19th & 20th Centuries (Temporal Keyword)
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Final report of testing and data recovery excavations within Block 22 of the original City of Phoenix Townsite in compliance with the Arizona Antiquities Act under Section 802(A.1) of the City of Phoenix's Historic Preservation Ordinance. Testing determined that significant cultural resources—prehistoric and historic features and cultural deposits—did exist below the asphalt-capped parking lot operated by the City of Phoenix Central Parking System and resulted in the westward expansion of the...
Cultural Resources Overview of the Bush Park Auxiliary Canal Study Area Berkeley County, South Carolina (1981)
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Living the Not So Sweet Life: Archaeological Investigations in the Chatsworth Plantation Quarters (2015)
Southern Louisiana was home to one of the largest cash crops cultivated during antebellum times. Sugarcane was grown in a relatively small area in South Louisiana, but had far reaching impacgts at both the local and regional level. This poster will discuss the archaeology taking place at the Chatsworth Plantation site. I will also examine the spatial layout of Chatsworth, a sugar producing plantation, and discuss possible reasons for the use of the particular layout. In addition, I will...
New Objects, Old Trade: 19th-and 20th-century European Ceramics and Glass in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (2015)
Historical archaeology has often examined the role of material culture within the new and increasingly globalised trade networks brought about by European colonial and economic expansion in the post-1500 period. The 19th- and 20th-century European ceramics and glass recovered in the inland oasis city of Al Ain, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, do not necessarily indicate that the arrival of new European material culture types are associated with the replacement or wholesale...
One Artifact, Multiple Interpretations: Postcolonial Archaeology and the Analysis of Chinese Coins (2015)
This paper examines how a focus on "culturally bounded" groups restricts historical archaeology’s exploration of oppressive social practices such as slavery, racism, and inequality. Competing interpretations of a single class of material culture – in this case, Chinese coins – illuminates how bias enters archaeological interpretations in subtle ways. Chinese coins, also known as wen have been recovered from historic sites on nearly every continent. The author focuses on the interpretation of...
The Original Green: Regulatory Best Practices for Sustainable Historic Preservation in Montpelier, Vermont (2011)
After years of collaboration, public participation, and strategic planning, the City of Montpelier released their final master plan EnVision Montpelier in the spring of 2010. Like most comprehensive plans, Envision Montpelier articulates clear goals for the City and its residents and outlines specific action steps to help Montepelier realize these desired outcomes over the next twenty years. However, unlike many comprehensive plans today, Montepelier's plan goes several steps further to...
Ossabaw Island
Ossabaw Island State Land Files
Ossabaw Tabbies Investigation - Wildlife Resource Division Workshop (2003)
Archaeological Investigations at the Ossabaw Tabbies - WRD Workshop: Background Information, Schedule, Field Notes, Artifact- and Excavation Forms
Progress Report on Archaeological Exploration of Tabby Number 2, North End Plantation, Osssabaw Island (1996)
Historic preservation efforts to stabilize and restore the tabby buildings on the North End Plantation, Ossabaw Island, Georgia are currently being directed by the Ossabaw Island Foundation (OIF), in coordination with the Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department ofNatural Resources (HPD, GDNR). The tabby buildings on this site were recently recognized as important cultural resources by the Save America's Treasures unit of the National Park Service. Archaeological study of the tabbys is...
Progress Report on Archaeological Investigations within Tabby 1, North End Plantation, Ossabaw Island, Georgia (2006)
Archaeologists with the LAMAR Institute completed field excavations within Tabby 1 of the North End Plantation (Site 9Ch1062) on Ossabaw Island, Georgia. This work focused on three primary goals: • Assess the age of the building • Identify any surviving evidence of the original chimney structure • Contribute to the understanding of past lifeways in this dwelling. ...
Sapelo Island
Sapelo Island Project
Sapelo Island: Lighthouse Artifact Data (2011)
Data Tables for Artifacts recovered from W4W 2011 Excavation
Sapelo Island: Lighthouse Excavation - 2011 Fieldnotes (2011)
Fieldnotes from the 2011 Weekend for Wildlife Excavation
Sapelo Island: Weekend for Wildlife 2011 - Excavation Photos (2011)
Images from the W4W '11 Excavation at the Lighthouse, Sapelo Island