Middle Atlantic, USA (Geographic Keyword)

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Heritage at Risk along the Delaware Bay’s Scenic Byways: Narrating Climate Threats, Legacy and Loss with StoryMaps (2022)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Heather A. Wholey. Joanna Mauerer. Daria Nikitina. Megan Heckert.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The archaeological sites, historic locations and districts, and National Register properties along Delaware Bay’s Scenic Heritage Byways hold the stories of centuries of connections between the communities, cultures and resources of the largest preserved coastal marshes along the East Atlantic coast. Probablistic projections of...


If You Didn't Know Better...: The Enigma of Jamestown's "Spanish" Beads (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Dennis B. Blanton. Elliot H Blair.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Opening the Vault: What Collections Can Say About Jamestown’s Global Trade Network", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Since the beginning, excavations of the Jamestown Rediscovery Project have yielded large numbers of glass beads that traditionally are anticipated in early sixteenth century contexts, and very often with Spanish affiliations. New elemental and qualitative analyses bring understanding to this...