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The Immigrant Experience in an Urban Archaeological Context: Challenges and Opportunities in the Nation’s Capital (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Ruth Trocolli. Christine Ames. Nicole C Grigg.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Urban Preservation Challenges in a Global Perspective", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Studying the immigrant experience in urban archaeological contexts can be a challenge. Sites with immigrant residents often included tenants rather than property owners and were subject to high turnover. Washington, DC has always been a transient city and presents a particular global perspective where opportunities and...


The Search for the Silver Plate: a Proposal (1990)
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Consultation on techniques that could locate the silver plate in the cornerstone of the US Capitol in Washington; for Kara A. Schonberger (Architect of the Capitol).