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Oak, Steel, and Men: The History of USS Constitution through Artifact Biographies (2022)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Ryan W. Miranda.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. USS Constitution is the oldest warship afloat in the world. After launching on 21 October 1797, the vessel served with distinction in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. To this day, it still a commissioned warship in the U.S. Navy and crewed by active-duty Navy personnel as well as a living heritage piece. This study analyzes...


A Singular Find, A Global Story: an Artifact Biography of a French Tobacco Pipestem Found at an American Civil War Encampment in Williamsburg, VA. (2022)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Eric G. Schweickart.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. During excavations of the Powhatan Park site (44WB0138) on the outskirts of Williamsburg, Virginia in 2020 archaeologists working for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation recovered an unusual artifact. The mid-19th century clay tobacco pipe stem with a maker’s mark indicating that it was manufactured in the L. Fiolet factory in...


Tools of the trade: Shipboard crafts on the Queen Anne's Revenge (2020)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kendra Lawrence.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Innovative Approaches to Finding Agency in Objects" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The artifact assemblage from Queen Anne’s Revenge represents a rich and diverse shipwreck collection from the early eighteenth century. Ongoing conservation of the artifacts continues to reveal new and compelling insight into the lives of sailors aboard this vessel. Among this collection are hand tools which include several...