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This catalog refers to some 3,000 pages of historical documents microfilmed in Jano, Chihuahua, by the authors who were members of the 1954 Archaeological Expedition into Northwestern Chihuahua, sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. Janos is a small town of about 800 people located in the northwestern corner of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. The town grew up around the Spanish presidio or garrison of San Felipe y Santiago de...
Catawba Foodways at Old Town: Loss and Discard of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (2016)
This paper analyzes botanical remains recovered at the Old Town site, a late 18th century occupation of the Catawba Nation, and integrates those data with faunal and ceramic analysis along with ethnographic and ethnohistorical sources to describe Catawba foodways. The Old Town occupation was defined by wars and a major epidemic, and was one of the places where the devastated Catawba peoples reformed and reconstituted their new identity. I examine the foodways at Old Town as part of the changing...
Catawba Foodways: Exploring Native and Colonial Influences (2013)
In the 18th century the Catawba held a key position in the Southeast, drawing a number of groups from the North Carolina Piedmont down to South Carolina to join them; ultimately these groups coalesced into the Catawba Nation. Projects undertaken by the Research Laboratories of Archaeology at UNC have investigated some of these previous 17th century communities in the North Carolina Piedmont, as well as a number of 18th-19th century Catawba households in South Carolina. This paper uses...
Categorizing and Analyzing Age: Historical Bioarchaeology and Childhood (2016)
While bioarchaeologists are able to estimate age from the remains of children into narrow ranges, they often avoid dividing childhood into categories based on these age estimates. Children then end up lumped under just a few categories, or even a single category, "child." While this is prudent in cases where chronological and cultural age cannot necessarily be matched, historical bioarchaeology gives us a unique opportunity to examine historical records and further refine how we categorize,...
Catholic Health Care in the Wild West: A Case Study of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Virginia City, Nevada (2013)
Virginia City, Nevada was a thriving mining boomtown in the late nineteenth century. Saint Mary’s Hospital provided quality health care to the citizens of Virginia City from 1875 to 1897. Administered by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, this private medical institution was greatly influenced by the Catholic Church. Considering its pivotal role as both a religious and social institution, the hospital site can provide great insights into the civic life of a community that was...
Catholic Parishes and Colonization: A Frontier Parish in Grand Bay, Dominica (2015)
The Catholic parishes that were established as units of ecclesiastical jurisdiction are among the range of institutions, including chartered companies, missions, and military installations, deployed by nation-states in the Americas to exert control over the daily lives of African, European, and indigenous peoples. As administrative units in the colonization of newly acquired territories in the Caribbean islands, parishes introduced administrative boundaries and religious personnel who intended...
Catoctin Furnace: Academic Research Informing Heritage Tourism (2016)
For more than 42 years, the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc. has maintained heritage programs in the village of Catoctin Furnace. These activities balance the needs of the ongoing village lifestyle with those of the received visitor experience. Updating traditional seasonal events while adding leisure amenities involves constantly balancing funding sources and message. However, the tourism experience must be rooted in solid academic research. Current research on the African-American...
Cats and Dogs in Late 18th Century Philadelphia Society (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Zooarchaeology, Faunal, and Foodways Studies" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Cats and dogs have lived with humans for thousands of years. Our relationship with both species evolved and changed over time as their social importance in Euromerican culture shifted from being working animals to status symbols, especially during the 18th century. Unlike other domesticated species, their remains tend to be poorly...
Cattle Husbandry Practices at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest: the Relationships Between Environment, Economy, and Enslavement (2017)
Cattle were not the primary focus of Thomas Jefferson’s Bedford County plantation, but he did maintain a small herd, divided between the quarter farms that comprised Poplar Forest, for various purposes. These included dairying, some meat production, and manure. Cattle were also driven in small numbers to Monticello, herded by enslaved individuals living at Poplar Forest. In addition to live animals, dairy products were also sent regularly to Monticello. While herding and dairying activities are...
Cattle In Charleston And South Carolina's Lowcountry (2017)
When colonists settled Carolina in the late 17th century they encountered a bountiful land. They immediately planted cattle, that thrived in the pinewoods, canebreaks, and marshes of the lowcountry. Most of these cattle were raised under free-range conditions. Three decades of archaeological research in Charleston, South Carolina, show that the flourishing cattle herds influenced the city's economy and diet. Measurements of cattle bones and analysis of recovered horn cores indicate that the...
Cattle Power: From Domestication to Ranching (2017)
I argue that, in contrast to other early animal domesticates, cattle domestication in the Near Eastern Neolithic was motivated largely by the symbolic value of wild cattle (aurochsen). Already the centerpieces of feasts and ceremonies, subject to ritual treatment, and probably playing a key role in Neolithic religion, domestication brought these powerful animals under human control, and ensured a ready supply for ceremonies. I suggest that this pre-existing symbolic and spiritual power shaped...
Cattle Ranching and O’odham Communities in the Pimería Alta: Zooarchaeological and Historical Perspectives (2017)
Cattle and other European livestock were important to the economic and cultural development of western North America; however, the celebrated cowboy and vaquero cultures of the region emerged out of a complex Spanish colonial tradition that began with missionized native peoples who became adept at ranching. The Pimería Alta, what is today northern Sonora and southern Arizona, provides an excellent case study of the many ways that the cattle introduced at missions became rapidly intertwined with...
Caughnawaga (1995)
This section provides information on the Caughnawaga site.
Caughnawaga
The project contains files relating to the excavation of the site called Caughnawaga, a Mohawk site near Fonda, New York. The site was site was excavated over the course of the years from 1948 to 1956 by the Van Epps-Hartley Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association. Floor plans resulting from these excavations were assemble electronically as part of the Mohawk Valley Project (1982-1995). Artifacts from the excavations remain with the chapter.
Caughnawaga between houses 10, 9, 8, 4, 3, 2, and 1
Aggregated floor plans for the area between longhouses 10, 9, 8, 4, 3, 2, and 1.
Caughnawaga between houses 11 & 12
Aggregated floor plans for the area between longhouses 11 and 12.
Caughnawaga between houses 12, 11, 10, 7,6 5, and 4.
Aggregated floor plans for the area between longhouses 12, 11, 10, 7, 6, 5, and 4.
Caughnawaga between Houses 4 & 5
Aggregated floor plans for the area between longhouses 4 and 5.
Caughnawaga between Houses 5 & 6
Aggregated floor plans for the area between longhouses 5 and 6.
Caughnawaga between houses 8 & 9
Aggregated floor plans for the area between longhouses 8 and 9.
Caughnawaga between houses 9 and 10
Aggregated floor plans for the area between longhouses 9 and 10.
Caughnawaga Catalog
This file contains an inventory of artifacts collected at the Caughnawaga site.
Caughnawaga Field Images
These images were taken in the field at the Caughnawaga site.
Caughnawaga Historic Images
This is a historical image from Caughnawaga.
Caughnawaga house 10A
Aggregated floor plans for the area covered by longhouse 10A.