Delaware (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ashley H. McKeown. Meradeth H. Snow. Rosanne Bongiovanni. Kirsten A. Green. Kathleen Hauther. Rachel Summers-Wilson.

Bioarchaeological interpretations of five burials from a small family cemetery likely associated with one of the domestic structures at the Elkins Site integrate information from in situ data collection and standard laboratory assessment, as well as DNA and stable isotope analysis. Four of the burials (two adult males and two adult females) were tightly clustered and the fifth burial (a male infant) was spatially separated within the cemetery. Despite craniofacial morphology that could be...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Dana D. Kollmann.

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...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Diana Simpson. Keith Jacobi.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Although many prehistoric shell burial mound sites within the Pickwick Basin of the Tennessee River Valley of Alabama have been the subject of extensive archaeological and osteological analyses, The Little Bear Creek Site (1CT8) was excluded from such modern study until recently. However, the most recent skeletal inventory of the site revealed high levels of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Steve Lenik.

A biographical framework for archaeological studies of Jesuit missions in the Americas guides enquiry toward histories of specific artifacts, especially religious objects that were implicated in efforts to gain converts, as well as mission space including manor houses and churches. Additionally, narrative accounts of Jesuit missions lend themselves to biographies, either for the lives of influential missionaries or the missions, that were disseminated through texts such as the Relations. This...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Johanna A. Pacyga.

Mission archaeology benefits from a rich documentary archive produced by missionaries themselves, church and government officials, sponsors and charitable organizations, and—ideally—converts. Biography emerges as a potent method of organization and mode of analysis, allowing the archaeologist to name, follow, and order traces in the archives and the archaeological record. Thinking about archaeology as crafting a compelling biography of place allows for the articulation of intimacies and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Amanda C. E. Charland.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“We Go to Gain a Little Patch of Ground. That hath in it no profit but the name”: Revolutionary Research in Archaeologies of Conflict" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This paper demonstrates the complex role of spoliated elements and how they offer broader insight into the role of urban fortification in the Levant during the conflict of the Crusades. The motivations behind the spoliation of these elements...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emma DeLillo. Charles D Beeker. Claudia C. Johnson. Samuel I. Haskell.

This is an abstract from the "POSTER Session 2: Linking Historic Documents and Background Research in Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In June of 2011, Indiana University Underwater Science inaugurated the 1724 Guadalupe Underwater Archaeological Preserve (GUAP) as a Living Museum of the Sea, designed to protect both the submerged cultural and biological resources of the site. Located in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic, the site is an...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Daniel Dybowski.

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DATASET Louis Berger.

Listing by Feature and Vessel numbers of specific ceramic specimen and their cross mends used to calculate a minimum number of vessels (MNV) for the Locus B occupation at the Bird-Houston site.

DATASET Louis Berger.

Catalog details the artifacts and cross mends from each feature that constitute the reconstructed glass vessels used to calculate the minimum number of glass vessels from features at Locus B of the Bird-Houston site (7NC-F-138)

DATASET Louis Berger.

artifact catalog from Phase II and III excavations at the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138), includes identified floral and faunal specimen

PROJECT John Bedell. FHWA.

The Louis Berger Group, Inc., conducted Phase II and III archaeological investigations at the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138), located in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, in advance of the proposed U.S. Route 301 construction. The Bird-Houston Site is the remains of a small farm occupied between about 1775 and 1920. The site has two distinct parts about 200 feet apart; Locus B was occupied from about 1775 to 1825, and Locus A was occupied from about 1825 to 1920. Documentary...

IMAGE Louis Berger.

Laboratory photo of buttons recovered from various contexts in Locus A, the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138)

IMAGE Louis Berger.

Field photo of Locus A Feature 1, the well, after hand excavation of upper layers and mechanical excavation of surrounding subsoil. View to North

IMAGE Louis Berger.

Laboratory photo of 19th-century glass pharmaceutical bottle fragments recovered from various contexts in Locus A at the Bird-Houston site (7NC-F-138).

IMAGE Louis Berger.

Field photo of bone-handled iron utensil (Cat./Spec. No. 239.24) recovered from Stratum A Level 2 East Half, Feature 15, the well, in Locus B of the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138).

IMAGE Louis Berger.

Laboratory photo of brass button (Cat./Spec. No. 243.8) recovered from Locus B Feature 15 Stratum B Level 1 East Half and brass broach pin (Cat./Spec. No. 238.21) recovered from Locus B Feature 15 Stratum A Level 1 West Half.

IMAGE Louis Berger.

Field photo of identification and cleaning of Locus B Feature 1, the well, after mechanical removal of plowzone.

IMAGE Louis Berger.

Field photo of Locus B Feature 15, resuming hand excavation after mechanical removal of surrounding subsoil, view to west.

IMAGE Louis Berger.

Field photo of Locus B Feature 3 west profile after excavation of east half. Unidentified iron artifact in-situ at base of excavation.

IMAGE Louis Berger.

Field photo of redware bowl in-situ within Locus B well, Feature 15 Stratum A, Level 2, west half (Cat./Spec. No. 240.11), view to north.

IMAGE Louis Berger.

Field photo of unidentified iron object recovered from Locus B Feature 3, Stratum A, Level 1 (Cat./Spec. No. 220.4) after excavation.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tiffany M Raszick. John Bedell.

The Bird-Houston Site is a homestead that was occupied from around 1775 to 1920. During that long span the site was used in various ways by diverse occupants. Two houses stood there; the earlier log house was replaced by a frame house around 1825, and the two houses were far enough apart to keep their associated artifacts separate. The site’s occupants included unknown tenants, white property owners, and, after 1840, African American farm laborers and their families. Excavation of the site...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jason W Bush.

As "snapshot" documents of the past, historical maps, aerial photographs, and satellite imagery are a valuable source for the archaeological investigation of major conflicts throughout the past eight decades.  Although many of these documents were initially acquired and then maintained in secret in the context of major conflict or clandestine purposes, decades later they are proving to be of much benefit and unintended value for historical and archaeological research.  This paper will present an...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lia Kitteringham. Caroline Graham. Abhishek Sathiakumar. Edward Henry.

This is an abstract from the "Advances in Geoarchaeology and Environmental Archaeology Perspectives on Earthen-Built Constructions" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Pinson Mounds is a large Middle Woodland monument complex centrally located between two other mound centers in west Tennessee. Despite intermittent archaeological research, the Eastern Precinct of Pinson Mounds has remained understudied compared to earthen monuments situated throughout...