Southeastern United States (Geographic Keyword)
26-28 (28 Records)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeology of Urban Dissonance: Violence, Friction, and Change" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The recent removal of a towering statue of John C. Calhoun has brought much attention to the open park known known as Marion Square in Charleston, South Carolina. Historical and archaeological research demonstrates that the removal, and the protests that led to this event are just the latest instances of social...
Unexpected Discovery: An 18th-Century Cannon Cluster Site in the Savannah River (2023)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In February 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District recovered three cannon, a stocked anchor, and a number of wooden and metal materials while dredging regular maintenance areas in preparation for deepening associated with the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). A subsequent geophysical survey and diver...
The Utility of Communities of Practice in a Spanish Colonial Context (2023)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Archaeologists studying colonial contexts know that these periods are often marked by rapid social and demographic change. In the southeastern United States, these changes led to the coalescence of formerly independent peoples. Interestingly, there are also rapid changes in potting practices. While these processes of coalescence...