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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This paper explores the domestic architecture and material culture of the James and Sophia Clemens farm in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The Clemens were free persons of color in the early to mid-19th century, but their background was one of enslavement in Virginia. Their Antebellum Ohio farmstead is explored here as an...
Interpreting the History of the Pullman Porters at the New Pullman National Monument Visitors Center (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. President Obama established the Pullman National Monument in 2015. He described Pullman as a “milestone on our journey toward a more perfect union” and directed the National Park Service (NPS) to interpret the industrial and labor history of the site, including “the rise and role of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.”...
Reflexive Archaeology: Interrogating an Early Archaeologist on an American Indian Sacred Landscape (2022)
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 roots of American archaeology trace back to 19th century investigations of American Indian mounds and earthworks. Many of the country’s prominent museums were founded on collections made during these early mound explorations. However, most of these collections lack provenience and provenance. Warren K. Moorehead’s work at...
What We can Learn from Silence: Analyzing Archival Omissions within the Context of Enslaved African Americans at Fort Snelling, Minnesota (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. As many scholars have noted, archives reflect the social context within which they were assembled as well as the personal experiences of those who created the collections. The archival materials associated with Fort Snelling in Minnesota are no exception. In the context of this site, I will discuss the archived papers of Lawrence...