Revolutionary War (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael J. Gall.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Revisiting Revolutionary America" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Extensively studied archaeologically and historically, the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778 in central New Jersey showcased Washington’s ability to stand against the British Army and hold the field of battle. The New Jersey militia was important to this success. They harassed the British Army leading to the battle and commanded key terrain...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicholas F. Bellantoni. Sarah Sportman.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“A Little Grass and Earth Thrown in to fill up the Grave”: Archaeological studies of American War for Independence burial spaces", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Construction activities to lower the soil grade of a 1790 house basement in 2019 uncovered human skeletal remains in Ridgefield, CT. In compliance with state statutes, the state archaeologist was notified to assume the investigation. Subsequent...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter Straub. Steve Nagiewicz.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. An obscure historical battle along the Mullica River in Port Republic, New Jersey, was one of the first documented amphibious assaults by a foreign nation on South Jersey soil and has led to a continuing investigation of shipwrecks of the Revolutionary War period. These shipwrecks have become field classrooms, using them to instruct students about small boat operations, research...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Saine C. Hernandez Burgos. Richard F. Veit. Hillary A. DelPrete. Thomas A. Crist.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The World Turned Upside Down: Revisiting the Archaeology of the American Revolution" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Count Carl Emil Ulrich von Donop, adjutant to the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, volunteered for service in America during the Revolution and served as a Colonel commanding four battalions of Hessian grenadiers and the Jäger Corps. An aggressive and skillful officer, he played a key role in the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Donald Shomette.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Matthew Keagle.

This is an abstract from the "Re-discovering the Archaeology Past and Future at Fort Ticonderoga" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Fort Ticonderoga was the site of nearly two and a half decades of military occupation during the 18th century. This covers the critical conflicts of the 18th century: the French and Indian War and American Revolution. Seesawing between powers saw the landscape occupied by many American and European military forces, all...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Keely Lewis-Schroer. Amanda Rasmussen.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests in South Carolina include over 11,000 archaeological sites spanning major events throughout history. The Revolutionary War is no exception but represents an understudied portion of the Forest’s history despite its namesakes. As part of the Forests’ efforts to further site stewardship and a better understanding...

DOCUMENT Citation Only John D. Broadwater.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The World Turned Upside Down: Revisiting the Archaeology of the American Revolution" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The last major battle of the American Revolution took place in Yorktown, Virginia, ending with the surrender of the Southern British Army under the command of General Charles Earle Cornwallis. The remains of the British, French, and Colonial earthworks are preserved by the National Park...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas D Scott. Joel Bohy.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Documenting the Built Environment (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The British Regulars retreat from Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 is legendary in American history. Colonial militias and the famous Minute Men ambushed the British column along the retreat route back to Boston. Colonists’ usws local homes as ambush points. The British reached the Village of Arlington,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Claudia Chemello. Shanna L Daniel. George Schwarz. Kimberly Roche.

In 2015, the Naval History and Heritage Command Underwater Archaeology (UA) Branch received the remains of Royal Savage, a Revolutionary War vessel which sank in Lake Champlain in 1776 following service in the Battle of Valcour Island. UA archaeologists and conservators are employing a combination of traditional methods and modern technology to document, research and preserve this important piece of U.S. Navy history. To record the more than 50 remaining timbers, UA archaeologists are utilizing...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Christopher R. Sabick. Cherilyn A. Gilligan.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Since the discovery of the Revolutionary War gunboat Spitfire in 1997, there have been ongoing discussions of how best to manage this remarkable site which rests in the cold dark waters of Lake Champlain. Through the support of a National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program planning grant, the Lake Champlain...

DOCUMENT Citation Only David Markus. Joshua Catalano.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In August 1776, South Carolina militia forces provoked the Cherokee into the Battle of Esseneca which resulted in the destruction of the town and later the construction of Fort Rutledge upon its remnants. This fort and battle, located on Clemson University campus, had a devastating impact on the Cherokee. Through a pattern of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard F. Veit.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Revisiting Revolutionary America" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the summer of 1948, farmer Alfred Leone's melon patch yielded a most unusual crop, a treasure trove of colonial artifacts. Dredging the Delaware Ship channel to Philadelphia had opened the hull of a sunken ship and dredge spoil full of artifacts spewed across Leone's fields. Antiquarians and local historians descended on the site where...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Anna Hayden. Thane H. Harpole.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Before, After, and In Between: Archaeological Approaches to Places (through/in) Time" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Large-scale archaeological excavations on the campus of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science from 2016-2017 revealed hundreds of cultural features, excavation of which shed light on the long span of historical occupation at Gloucester Point. In-depth analysis of the spatial, temporal,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrew Van Slyke. Marianne Franklin. Della A Scott-Ireton. John W. Morris III.

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Deadman’s Island (8SR782) and Town Point Shipwrecks (8SR983) are unidentified wrecks that were investigated and interpreted as small stripped and abandoned wrecks from the British Occupational Period of Pensacola (1763-1781). Archaeological assessment of these two sites clearly indicated ships from early to middle 18th century construction, with wood from both Old World and New...

PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This report discusses a project to map and otherwise document a submerged Revolutionary War battlefield where General Benedict Arnold intentionally destroyed five of his own vessels to deprive the British of battle prizes. The project was designed to systematically map the submerged Valcour Island battlefield while providing sport divers a way to channel their interest in history and archaeology into a formally permitted project.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Arthur Cohn. Adam Kane. Christopher Sabick. Edwin Scallon.

This report discusses a project to map and otherwise document a submerged Revolutionary War battlefield where General Benedict Arnold intentionally destroyed five of his own vessels to deprive the British of battle prizes. The project was designed to systematically map the submerged Valcour Island battlefield while providing sport divers a way to channel their interest in history and archaeology into a formally permitted project.