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DOCUMENT Citation Only Emily S. Dale.

Nineteenth and twentieth century western mining landscapes were characterized by urban centers that served as hubs of economic and social activities and rural sites that provided the towns and cities with needed goods. Aurora, Nevada and Bodie, California were two prominent mining towns that were serviced by a multitude of rural sites, such as ranches, farms, and woodcutting camps. Chinese immigrants resided in both the urban and rural spaces. This paper compares and contrasts the archaeology of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Theresa Canova.

This compendium consists of uncorrected radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites and geologic localities in Maryland. Information in the compendium is presented in tabular form and includes the following: (1) site or local name and number; (2) the radiocarbon date in BP; (3) the laboratory sample number; (4) the type of sample; (5) cultural affiliation or geologic formation; and (6) published and unpublished reference concerning the date and site or locality.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicholas Triozzi.

Models developed from principles in human behavioral ecology have long benefited archaeological research. Drawing on natural features in the modern landscape, locations of prehistoric settlements can be evaluated in terms of calculable suitability. Such models also have predictive potential, as they can rank loci in terms of any combination of environmental conditions appropriate to the archaeological context being investigated. Where available, careful examination of ethnohistoric and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kevin P Smith.

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. Research on North Atlantic societies’ transitions from medieval to early modern cultures has recently become more theoretically engaged and informed. In Iceland, historical research has framed the most important processes in this transition as changes in religious affiliation and in the trading partners that linked...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert F Heizer.

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...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lindsay Kiel.

The neophyte housing complex of Mission Santa Clara de Asís, one of the five Spanish missions established in the San Francisco Bay region during the California Mission Period, was excavated between 2012 and 2014. Excavations unearthed numerous refuse pits that contained a variety of faunal remains. Feature 157 was made up of three distinct multi-use pit sub-features that contained the remains of a variety of fauna. The assemblage dates to approximately 1777-1837 and contains several thousand...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Crystal Castleberry.

This is an abstract from the "Individuals Known and Unknown: Case Studies from Two Burial Contexts at Colonial Williamsburg" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. As an institution that has contributed to the Black community's historical erasure, Colonial Williamsburg is still working to rebuild trust and right many wrongs. Few projects have made that more apparent than the First Baptist Church excavation and the rediscovery of its burial ground. With...

PROJECT Uploaded by: Gregory Brown

The Compton Site (18CV279) is a mid-17th-century tobacco plantation located near the mouth of the Patuxent River at Solomons in Calvert County, Maryland. The traces of at least two earthfast structures and post and rail fencing dating between 1651 and 1685 were uncovered in advance of residential construction. William and Magdalen Stevens acquired the Compton Site in 1651, when they are believed to have come to Maryland from Virginia. The Stevens and their children remained at the site until...

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, 6/64 Inch tobacco pipes

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, 7/64 Inch tobacco pipes

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, 8/64 to 10/64 inch tobacco pipes

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, bottle glass

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, brick

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, daub

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, domestic material

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, faunal

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, North Devon gravel-free

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, North Devon gravel-tempered earthenware

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, terra cotta pipes

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, tin-glazed earthenware

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, upholstery tacks

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, white clay tobacco pipes

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Artifact distribution map, window glass

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Representative artifacts: Banbury-type iron lock from Feature 8

IMAGE Catherine Alston.

Representative artifacts: Two carved bone handles, probably for utensils