Society for Historical Archaeology
This collection contains the abstracts and presentations from the Society for Historical Archaeology annual meetings. SHA has partnered with Digital Antiquity to archive their annual conference abstracts and make the presentations available. This collection contains meeting abstracts and presentations dating from 2013 to the present.
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Formed in 1967, the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) is the largest scholarly group concerned with the archaeology of the modern world (A.D. 1400-present). The main focus of the society is the era since the beginning of European exploration. SHA promotes scholarly research and the dissemination of knowledge concerning historical archaeology. The society is specifically concerned with the identification, excavation, interpretation, and conservation of sites and materials on land and underwater. Geographically the society emphasizes the New World, but also includes European exploration and settlement in Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Ethical principles of the society are set forth in Article VII of SHA’s Bylaws and specified in a statement adopted on June 21 2003.
Site Name Keywords
20EM52 •
Michilimackinac •
41HR614 •
38GN3
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Archaeological Feature •
Fort •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Commercial or Industrial Structures •
Factory / Workshop •
Military Structure •
Mound / Earthwork •
Military Earthwork
Other Keywords
Landscape •
Shipwreck •
Slavery •
Public Archaeology •
Colonialism •
Plantation •
Identity •
Ceramics •
Shipwrecks •
Material Culture
Culture Keywords
Historic •
African American •
Euroamerican •
Spanish •
French-Canadian •
18th century artillery
Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Archaeological Overview •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Collections Research •
Historic Background Research •
Records Search / Inventory Checking •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Environment Research •
Remote Sensing
Material Types
Metal •
Ceramic •
Fauna •
Glass •
Wood •
Bone •
Flora •
coffin hardware •
jet •
moonshine still
Temporal Keywords
19th Century •
18th Century •
20th Century •
17th Century •
Nineteenth Century •
Historic •
Colonial •
Early 19th Century •
Contemporary •
19th and 20th centuries
Geographic Keywords
North America (Continent) •
Michigan (State / Territory) •
Massachusetts (State / Territory) •
New York (State / Territory) •
New Hampshire (State / Territory) •
Idaho (State / Territory) •
Maine (State / Territory) •
Wisconsin (State / Territory) •
Washington (State / Territory) •
Minnesota (State / Territory)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 201-300 of 5,582)
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- And why would you want to study that? Reflections on Post-Conquest Archaeology (2017)
- The Angela Site (2018)
- The Angela Site: Exploring Race, Diversity, and Community in EarlyJamestown (2020)
- Anglo-American Ceramics As Social Medium (2018)
- Anglo-Native Interaction in Virginia’s Potomac River Valley (2018)
- Anglo-Native Interactions in Context: A Discussion of "Anglo-Native Zones" at the Country’s House Site (2019)
- Animal Husbandry, Hunting, and Fishing on the Lower Cape Fear: Analysis of Colonial and Civil War Era Animal Remains from Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson (2016)
- Animal Landscapes of the Lowcountry: Evidence from Drayton Hall (2014)
- Animals and Humans in Post-medieval York: A View From Hungate (2013)
- Animals, science and empire: London’s animals as scientific objects (2013)
- Anona: Historical and Archaeological Evidence of Re-Purposing of an Early 20th Century Steam Yacht. (2016)
- Another Brick in the Wall: A Pedagogical Approach to Excavations at a 19th -century Brickyard (2018)
- Another Look at Fort Ouiatenon: Native-European Creolization and the Frontier Meat Diet (2014)
- Another Place for Thinking: A Decade of Making Connections at Wye House (2015)
- Answering the Question, "Where Did We Come From?" Through the Collaborative Efforts of the Fort Ward/Seminary African American Descendant Society and Archaeologists in Alexandria, Virginia (2013)
- Antarctic Heritage, Materiality and Narratives (2016)
- Antebellum and Civil War Landscapes at Sherwood Forest Plantation (44ST615) (2016)
- Antebellum Ceramic Importers of New Orleans, Louisiana (2013)
- Anti-Racism & Archaeological Practice at Montpelier (2021)
- Anti-Racism in the Time of Covid-19 (2021)
- Antioch Colony and the Archaeology of Texas Freedmen Descendants (2018)
- The Apotheosis of Nate Harrison (2018)
- Appalachian Metropolis: Rural and Urban Identities at Company Coal Mining Towns (2016)
- Apparel in Peril: An archaeological study of how clothing becomes embedded with human suffering (2015)
- Appearance Is Everything: Mary Washington And Her Specialized Ceramics Of Gentility (2020)
- The Application of 3d Models to the Conservation Planning Process (2020)
- Application of Alternative Light Source to Identify Painted Markings on a Model 1917 Renault French Tank (2017)
- Application of Environmental Legislation to Protect Underwater Cultural Heritage on the Outer Continental Shelf (2014)
- Applications of LiDAR Imagery at the Beech Grove Confederate Camp, Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (2018)
- Applying An Interdisciplinary Approach To The Understanding Of A Semi-subterranean Sod House In Labrador (2020)
- Applying Experimental Archaeological Methods to Differentiate Chinese Celadon Glazed Ceramics from 19th-century Archaeolgoical Sites in the American West (2020)
- Applying Geophysical Survey for Research, Preservation, and Interpretation along the Transcontinental Railroad (2021)
- Approach to the building strategies used in the early colonial forts in the Plata River Basin (2014)
- Approaches to Openness: Digital Archaeology Data in Virginia and Public Engagement (2016)
- Approaches To Recording And Preserving A WWI Training Camp In Houston's Memorial Park (2020)
- Approaches to Sample Selection for Strontium Isotope Testing Within Historic Cemetery Contexts: An Illustrative Example from the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery Project (2017)
- Approaching Eyri: Photographs, Memos and Ruin Memories (2013)
- Approaching Past, Present, and Future Urbansims in Goa, India (2020)
- Approvisionnement en poterie de terre de deux établissements coloniaux Martiniquais du XVIIIe siècle d’après deux fouilles récentes (2014)
- "Aquilombamento" as a Potentializing Praxis for Black Existences in Archaeology (2021)
- Aquinnah Past To Present (2018)
- [AR]chaeology of El Presidio de San Francisco: Augmented Reality as a Public Interpretation Tool (2018)
- Arboreal Historical Anchors: Sacred Forests and Memory Making in Southern Benin, West Africa (2013)
- Archaeogaming Theory: Explaining Post-Entanglement Dualist Artifacts (2017)
- Archaeogaming: A Different Approach to Public Archaeology (2019)
- The Archaeological "Exceptionalism" of the Seventeenth Century: Myles Standish, James Deetz, and the Siren Song of Welsh Architecture (2020)
- Archaeological And Archival Investigations Of A Norwegian Farmstead In Bosque County, Texas (2018)
- Archaeological and Geophysical Investigations of the Tebbs Bend Battlefield, Taylor County, Kentucky (2015)
- An archaeological approach to historic shipwrecks in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (2013)
- Archaeological Considerations In The Study Of The Anthropocene (2016)
- Archaeological Context of Jamestown’s Starving Time (2014)
- The Archaeological Context of the 1617 Church Excavations (2020)
- Archaeological Dimensions of the Acadian Diaspora (2014)
- Archaeological Evidence of Survivance: Chinese Habitation Sites on the Malheur National Forest (2020)
- Archaeological Evidence of the Colonial Occupation in a House in Downtown Mexico City (2019)
- Archaeological Evidence of two French Colonial Buildings in St. Charles, Missouri (2014)
- An Archaeological Examination of Cookware from the Storm Wreck, 8SJ5459 (2016)
- An Archaeological Examination of the Human Remains associated with Vasa (2018)
- Archaeological Excavations in Monticello's First Kitchen (2018)
- Archaeological excavations in the Harbour of Grønnegaard, Copenhagen: Examples of quays, careening wharf, slipway, crane, and the reuse of scuttled ship-hulls in 17th & 18th century (2014)
- An Archaeological Exploration of St. Joseph’s College, the First Catholic Boarding School for Boys within the Oregon Territory (2016)
- Archaeological Findings From The 2013 Survey of the Soviet Tanker Ashkhabad (2014)
- Archaeological Findings From The 2015 Survey of the Tanker SS Dixie Arrow (2016)
- Archaeological Impacts on Collective Memory: Re-creating a Mayan Identity? (2018)
- Archaeological Investigation and Identification of USS Independence Aircraft Through Telepresence-Enabled Exploration (2020)
- Archaeological Investigation of a PB2Y-5R Coronado in Kwajalein Lagoon (2020)
- Archaeological Investigation of North-Eastern English Responses to the Great Depression (2018)
- Archaeological Investigation of the Brookgreen Plantation, South Carolina (2017)
- The Archaeological Investigation of the Storm Wreck, a Wartime Refugee Vessel Lost at St. Augustine, Florida at the End of the Revolutionary War: Overview of the 2010-2015 Excavation Seasons (2016)
- An Archaeological Investigation Of The Submarine Resurgam (2018)
- Archaeological Investigations at Alamance Battleground State Historic Site (31AM397) (2020)
- Archaeological investigations at Brouage (France) : the "Maison Champlain" site (16th-17th centuries) (2013)
- Archaeological Investigations At La Isabela, Dominican Republic (2020)
- Archaeological Investigations at the Historic Locations of Sulphur Springs, Oklahoma: A GIS-based Investigation of Cultural Rescources Within Chickasaw National Recreation Area (2015)
- Archaeological Investigations at the Montgomery Site, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. (2019)
- Archaeological Investigations of an Early American Farmstead: The Wiley Smith Site (31MG2098) (2020)
- Archaeological Investigations of Camp Frazer, Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky (2015)
- Archaeological Investigations of Civil War Activity in an Urban Setting: Franklin, Tennessee (2014)
- Archaeological Investigations of Fort Amsterdam, Sint Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean (2019)
- Archaeological Investigations of pre-1745 French Domestic Properties at Rochefort Point, Fortress of Louisbourg (2014)
- Archaeological Investigations of the Treviño-Uribe Rancho (41ZP97), San Ygancio, Zapata County, Texas (2017)
- The Archaeological Invisibility of the Urban Immigrant: Examples from 19th and early 20th Century Glasgow & Manchester (2013)
- An archaeological light age: On modernity, urbanism and the materiality of light-based technologies. (2016)
- Archaeological Management in Ontario: Legislation and Development Planning (2014)
- An Archaeological Perspective On The Transition From Enslavement To Freedom In The Colony Of Bermuda (2020)
- Archaeological Perspectives on American Cemeteries and Gravestones (2013)
- Archaeological Perspectives on American White Supremacist Appropriations of Viking Heritage (2018)
- Archaeological Perspectives on Atlantic World Historic Preservation (2015)
- The Archaeological Potential Of The Rio Grande Valley Civil War Trail (2016)
- Archaeological Practice as Science Communication (2016)
- Archaeological Practice, Material Objects, and Social Memory (2016)
- Archaeological Preservation and the Jesuit-Guarani Missions (2013)
- Archaeological Research at Revolutionary War Battle of Peckuwe (1780) (2021)
- The Archaeological Signature of Stews: Experimental Chopping of Long Bones and Small Fragment Sizes (2013)
- Archaeological Significance, Professional Practice, and Public Praxis, Part 1: Archaeological Identity and the determination of archaeological site significance (2014)
- Archaeological Significance, Professional Practice, and Public Praxis, Part 2: Identity, Community Engagement, and the Significance of Archeological Sites (2014)
- Archaeological Survey of Tennessee's Rosenwald Schools (2018)
- Archaeological Survey of Tennessee's Rosenwald Schools (2015)
- An Archaeological Synthesis of Wells in Delaware: Alternative Mitigation for the Polk Tenant Site (2016)
- Archaeologically Assembling The Full Picture of the Political-Economy of Late 18th Century Colonial Trade Relations on the Margins of Empire from the Bisc-2 Shipwreck Site. (2013)