Gulf Coast, Texas (Geographic Keyword)
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'Bring Out Your Dead': Contagion and 19th Century Texas Ports (2022)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Disease has long played a powerful role in the shaping of communities, spurring moments of unity for the common health or bringing devastation, sowing deep distrust amongst families, groups of different religious and ethnic backgrounds, and neighboring communities. Before the rise of air travel, coastal port cities often...