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 • Material Culture • Plantation • 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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  1. Edward Rhodes – His Booke: Examining trade routes, functions and vessel performance through primary source documents (2013)
  2. Effective Management of Archaeological and Historical Shipwreck Sites in the Red Sea, Egypt (2022)
  3. Effective Management of Divers on Archaeological and Historical Shipwreck Sites in the Red Sea, Egypt (2024)
  4. Effectiveness of Iron Artifact Treatments on Square Nails from the Montgomery Site, Kenosha County, Wisconsin (2019)
  5. The effects of iron degradation on electromagnetic geophysical signatures. (2013)
  6. Effects of the end of the Lake Stanley lowstand on submerged landscapes of the Alpena-Amberley Ridge, Lake Huron (2014)
  7. Efficient and Effective in situ Heritage Management: Using 3D photomodels to document and assess a site's condition. (2016)
  8. The Egadi 10 Warship: From Excavation To Exhibition (2016)
  9. The Egadi Island Rams: Preliminary Reconstruction Efforts Of An Ancient Warship (2015)
  10. Egypt in Britain: material vocabularies of bereavement. (2013)
  11. Eighteenth-Century Life Along Delaware’s Cart Roads: The Noxon Tenancy (2016)
  12. "Eine Frau, Eine Familie, und Ein Lager Beer!": The Archaeology and History of the Eagle Brewery and Saloon, Jacksonville, Oregon (2023)
  13. The Ekanachattee Trading Post in the Choctawhatchee River (2018)
  14. "El Lanchon": Investigation of an Industrial Relic at Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica (2016)
  15. El Presidio de San Francisco: Investigating Daily Life on the Spanish Frontier (2015)
  16. Elbow Reef’s Landscape of Salvage (2016)
  17. Elder Scrolls and Modern Perspectives: The Power of Historical Archaeological Data in (Re)Telling Narratives of the Past (2022)
  18. The Electric Shield: Stopping Thieves & Turning Hearts with New Technologies (2018)
  19. Electrifying Independence Valley: Waterpower and Mining in Nevada’s Northeastern Frontier. (2013)
  20. The Elk Horn and the Miller Whose Front Name Was George: Places and People Without History (2015)
  21. Elusive Forever?: Maroon Archaeology and the Practicality of Least Cost Networks (2022)
  22. The Elusive Fort Shackelford: The Brief Life and Long Legacy of a Lost Seminole War Fort (2017)
  23. Emancipating Practices? Investigating a situated feminism (2014)
  24. The Embedded Landscapes of 28 Dock Street: Materiality, Mobility, and Enslavement in 18th-Century New York City (2023)
  25. The Embodiment of Identity: an Archaeological Perspective on Race and Self-Representation in18th -century Virginia (2017)
  26. Embodying Survivance: Western Apache Production Practices in the Reservation Era (2020)
  27. Embracing Anomalies to Advance Frontiers (2017)
  28. Embracing the Ndee Past as the Present: Ndee Cultural Tenets as Practice (2018)
  29. Emerald Bay Project: Digital Monitoring of the Two 19th-century Submerged Barges (2015)
  30. Emergence and Evolution of a Colonial Urban Economy: Charleston, South Carolina (2020)
  31. The Emergence and Evolution of Charleston's Antebellum Economy (2022)
  32. Emergence Geographies during the Boarding School on the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota. (2023)
  33. Emergent Materialities of 19th c. Nipmuc Basketry (2016)
  34. Emergent Value: Archaeology and Inventories in Later Medieval England (2013)
  35. Emerging From Oblivion: The St. Ann’s Market And Parliament Of The United Province Of Canada In Old Montreal (2020)
  36. Emerging Materialities and Landscapes of Early Colonial Encounters at LaSoye, Dominica (2023)
  37. Emotions and Industrial Fishing Heritage in Quebec’s Lower North Shore: An Archaeological Ethnography Approach (2024)
  38. The Empire Reloaded: Portuguese archaeology, lusotropicalism and the new age of discovery (2014)
  39. Empires of Displacement: Native American Spatial Encounters at Postbellum Fort Davis and Russian Fort Ross (2017)
  40. The Emplacement of the First Cathedral or "Iglesia Mayor" in the Capital of New Spain (2018)
  41. Employing Innovative Approaches to Curation and Collections Management: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Archaeological Curation Program (2017)
  42. Empowering Social Justice And Equality By Making Minority Sites And Intersecting Power Dynamics Visible (2017)
  43. The Empress of Ireland and other Quebec wrecks surveyed by real-time 3D sonar (2014)
  44. The Empty Cup: Identity, Alcohol, and Material Culture in the Civil War Era (2013)
  45. Encapsulating Diversity in 19thCentury Los Angeles: An Archaeological Analysis of the Los Angeles/ Depot Hotel (2020)
  46. Encountering Asbestos in Historical Archaeology (2021)
  47. Encountering Mannahatta: The Archaeological Search For New York's Past (2016)
  48. Encounters in the East African Bush: Game Trophies, African Hunting and the (Neo)Colonial Appropriation of Heritage (2019)
  49. Encounters or Exposures? A Methodical Approach to Coastal Resiliency. (2016)
  50. End-of-Life Choices and 19th Century North Georgia Cemeteries (2015)
  51. The Enduring Expression of Historic Memory: The Role of Artistic Works in the Understanding, Protection, and Promotion of Cultural Resources (2017)
  52. An Enduring People: The Grand Portage Ojibwe and Expanding the Historical Narrative of the Post-Fur Trade Era. (2016)
  53. An "Enemy Against Society?": Sex Work and Victorian Ideals in Sandpoint, Idaho (2024)
  54. "The enemy are in full march for Washington": The Search for the 1812 British Encampment at Nottingham (2016)
  55. Enemy at the gates. A study of local adaptions in Dutch 17th Century fortifications around the Atlantic (2023)
  56. "…The Enemy Threw Themselves Upon His Cannon In The Very Teeth Of A Murderous Fire Of Grape [sic]" - The Results Of Two Seasons Of Work At The Barber Wheatfield, Saratoga National Historical Park. (2022)
  57. Engagement, Research And Interpretations In The Archaeology of Religious Identity And Practice At The Methodist-Episcopal Parsonage, 1870s-1910s, At Four Corners, Troy, Michigan (2021)
  58. Engaging and Entertaining the Public in South Florida (2020)
  59. Engaging Communities in Archaeology on Private Property in Urban Neighborhoods: The Search for the First (1825-1829) Fort Vancouver, Vancouver, Washington (2019)
  60. Engaging Students and Communities About Archaeological Sites and Collections Through Digital Knowledge Mobilization (2020)
  61. Engaging the Present by Uncovering the Past – Underwater Survey and the Legacy of Enslavement, Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (2023)
  62. Engaging the Public at the Crossroads of the World: Methods and Site Preservation of Aviation Archaeology Sites in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (2020)
  63. Engaging the Public in Archaeological Conservation: The Development of RIMAP’s Conservation Facility (2020)
  64. Engendered Death: A Comprehensive Analysis of Identity in the Mission System of 17th Century Spanish Florida (2015)
  65. Engine at Full Power: How the conservation of USS Monitor’s main engine has become an avenue for outreach. (2013)
  66. Engineering a waterfront: Bulkhead, cribbing, and grillage construction in Alexandria (2019)
  67. English Border Ware Ceramics in Seventeenth-Century Newfoundland (2014)
  68. English Building Entanglements between Medieval and Modern (2020)
  69. English ceramics in Gdansk, Poland (2013)
  70. English ceramics in the Mexican Pacific: notes from two port (2018)
  71. English Dwellings in North America (2014)
  72. An English Merchant in the Maryland Frontier: Making Sense of Addison’s Plantation (2020)
  73. Enhanced Testing for Archaeological Impact Assessments: Technological Innovation in CRM Methodology (2020)
  74. Enigmatic Toyah: Archaeological and Historical Evidence of Ethnic Diversity on the Southern Plains, 1350-1600 CE (2018)
  75. Enriching the Narrative: Slow Archaeology and the Interpretation of Life at Kingsley Plantation (2020)
  76. Enslaved Below the Temple of Liberty: Exposing the Hidden Landscape of the Temple and Icehouse at James Madison's Montpelier (2021)
  77. The Enslaved Laborer Settlement at Trents Plantation, Barbados: 1640s-1834 (2016)
  78. Enslaved Landscapes within Lewis Burwell II’s Fairfield Plantation at the End of the Seventeenth Century (2014)
  79. Enslaved Travel At Georgia’s South End Plantation And The Coastal Landscapes Of The American South (2023)
  80. Enslavement at Liberty Hall: Archaeology, History, and Silence at an 18th-Century College Campus and Ante-Bellum Slave Plantation in Virginia (2016)
  81. Enslavement to Enlistment: the US Military in 19th Century African American Migration and Resettlement (2020)
  82. Enslavement, Maroonage, and Cultural Continuity Outside the Dockyard Walls: Middle Ground, Antigua (2020)
  83. Entangled at the World's Edge: European Relations with the Aru Islands, Eastern Indonesia, during the Colonial Period (2015)
  84. Entangled Earth: Exploring Past Indigenous Agricultural Landscapes of Wisconsin (2022)
  85. Entanglement on the Guinea coast: archaeological research at three 19th century slave trade localities on the Rio Pongo (2014)
  86. "Entering this bay was the fatal error of our voyage": The Abandonment, Loss, and Discovery of HMS Investigator in Mercy Bay, Canada (2013)
  87. The Enterprising Career of Tom Savage in Los Angeles’ Red-Light District, 1870-1909 (2016)
  88. Entertaining or Educating to Engage the Public? Marketing Archaeology and Shaping Public Perceptions Without Compromising Scientific Standards (2014)
  89. The Envelopment of an Evolving Suburban Plantation: The Sentry Box in Fredericksburg, Virginia (2014)
  90. Environment, Religion, and Social Change: the Doane Site Archaelogical Project, Cape Cod, MA (2020)
  91. Environmental Analysis of the First Baptist Church of Williamsburg (2024)
  92. Environmental Archaeology and the Columbian Exchange in the Caribbean (2014)
  93. Environmental Change and Capitalism: Profit and Exploitation of the Natural World in Colonial Context (2016)
  94. Environmental Factors Affecting Death Valley National Park’s Historical Archeological Sites. (2016)
  95. Environmental Impact of Glass Production in Post-Medieval Estonia (2023)
  96. Envisioning Logging Camps as Site of Social Antagonsim in Capitalism: An Anishinaabe Example from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. (2020)
  97. Ephemeral Urban Structures and the Archaeology of Homelessness (2019)
  98. Epitaphs, paternalism, and post-mortem resistance of African and African Americans in colonial New England (2022)
  99. An Equal Access Overview Of Remote Sensing Survey Strategies Employed By DPAA And Its Partner Organizations (2024)
  100. "Equal to a Little Gold Mine": A Preliminary Study of the Grocers of Early Port Richmond, 1842-1865 (2022)