Midwestern United States (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sophie Minor.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. During the mid-19th century Fort Snelling, located in what is now known as Minnesota, housed African American individuals enslaved by officers serving in the American military. Today, the site functions as a popular historic destination. Although enslaved people were crucial to the site’s history, as well as Minnesotan and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Cassandra B Apuzzo. H. Kory Cooper.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Fort Ouiatenon, established in 1717, was the first French fur trade post in present-day Indiana. During the 1970s, over 100 kilograms of waste from metalworking activities were discovered in an area believed to be linked to a forge. This research investigated debris from a specific area previously associated with blacksmithing to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Rebecca L Wiewel. Adam S Wiewel. Gosia J Mahoney. Dawn R Bringelson.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology of Neighborhoods and Communities (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Damaging flood events along Hoover Creek at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch, Iowa have prompted plans for major construction within this historic neighborhood. In advance of the flood mitigation project, archeologists at the Midwest Archeological Center (MWAC) undertook a...