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California State University Channel Islands is known as the location of the former Camarillo State Mental Hospital. The campus also serves as a case study for examining changes in communities and land use in California throughout time. Archaeological surveys on campus, artifact analyses, and historic records together document shifts in human activities at this location. This presentation outlines the long term use of this area by a noteworthy variety of people: the Chumash and their ancestors,...
Stories from the Kitchen: Ceramic Analysis of the Belvoir Slave Quarter (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeology and Analysis of the Belvoir Quarter" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The discovery and excavation of a brick and stone slave quarter provides a rare opportunity to study an artifact assemblage produced from the preparation and consumption of meals prepared by, and for, an enslaved community. This paper will present the types of vessels and decorations represented in the thousands of ceramics...
Stories Written in Stone (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Revolutionizing Approaches to Campus History - Campus Archaeology's Role in Telling Their Institutions' Stories" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. When Leland and Jane Stanford bought the Mayfield Grange property in 1876, it was as a country home. Little was done to the house that had been built by George Gordon in 1864 until 1888, after the death of their only child, Leland Stanford, Jr., when extensive...
Story Maps, A New Public Archaeology Tool: Mill Springs Battlefield Case Study (2018)
ESRI Story Maps are a new strategy for combining geographic information with text, images and multimedia content in an easily shareable web interface. The technique is especially useful for presenting historic archaeology to the public, as archaeological and archival data can be juxtaposed to present a more complete story. In this presentation we will exhibit the story map created for the Beech Grove area of the Mill Springs Battlefield and discuss its potential as a public archaeology tool. ...
Story Maps: Utilizing the NHHC Arsenal to Tell the Navy's Story (2018)
As the repository and institutional memory of the U.S. Navy, the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) preserves, analyzes, and disseminates historically and culturally relevant resources and products that reflect the Navy's enduring contributions throughout our nation's history. Unique to the Navy among the Department of Defense, the Navy's history program, library, archives, collections, and museums are combined into one Command. Initially, the Underwater Archaeology Branch (UAB) began...
Straight from the Horse's Mouth: Understanding Public Archaeology from the Public (2018)
For the past two decades, archaeologists have worked to engage members of the public in archaeological research, preservation, and interpretation. Because of the huge variety in the types of publics engaged in these projects and the approaches of the archaeologists running them, we are continually refining our methods of public archaeology implementation, execution, and evaluation. Despite this variety, we rarely hear directly from program participants. For this panel we have invited public...
Strains of Different Cultures Embedded in the 400 Year Old Spanish Language of Northern New Mexico (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Chicanx Archaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. As the oldest center of Hispano/Mexicano culture in the United States, northern New Mexico offers a unique view into this culture’s presence in what is now the continental United States. Due to the centuries-long isolation of the region and the relatively dense population of Spanish speakers, northern New Mexico’s four hundred year-old Hispano/Mexicano culture...
"A Strange Sort of Warfare Underground": Mines and Countermines on the Petersburg Front, 1864 (2016)
Petersburg, Virginia, is known for the mine explosion that destroyed a Confederate fort and initiated the Battle of the Crater. This was not the only mining effort on the siege line. Even before the July 30, 1864, explosion, the Confederate defenders of Petersburg constructed countermines in places where the terrain was susceptible to underground enemy approaches. The use of LIDAR imagery, map and photographic analysis, documentary research and field survey has revealed two extensive sets of...
Strategic Planning for the Web: Goals, Objectives and Tactics for Communicating Heritage (2013)
Archaeologists have been early adopters of digital technologies relative to other heritage-related professions. But how often are their online communications initiatives informed by audience-based strategic intention? The pervasiveness of online tools makes engagement ever easier, and as a result, a less meaningful measure of influence. Conversely, planning for digital communications is often an uncomfortable and intensive process that results in more effective online initiatives by clarifying...
A Stratified Archaeological Sample of Low Elevation Areas On Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada (2000)
The Nellis AFR Low Elevation Stratified Sample inventory was conducted in low areas of the range where most mission-related activities occur. This study, which was performed in accordance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, had the following goals: 1) characterize the prehistoric cultural resources of low elevation areas on the range; and 2) use this information to construct a model for identifying areas of low to high potential for cultural remains. Data from this study...
Stratified Random Cluster Sampling as Applied to Miwok Indian Sites in the Central Sierra: a Research Project Conducted by John Senser, Under the Guidance of Dr. Lewis Napton, Stanislaus State College. (1977)
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Stratified Random Sampling Cultural Resource Inventory Within That Portion of the Overthrust Belt Located in the Virgin Valley Planning Unit, Clark County, Nevada (1980)
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Stratigraphy and Chronology at Las Capas, an Early Agricultural Period Site in the Tucson Basin (2021)
This is an abstract from the "Constructing Chronologies I: Stratification and Correlation" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper discusses the stratigraphic chronology for the Las Capas site in the Tucson Basin, southern Arizona. Las Capas was inhabited by early farmers during the Late Archaic/Early Agricultural period (EAP), which dates from about 2100 cal BC to cal AD 50. Maize and canal irrigation were introduced during this interval....
Strawberry Well, BLM Job No. 4257: Report No. 4-19 (N) (1975)
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Streaking and Straight Pins: Constructing Masculinity on an Antebellum College Campus (2016)
The myth of the "Southern gentleman" permeates the modern imagination of the historic American South. This archetype is simultaneously "other" and "normative": the concept is saturated in an air of mystery and deep, foreign tradition, yet is often set against studies of traditional American "others" such as women, immigrants, and enslaved peoples. Recent excavations at Graham Hall, an all-male antebellum dormitory on Washington & Lee University’s campus in Lexington, VA, have uncovered a rich,...
Streamlining the process: using handheld devices for in-field data collection on Ossabaw Island, Georgia. (2017)
The last few years has seen a rise in the development of tools and technology that enable the collection of archaeological data directly into electronic formats using handheld devices such as tablets and smartphones. These applications not only eliminate traditional paper collection issues but also decrease in-field collection errors and reduce post-processing times. This poster will focus on the utilization of Petroglyph, an application specifically developed for the first phase of a research...
Street Code: Working Out How Symbolic Artifacts and Features Are Used to Traffic Drugs (2024)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Sixteen years of ethnoarchaeological observation and collection has resulted in the creation of a massive data set relating to ongoing drug sales in an urban context. Hundreds of thousands of “trash” items have been gathered for study. They display strong repetitive patterning in their content and testify to the organized complexity of everyday dealing. A...
Streets of Royalty: African-American Music and Memorialization in West Baltimore (2018)
Popular music heritage holds a meaningful place in public memory and in the construction of social identities. Sites associated with musical legacies that have significant meaning to a community are often memorialized to emphasize their connection with a particular place. This paper explores the relationship between music, heritage, and placemaking in the historic African-American neighborhood of West Baltimore, where decades of racism, economic decline, and failed urban-renewal plans have...
Strength Analysis of the Transwestern Ceramic Assemblage (1993)
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Strength and Porosity Testing (2013)
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The Strength of Deep Ties: Obsidian Provenance Suggests Long-Distance Cooperation over Six Millennia in Numu Territory (2023)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Scholars have suggested that economies of scale gained from cooperative hunting fueled the evolution of human sociality. This model anticipates inflated levels of cooperation during group-hunting events in comparison to other contexts. To evaluate this prediction, we examine the provenance of 395 obsidian projectile points from the large communal hunting...
Strength Testing Archaeological Ceramics: a New Perspective (1994)
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Strength, Toughness and Thermal Shock Resistance of Ancient Ceramics, and Their Influence on Technological Choice (2001)
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Strike the Bell!: Creation of a Diagnostic Database of Known Early Ship's Bells (2018)
Ship's bells have long held the fascination of laypeople and scholars alike. Despite this fascination, little information is known about the earleist ship's bells from the 14th through the end of the 17th century. While numerous archaeological examples do exist, these either lack provenance, are fragmented, or do not follow a standarized method for analysis, making diagnostic comparisons exceedingly difficult or impossible. Recognizing this problem, the authors have undertaken the creation of a...
Striking a Balance: Ethical and Methodological Challenges in Virtual Reality Experience Design for Cultural Heritage Applications (2024)
This is an abstract from the "Leveling Up: Gaming and Game Design in Archaeological Education and Outreach" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Virtual reality is a valuable tool for public engagement and education, offering an immersive platform for the exploration of archaeological and cultural heritage landscapes. While not a gaming endeavor, cultural heritage VR draws from 3D gaming technologies and techniques to create the platform at the heart of...