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 •
Colonialism •
Slavery •
Public Archaeology •
Ceramics •
Identity •
Plantation •
Shipwrecks •
Material Culture
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)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 101-200 of 7,550)
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Adapting to Colonial Reality with Long-term History: The Evolution of 17th Century Indigenous Households along the Rappahannock River, Virginia (2020)
Adaptive Economics to Environmental and Political Changes at the Musgrove Cowpens and Trading Post (9CH137) (2025)
Advances In the Uses of portable X-Ray Fluorescence (pXRF). Laser Ablation Induced Polarization-Mass Spectrography (LAICP-MS) and Infrared Studies of Plants and Soils to Discover and Map Deeply Buried Human and Animal Remains from Conflict, Massacre and Habitation Sites. (2020)
African American Diaspora Archaeology and the National Park Service: Reflections on the Past and Goals for the Future (2016)
African American History at Historic Fort Snelling: Analying Artifacts from the Officers' Quarters (2025)
African American Resistance, Social Control, And The Spiritual Alteration Of The Physical Environment (2020)
African Americans, Resistance, and the Spiritual Alteration of the Physical Environment on the Levi Jordan Plantation, Brazoria County, Tx (2017)
The African Friends to Harmony Burial Ground and Mutual Aid: Community Involvement Across Centuries (2022)
African Slave Spells and Root Work: Crossing the Boundary of Past to Present in Contemporary Cemeteries (2015)
African-American Burial Practices and Community Identity, Cohesion, Social Resistance, and Autonomy in Ante-bellum Philadelphia (2022)
Africans were not alone. A view over African experience and expression in relation to other ‘subaltern’ groups (2014)
Afro-Brazilian Spaces of Worship: Late Nineteenth Century Archaeological Findings from Salvador, Bahia (2018)
After Mose: Material Culture of British St. Augustine (1763-1784) as a Plantation Society and Periphery (2022)
After the Flood Waters Recede: Memory, Abandonment, and Heritage on the Northeast Coast of Honduras (2023)
Air Sea Rescue Logbook Project: Analysis and Mapping of Rescue Missions and Reported Aircraft Losses from World War II, Europe (2022)