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DOCUMENT Citation Only Bonnie L. Persinger. James G. Gibb.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Alison M. Ricci-Wadas.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“We the People”: Historical Cemetery Archaeology in Philadelphia" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Artifacts from places of confinement, excavated by archaeologists from institutions occupied long ago, provide unique insights into the people who lived, worked, and died there. Between 1835 and 1905, the Blockley Almshouse in Philadelphia housed the sick poor, mentally ill, unwed mothers, and children. In...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mara Kaktins.

When presented with the opportunity to fully excavate a site or feature, especially in an area of such historic importance as Philadelphia, there is an obligation to maximize the amount of information you can extract from the dirt.  Preservation conditions within a privy associated with the First Philadelphia City Almshouse were excellent, warranting a careful methodological approach to recover as much data as possible.  The anaerobic contexts within the water-logged feature yielded thousands of...