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 •
Hüti glassworks •
Old sector of San Victorino in Bogota •
MS2
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Water-Related •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Archaeological Feature •
Shipping-Related Structure •
Shipwreck •
Fort •
Settlements •
Domestic Structures •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Other Keywords
Landscape •
Shipwreck •
Slavery •
Colonialism •
Public Archaeology •
Ceramics •
Identity •
Plantation •
Material Culture •
Shipwrecks
Culture Keywords
Historic •
Euroamerican •
African American •
Spanish •
French-Canadian •
18th century artillery •
contemporany
Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Archaeological Overview •
Historic Background Research •
Collections Research •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Heritage Management •
Remote Sensing •
Records Search / Inventory Checking •
Site Evaluation / Testing
Material Types
Metal •
Ceramic •
Glass •
Fauna •
Wood •
Building Materials •
Human Remains •
Mineral •
Bone •
Flora
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)
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Food Aboard! Eating & Drinking on French Frigates of the Early 18th century, according to La Natière Shipwrecks (2014)
"For Sale By All Druggists": A Historical and Archaeological Look at Healthcare and Consumerism in Lincoln's Springfield (2018)
"For the Convenience of its Guests": Archaeological Perspectives on the 18th-century Tavern Porch. (2022)
Forces of Change: The 19th Century U.S. Fur Trade on the Upper Missouri River (and its Mid-20th Century Archaeological Investigations) (2018)
Foreseeing Freedom: Discovery of an Enslaved Family’s Subfloor Storage Pit and Religious/Magical Shrine at the South Dependency Slave Quarters of Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (44AR0017) (2021)
Foresight, threat analysis and risk assessment of the marine historic environment of England: English Heritage’s development of new approaches and tools to aid heritage management (2013)
Forgotten Populations and Found Objects: Insight into the Remains of the Daily Life of the Overlooked Overseas Chinese (2019)
"Forgotten" Labor in Northwest Florida: Investigating the 19th- and 20th-Century Maritime Workforce of Apalachicola (2023)
The Formation of a West African Maritime Seascape: Atlantic Trade, Shipwrecks, and Formation Processes on the Coast of Ghana (2013)
Formation Processes of Maritime Archaeological Sites in the French West Indies Through the Example of Guadeloupe: A First Approach (2013)
Formulaic and Ad Hoc: Variability Among Society Of Jesus Missions in North America’s Middle Atlantic Region (2019)
Forts, Firebases and Art: ways of seeing the conflict landscape of Africa’s last colony – Western Sahara (2013)
Fragments of Student Life: An Archaeometric Approach to Life on College Hill, Brown University, Providence, RI (2016)
Framing Pattern and Shipwright Agency: Understanding the Uniformization of the French Navy in the Late 17th century (2020)