War of 1812 (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Aaron M. Levinthal.

The Maryland State Highway Administration's recent archaeological investigations in Charles County have helped to increase the understanding of a landscape that directly contributed to events that shaped a developing nation. The discovery and study of several War of 1812 and Civil War sites and loci, all within close proximity of one another, the port town of Benedict, and major waterborne and overland transportation corridors, has provided insights on choices made by 19th century military...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert J. Hurry.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Ted M. Payne. Kenneth Baumgardt.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only John Pousson.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text G. Hubert Smith.

This publication is a mission statement and brief survey of the Missouri Basin area and its archaeological opportunities. The document encourages the excavation of the Missouri Basin in order to expand the initial information available for the restricted reservoir areas. The document is accompanied by photographs of related sites and artifacts.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kathy Lee Erlandson.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Emily R Walter. Greg Katz.

When the British threatened Baltimore in 1814, the citizens did not panic or surrender. Instead, with the help of militia from all over Maryland and beyond, they rushed to reinforce their city’s defenses with earthworks and whatever artillery could be scavenged. The anchor of the defense was high ground known as Hampstead Hill. While most of the city’s defenses have disappeared under its expanding neighborhoods, a section on Hampstead Hill survived because it was preserved in what became...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emily Swain.

On the night of August 21st, 1814, British troops under the command of General Robert Ross camped at Nottingham in Prince George’s County, Maryland, while on their march to burn Washington, D.C. Nearly 200 years later in 2010, The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission began a multi-year survey at Nottingham with the goals of finding evidence of the encampment and of the nearby colonial town, established in 1706. Using a map drawn by a British engineer travelling with the troops,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Julia M. Harrell. Ernie S. Montagliani.

Historic Archaeological Survey of Andrews Air Force Base covering a range of sites from a potential Early Native American sites, Early Colonial sites, American Civil War sites, and sites dating to the turn of the 20th Century.

DOCUMENT Citation Only James Gibb. William E. Stephens. Peter Quantock.

Fort Hollingsworth, erected by the citizens of Cecil County, Maryland, in April 1813 to protect the area from British incursions, was one of a series of small breastworks that protected the upper reaches of the Chesapeake Bay and the ‘back door’ to Philadelphia during the War of 1812. Fort Hollingsworth saw brief action in 1814 and, after the war, was demolished and the land returned to farming. Geophysical survey, exploratory soil borings, and detailed topographic mapping, and focused...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Donald G. Shomette.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Donald Shomette.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Luke LeBras.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The period following the War of 1812 saw ship owners, builders, and investors rush to reestablish the damaged United States whale fishery and “cash-in” on the ever-increasing demand for its products. While New England’s shipyards constructed some of the ships needed to rebuild the damaged fleet, converting merchant vessels to whaleships was generally preferred as conversion was a...

DOCUMENT Citation Only J. Lee Cox. Thomas L. Struthers. Michael Parrington.

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