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This paper will discuss firearm materials and related artifacts found in the slave quarter of the historic Hume Plantation, a rice producer in the South Carolina low country from the late eighteenth century until the Civil War. Due to the historical context of violent outbreaks in the region including a murder at a neighboring plantation, it would seem that firearms and materials that could be used for weaponry would be highly prohibited among the enslaved population. Furthermore, according to...
Narratives of Change over Time at Strawbery Banke (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. Strawbery Banke Museum is a 10-acre outdoor history museum that explores change over time in a waterfront neighborhood. The museum has recently officially expanded its period of interpretation to begin with early Indigenous history and continue through the present day. This expanded focus offers visitors various opportunities to...
Re-use and Recycle: the various lives of prehistoric monuments (2015)
There are innumerable examples throughout prehistory (and history) of ancient monuments repurposed for a variety of reasons, such as the legitimation of power, land ownership and ancestry, among others. Today, many people, in particular Neo-Pagans, attempt to identify with past peoples and to incorporate ancient sites into their modern day religious beliefs. Although not inherently bad, interpretations of ancient sites through a Neo-Pagan lens tend to gloss over archaeological evidence and...
What Do All These Broken Things Mean? Collectively Interpreting the Archaeology of The Hill Neighborhood in Easton, Maryland (2018)
The Hill neighborhood in Easton, Maryland, is a place where people have come together over the past 200 years to fight slavery, racism, economic marginalization, and gender inequity. These efforts are reflected in the archaeological record. However, the legacy of earlier generations is threatened by decades of disinvestment and a tide of gentrification. The Hill Community Project therefore aims to use research, public interpretation, and preservation to revitalize the built and social fabric...