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Wampum’s Pre-Colonial Origins: An Indigenous Story (2020)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kurt Jordan. Samantha Sanft.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Beyond Ornamentation: New Approaches to Adornment and Colonialism" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Scholarly and popular discourse on the history of wampum emphasizes the influence and agency of Europeans – as suppliers of tools, traders, tribute-takers, and eventually as direct producers. Conceptually, many scholars view the wampum tradition as “complete” only when large numbers of white and purple marine...

Wanted: Cheap Labor. Livings of Working Class European Immigrants in an Iron Furnace (2018)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jocelyn S Lee. Patrick Kim.

Immigrants have always played a crucial role in America, and ironworkers were among them. Beginning in the early 19th century, many people emigrated from their countries of origin, bringing with them their traditions, customs, identities, and established households. Populations from Ireland and Germany, accounted for many of the known workers. While census data and tax assessments provide basic information such as name, address, age, and property, the availability of the surviving store and...

Wapama (National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form) (1973)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Allen W. Welts.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.

War Eagle Mine and Mill Site Plan of Operation (1981)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ruth A. Musser.

War On Our Doorstep: U-boats Off The Mid-Atlantic Coast (2018)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tane Renata Casserley.

More than any other place in the United States, coastal Virginia and North Carolina serve as a uniquely accessible underwater museum and memorial to WWII’s Battle of the Atlantic. Since 2008, NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary and partners have documented and surveyed this unique collection of WWII Allied and German vessels. NOAA’s goal is to protect these fragile historic resources for future generations, and to preserve the memory of the brave Allied service men and U.S. merchant...

War on the Chesapeake: Artifact Analysis of a War of 1812 Flotilla Ship (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicholas J. Nelson-DeLong.

This paper examines and evaluates the material culture recovered from the suspected USS Scorpion, a War of 1812 flotilla ship that served in the Chesapeake Bay.The shipwreck is designated site 18PR226 and has previously been believed to be that of Jashua Barney's flag ship for the Chesapeake Flotilla. This paper uses a preposed model for material culture study developed from archaeologists E. M. Fleming's model for studying artifacts in an attempt to discover the function of the vessel. This...

War on the Homefront: National Division and South Africa's Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945 (2018)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ian P Harrison.

In 1939, the Union of South Africa was caught unprepared for war. Lacking a servicable navy, the Union Defense Force was neverthelss tasked with protecting Allied supply lines through the Southern Ocean. Despite establishing a series of coastal defenses and RADAR stations to this end, Allied merchants rounding the Cape continued to suffer heavy casualties. As these losses mounted, competing ethnic, cultural, and political factions within the Union began using the U-boat war as fuel for their...

War-time Metal Production, Reappropriation, and Use: Spatial Patterning and Metal Technology at an early Seventeen Century Pequot Village (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Megan K Willison.

Site 59-73 is believed, based upon its location and archaeological assemblage, to be the location of several wigwams burned down during the English retreat after the Mystic massacre on May 26, 1637 as described in John Mason’s A Brief History of the Pequot War (1736:32). This village is believed to have been a response to the impeding war with the English. As such, its assemblage and spatial patterning provide a unique perspective into the use and reuse of metallic trade objects during the...

Ward and Silurian Valleys: Historical Resource Investigations (1989)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Roger G. Hatheway. Anne Q. Duffield.

Ward Creek Road Easement Arr 05-11-39 (1979)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Susan Rose. Kay Cudia.

Ward Memorial Blvd. and the Goleta Slough (1969)

DOCUMENT Citation Only UCSB office of architects and engineers.

"The Ware is in Perfect Order": Reassessing the Transferprint Color Chronology using Period Newspaper Advertisements (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only David M Markus.

As an artifact category, ceramics, especially those decorated with transferprints, represent one of the most ubiquitous pieces of material culture in historical archaeology. While a substantial amount research has been conducted on the origins and development of the transferprint technology, there is still considerable confusion regarding the introduction and popularity of specific transferprint colors, especially in the North American market. Despite recent refinements to the chronology, the...

Wares of Venus: The sensoriality of sex for purchase at a 19th-century Boston brothel (2018)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jade W Luiz.

The archaeological examination of brothel spaces has expanded significantly in recent decades to include compelling interpretations of these sites within the framework of embodiment, sexuality, and urbanization. By incorporating the sensory experiences of the individuals living, working, and seeking entertainment in places of prostitution, archaeologists have an opportunity to examine these spaces in terms of the fantasy experiences being sold. In terms of this paper’s case study, the 27/29...

Wargames. Inside the world of 20th-century war reenactors (2004)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jenny Thompson.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...

Warm Springs Cultural Resources Study (1982)

DOCUMENT Citation Only David A. Fredrickson. M. A. Baumhoff. R. S. Greenwood. D. W. Peri. V. Fredrickson.

Warm Springs Cultural Resources Study (1980)

DOCUMENT Citation Only David A. Fredrickson. M. A. Baumhoff. R. S. Greenwood.

Warm Springs Cultural Resources Study (1978)