Friends to Harmony Burial Ground and Mutual Aid: Community Involvement Across Centuries (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "“We the People”: Historical Cemetery Archaeology in Philadelphia" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Throughout the nineteenth century, the African Friends to Harmony Burial Ground in West Philadelphia (1826-c.1886) received burials arranged by the African Friends to Harmony benevolent society as well as deceased members of the African Baptist Church of Blockley/Monumental Baptist and Mount Pisgah African...
African Friends to Harmony Burial Ground: The excavation and reinternment of 19th century African American subscription cemetery. (2022)
This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 1826 West Philadelphia, members of the free African American community recognized the need for a cemetery to accommodate their local religious community. Located on the 4110 block of Chestnut Street, this cemetery was operated by the African Friends to Harmony (AFH), a benevolent society that interred members of local African American churches and those who were in financial need....
African Mortuary Dreams in Alabama: A First Look at the Old Plateau/Africatown Cemetery Burial Patterns (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Cemeteries and Burial Practices" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The last slaver to make the TransAtlantic Crossing did so in 1860. Those who survived the passage built a community at Africatown, just northeast of Mobile Alabama. At Africatown, they mixed African and European elements in their daily practices and material culture. This paper explores burial patterns at the Africatown/Old Plateau Cemetery. It...
Archaeological Investigation and Relocation of a Slave Cemetery at the Nashville Zoo, Davidson County, Tennessee (2015)
Excavations on Nashville Zoo property, once part of the Grassmere Plantation established ca. 1810, identified and removed 20 individuals from an unmarked cemetery. Evidence from coffin and clothing remains indicates the cemetery dates from the early to mid-nineteenth century. The absence of elaborate coffin hardware common of the time, the cemetery location, and the known slave-holding history of the farm indicate this was a slave cemetery. Most of the wooden coffins were hexagonal with few...
Assessment and Evaluation of Cultural Resources at XBP-00002, Oliktok Point Long Range Radar Station, Alaska (2014)
This report presents the results of mapping and condition assessment updates of cultural resources at site XBP-00002, with a specific request for evaluation of two standing buildings, at the Oliktok Point Long Range Radar Site (LRRS), Alaska, on behalf of the United States Air Force, 611th Civil Engineer Squadron (USAF 611 CES). XBP-00002 consists of two standing frame buildings (cabins), and a cemetery with up to 13 burials marked with crosses or wooden sticks. As part of this project, new...
The Bioarchaeology of the Columbian Harmony Cemetery Collection (51NE049), Washington, D.C. (2016)
The Bioarchaeology of the Columbian Harmony Cemetery Series (51NE049), Washington, D.C. Archaeological investigations on a portion of the Columbian Harmony Cemetery in Washington, D.C. resulted in the identification of 231 grave features, many of which had been disturbed by a cemetery relocation project that took place in 1960. Information obtained from skeletal and dental analyses have provided information on 19th and early 20th century patterns of burial, postmortem treatment (i.e., embalming...
Bone Material and Burial Pattern Analysis of the Mississippian Culture of South Central Kentucky (1980)
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Bones Wearing Bow Ties: Differential Preservation in Funerary Taphonomy (2017)
The skeletal remains excavated from Scott Cemetery were well preserved while, in contrast, coffin and textile remains were generally poorly preserved. A soil pH test was conducted, with the sandy soil being an alkaline 7.8. The well preserved bone, adipocere formation, and poor textile preservation reflect established literature on the effects of alkaline soils. Burials with a high degree of roots, likely from remains of a tree that had grown through the grave shafts, were less preserved than...
A Case Study of Legal and Practical Pitfalls of Forensic Archaeology Recovery of Human Remains from a New Orleans Pauper Cemetery (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Forensic Archaeology: Research & Practice" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Many coroners’ offices in the State of Louisiana have a contract for interring unclaimed or unidentified individuals, keeping their coolers clear for new bodies. Therefore, the public relies on interment to document the location of the body in the event that family members require disinterment in the future. When these contracts are with private...
Cemetery study at Emanu-El Jewish Cemetery in Victoria B.C.: A look at the potential benefits of simple, shrouded burials and the use of concrete fills (2017)
The goal of our research was to analyze the correlation between decomposition, and damage to memorial structures around the Emanu-el Jewish Cemetery in Victoria B.C. We hypothesized that some concrete fill damage was due to casket decay after the fill was placed, causing it to sink or crack. We used damaged double plots with a single fill as evidence, because the side of the older burial had time to settle before the fill was poured over both plots. We found that damage was almost always on the...
Changes in Bone Density During the Post-Mortem Interval for the Individuals of the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery (2017)
Quantitative techniques for estimating age and sex at death are becoming more popular with the increased use of computed tomography scans and radiographs on forensic human remains. A gap in the research makes practical applications of post mortem imaging limited to those individuals whose time since death is known, as there has yet to be a parallel study examining changes in bone density during the post-mortem interval. This study examines archaeological human remains from the Milwaukee County...
A Closer Look at Immigrant Life Expectancies from German Cemeteries in Southeastern Wisconsin (2015)
This study describes statistics of life expectancies among the immigrant population and its sub-sets throughout the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries in southeastern Wisconsin. At this time, German populations were becoming established as a major cultural and ethnic force in Milwaukee and the surrounding counties. Data from individuals disinterred from two unmarked cemeteries in Ozaukee county were analyzed to assess cultural and physical disparities in the mortuary record among these...
The Columbia St. Cemetery Project: A Forgotten Cemetery in Downtown Springfield, Ohio (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Cemeteries and Burial Practices" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Columbia St. Cemetery Project (CSC) is a joint initiative in Springfield, Ohio bringing together a university, a charitable foundation, the city, and the community to document the city’s oldest cemetery. Located in the heart of downtown Springfield, the small site (7227 m2) is the burial ground for the earliest residents (beginning in 1812) and...
Commemoration and Consumption in Mid-Nineteenth Century Cemeteries of Cazenovia, New York (2023)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Cemeteries and grave monuments serve as important elements in the construction of personal and community identities, contributing to the shaping of public memory. This research utilizes historic documents, site surveys, and GIS mapping to explore the prevalence and significance of nineteenth century grave monuments signed with makers’ marks within the...
Conch Shells and Concrete: Differential Mortuary Treatment in Christiansted Cemetery, St. Croix, USVI (2022)
This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. As part of the 2021 National Science Foundation funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates Exploring Globalization Through Archaeology site investigations of the St. Croix Leper Hospital (1888-1954), team members documented over 1200 graves in the Christiansted Cemetery. After identifying the names of hospital residents from census records (1890-1940) and the names of 240 individuals...
The Conservation of African Burial Grounds in New York State (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. As the United States currently struggles with the issue of racism, one of several ways archaeologists have been able to positively contribute to the dialogue is through the conservation of sites related to African and African American history. This is especially true for undocumented and unmarked African burial grounds that are...
Cultural Resources Survey and Evaluative Testing of the Battery Gaillard Tract (2005)
Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural resources survey and evaluative testing of the 22 acre Battery Gaillard Tract (TMS 355-13-00-001), Lots 49 and 50 of the Magnolia Ranch subdivision (TMS 355-09-00-079 and 355-09-00-080, respectively), as well as a 1.4 acre marsh lot (TMS 355-09-00-092) in Charleston County, South Carolina in April and July 2004. These investigations involved background research, systematic shovel testing, ground penetrating radar survey, and...
CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE SILVER BLUFF-NORTH AUGUSTA 115kV TRANSMISSION LINE, AIKEN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA (2009)
"This study reports on an intensive cultural resources survey of an approximately 12 mile corridor in Aiken County, South Carolina. The work was conducted to assist Central Electric Power Cooperative comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the regulations codified in 36CFR800."
Determination of Burial Locations Using Soil Analyses at the Loyola Plantation in French Guiana, 1668-1763 (2017)
Our paper discusses the approach used to determine the location of burials in an equatorial environment where organic preservation is nil. Before using the space of the plantation cemetery to preserve the memory of the enslaved who lived at the plantation we had to demonstrate the extant of the cemetery using soil analyses. Memory of that period is a fleeting souvenir among local residents and we want to use archaeology to address issues with which they are confronted in order for them to...
Documenting the Seneca Stonecutter’s Cemetery (2022)
This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Located in Poolesville, Maryland just west of Seneca Creek is the Seneca Stonecutter’s Cemetery—locally referred to as the “Clipper” Cemetery in reference to a surname on several of the headstones. While there are no trails or markers leading to the cemetery which lies on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, this cemetery has long been recognized as an early African...