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Archaeological examinations of the Olmec civilization in the tropical lowlands of Mexico have focused largely on the elite and grandiose aspects of the society. Research conducted through the PAAP instead chose to explore non-monumental aspects of the Olmec. Investigations of the Los Soldados site in southern Veracruz included ground-penetrating radar (GPR) surveys of four areas. Although GPR is a geophysical method not often successful in tropical lowland settings, it proved successful in the...
"There’s nothing of their house but the ruined foundation": History and Archaeology at the Manton Farm and Primus Collins House Sites (2023)
This presentation highlights an ongoing collaborative, community-based archaeological project at two sites in Little Compton, Rhode Island associated with eighteenth and nineteenth century Native/Afro-American families. Primus Collins, a freed black man, purchased his property in 1836 and his daughter Lucy Collins remained in the house until her death in 1893. Henry Manton’s enslaved mother sent him north in the 1860s and he and his Native American wife raised twelve children in the home Henry...
A Window to the Past: The Archaeological Significance of the Plank Log House to Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania (2015)
Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania is a town with a history as long as European settlement in the Middle Atlantic United States region. First a Swedish trading outpost, then owned by the Dutch, and finally incorporated into William Penn’s holdings, the Borough of Marcus Hook now refers to itself as the Cornerstone of Pennsylvania. During the 18th century, the town had a major market which was the last port of call on the trade route to Philadelphia. The Plank Log House on Market Street, was built in the...