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DOCUMENT Citation Only Holly E. Delwiche. Erin N. Delwiche. Andrew Beaupre.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Memory, Archaeology, And The Social Experience Of Conflict and Battlefields" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. As the first historic district in New York State, the Stockade Neighborhood of Schenectady is distinguished by a rich collective memory. Paramount among these historical memories is the Massacre of 1690. The story of the 'massacre' has been venerated through first-hand accounts, ballads,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Soil Systems, Inc..

This form was used to record human remains in both the field and the lab by SSI. It was last modified in 2003, but some version of it was used at least since 1997.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael J. Perry.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Aviva Finkelstein.

Bioarchaeology has undergone some amazing advancements since the 1970s. Due to ancient DNA and isotopic analysis, we are now able to understand health, ancestry, and diet, among other topics. Unfortunately, these methods of investigation are largely inaccessible to many descendant communities due to prohibitive costs and the destructive nature of many forms of analyses on human remains. Archaeologists are beginning to respond to these concerns, by developing non-destructive analytical tools....

DOCUMENT Citation Only John Richards. Catherine Jones.

Excavation and analysis of human remains from the Milwaukee County Institution Grounds Poor Farm Cemetery (MCIG) provided an opportunity to test the effectiveness of portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) as both a field and laboratory tool. During the fieldwork portion of the project, excavations exposed soils that visual inspection suggested might harbor a concentration of toxic materials. PXRF was used on site to determine the nature of the potential toxins and determine the risk factor...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa A. Connor.

During the August, 1991, metal detector inventory of Big Hole National Battlefield, a partial human skeleton was uncovered. The remains are those of an unidentified girl in her late teens. The skeleton was on top of a camas oven, which is consistent with historical accounts of the disposal of some of the bodies from the battle. The body showed evidence of extensive post-mortem mutilation. The arms had been cut off and laid below the pelvis, one leg had been detached and was not with the remains,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Louise M. Robbins.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.