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DOCUMENT Citation Only Joel A. Dukes.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Archaeology of Arms: New Analytical Approaches", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Theodore Roosevelt is quoted as saying “The Great body of our citizens shoot less as time goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys and indeed among all classes ….” Roosevelt lived at Sagamore Hill, in Oyster Bay, New York from 1880 until his death in 1919. In 2021 the National Park Service Northeast Region...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tessa Somogyi. Kelly Gardner. Elizabeth A. DiGangi.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper Bodies: Excavating Archival Tissues and Traces", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This presentation will focus on a medical school bone box that was recently discovered in the basement of the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse, New York. We view the isolated bone box as an archive in and of itself and reflective of the consequences of structural violence on living people....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Aryn Neurock Schriner.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeology of Meat and Ale (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Today, Eckley Miners’ Village in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, stands as the only mining town museum in the United States. Although the museum’s goal is to preserve and share the lived experience of the late nineteenth to early twentieth century coal patch town residents, the lives of the lowest-paid residents are overlooked....

DOCUMENT Citation Only David B Landon. Christa M Beranek.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Historical Archaeology with Canon on the Side, Please”: In Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (1950-2020)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. One of Dr. Mary Beaudry’s long-term research interests was in the archaeology of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. This paper traces some of the history and legacies of that interest, including Mary’s research on Deetz’s archaeological collections in the 1980s, her...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard F. Veit. Christopher Matthews.

Antebellum grave markers for African Americans are uncommon as most individuals were buried without benefit of formal gravestones. However, some of those which survive are extraordinary. The markers examined here commemorate Caesar Drake, a Revolutionary War soldier; Elisha Gaiter a sailor; and Anthony Clapp, a musician. Individually, they illustrate the lives of three exceptional people; collectively they highlight the grit, resilience, and courage of individuals who, in spite of the structural...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Bonnie D. Newsom. Michael Scott. Alice Kelley. Katherine Allen.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Methods for Monitoring Heritage at Risk Sites in a Rapidly Changing Environment", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Indigenous shell heaps along the coast of Maine preserve a cultural and environmental record spanning millennia; however, climate change-related sea level rise and increased storm intensity and frequency are destroying sites at an alarming rate. To document and monitor site loss, an...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Meta F. Janowitz.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Artifacts are More Than Enough: Recentering the Artifact in Historical Archaeology", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. A tenet of historic archaeological research is that when ceramic vessels are purchased, they have certain meanings for those who choose to and are able to acquire them. Whether or not we can correctly interpret these meanings is a matter of debate. Do we know enough about the economics of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc..

Phase II/III report detailing the data retrieval excavations and research at the Reher site, a late 19th- to early 20th-century Jewish bakery and residence in Kingston, NY. Includes palynological report and artifact inventory in appendix.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alaina K Scapicchio.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Monuments and Statues to Women: Arrival of an Historical Reckoning of Memory and Commemoration", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers, Massachusetts is home to the first monument commemorating a victim of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The 1885 memorial to Rebecca Nurse is located in her historic family cemetery and has functioned as a grave marker because she received no...

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This project is based on Phase III data retrieval excavations and research conducted by Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. on the late 19th- and early 20th-century Reher Bakery site, a Jewish-American kosher and bakery within the National Register-listed Rondout-West Strand historic district. Archaeologists discovered several features, including a very large brick cistern, possibly used in the production of sarsaparilla or elsewhere in the bakery. Project resources include the Phase III...

DATASET Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc..

Excel dataset for Reher Historic site, a late 19th- to early 20th-century Jewish bakery and residence in Kingston, NY.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Francis McManamon.

This review of data from and interpretations about the archaeology of the outer Cape Cod area considers variation over time as new discoveries led to fuller explanations of the record in this area. Knowledge about the ancient past of the region is cumulative and colored by changes in the analytical perspective of researchers during the second half of the twentieth century. Archaeological data in this area has been brought to the surface, literally. through both purposeful archaeological...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Eric E. Jones. Emma Grace Sprinkle.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This research combines agricultural census data, GIS-based spatial analyses of historic maps, and historic accounts to examine how and why farmers in Fenner, NY transitioned from subsistence to commercial production during 1855-1875. Traditional explanations cite the burgeoning consumer economy and progressive farming movements pushed by corporate entities as factors and propose farmers...

DOCUMENT Citation Only C. S. Paddy Reid.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrea Lain. Michael T. Lucas. Kristin O'Connell. Susan Winchell-Sweeney.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Collections Management in the Age of COVID-19" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. New York City, Westchester County, and other downstate areas were devastated by the coronavirus pandemic during March and April of 2020. The New York State government took necessary, responsible, and decisive measures to control the spread of the virus, flatten the curve, and save lives. Businesses and state agencies closed to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Lucas.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "More than Pots and Pipes: New Netherland and a World Made by Trade" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Examples of European ceramics carved into roughly circular pieces, are found on archaeological sites throughout the Atlantic world. Most scholarship to date focuses on “gaming pieces” created and used by enslaved people on plantations in the Caribbean and southern North America during the 18th and 19th...

DOCUMENT Citation Only David E. (1,3) Leslie. Peter A. (2,3) Leach.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Archaeological and Historical Services, Inc. (AHS) conducted an underwater Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey of Barnstable Pond, in Marston Mills, Massachusetts. The pond was impounded in the late 17th century in support of local industries and has remained continually impounded. The GPR survey allowed AHS to image the pond...

DOCUMENT Citation Only George Schwarz. Chris Dostal. Glenn Greico.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Exploring the Maritime Archaeology of the Richelieu River and Lake Champlain Valley: Ongoing Research", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The schooner Royal Savage played a pivotal role as the flagship of Benedict Arnold’s squadron in the American Continental Army’s defense of Lake Champlain against the British during the American Revolution. Misfortune led to her sinking during the Battle of Valcour Island in...