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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  1. From "Splinter Fleet" to Easy Street: One Vessel's Journey as a World War I Subchaser and Pleasure Craft (2016)
  2. From abandonment to wrecking: the case of the PS Lady Sherbrooke - De l’abandon au naufrage: le cas du PS Lady Sherbrooke (2014)
  3. From Above and Below: Combining High-Resolution Bathymetry and Photogrammetry to Document Operation Crossroads in New Detail (2020)
  4. From Alcatraz to Standing Rock: Archaeology and Contemporary Native American Protests (1969-Today) (2018)
  5. From Algonquians to Appomattox: The Contributions of Stephen Potter to Potomac Archeology (2016)
  6. From bad habits to good manners: developing bourgeois lifestyles in late 19th century Bogota (2013)
  7. From Beaver Pelt to Hatters' Felt: The Use and Impact of Canadian Beaver on Britain (2015)
  8. From Big House to Farm House: 100 Years at Arcadia Mill's Simpson Lot (2015)
  9. From Bore to Bowl: An Analysis of White Clay Tobacco Pipes from the Anne Arundel Hall Replacement Project (2018)
  10. From Brixton to Paisley Park: Tribute shrines to rock legends in the UK and USA (2018)
  11. From Buried Floor to Missing Roof: Using Archaeology to understand the Architecture of an Late 19th/Early 20th Century Vernacular Irish Cabin. (2019)
  12. From Cacao to Sugar: Long-Term Maya Economic Entanglement in Colonial Guatemala (2016)
  13. From Caffe’ Latte to Mass: An Intimate Archaeology of a World War II Italian Prisoner of War Camp (2015)
  14. From Cane to Provisions: Spatial Organization of Cultivation and Processing on Jamaican Sugar Estates (2014)
  15. From Cedar to Stone: Urban Life in Transition in Early Modern Bermuda (2013)
  16. From central places to network-centrality? (2013)
  17. From Chinese Exclusion (1882) to Chinese Revolution (1911): The Archaeology of Resiliency in Transpacific Communities (2020)
  18. From Circular Lodges to Rectangular Cabins: Continuity and Change in Indigenous Use of Domestic Space at the Twilight of the Fur Trade (2020)
  19. From Cod Fishing to Bottle Fishing: Saint-Pierre et Miquelon During the Prohibition Era (2023)
  20. From Colonialism to Imperialism: Political Economy and Beyond (2016)
  21. From Colony to Country: The archaeology of national identity formation at New York City’s South Street Seaport (2014)
  22. From Colony to Empire: Fifty Years of Conceptualizing the Relationship between Britain and its New World Colonies through Archaeology (2017)
  23. From Compliance to Investigation: Research Design and Methodology of the Monterrey Shipwrecks Project (2015)
  24. From Distant Shores: Trade, Connection, and Cultural Resilience in the French Atlantic (2023)
  25. From Field to Faubourg: Race, Labor, and Craft Economies in Nineteenth-Century Creole New Orleans (2017)
  26. From Fife to the Chesapeake: Scottish Immigrants and the Development of Public Landscapes in Early Eighteenth Century Maryland. (2013)
  27. From Flats and Fords to Causeways and Canals: Carolina Rice Plantations and the Construction of the Lowcountry (2023)
  28. From Food to Fodder: Colonial Settlement and Changing Relationships with Prosopis on Peru's North Coast in the 16th Century CE (2023)
  29. From Forest to Field: Over Three Centuries of Vegetation Change at Poplar Forest (2017)
  30. From Forts to Cities in New France, Passing Through villages. (2020)
  31. From Fragments to Garments – Understanding the Vasa Textile Puzzle and the People on Board (2020)
  32. From Freetown to the City Up North: Mapping Rural to Urban Migration in Early Twentieth Century Austin, Texas (2018)
  33. From galleons to schooners: deforestation, wood supply and shipbuilding on 18th century Portugal. (2016)
  34. From gods to God: The Shifting Role of Hawaiian Ritual Locations from the Pre-Contact to Post-Contact Era in Maui, Hawai'i (2018)
  35. From Goose Drops to Special Ops: A Pinfire Shotgun Shell Cartridge at Fort York, Ontario (2014)
  36. From Historic Houston Cemetery to a 17th Century English Colony? (2014)
  37. From Homespun to Machine Made: the Rise of Women Wage-Earners in the Pennsylvania Anthracite Region (2014)
  38. From Horse to Electric Power at the Metropolitan Railroad Company Site: An Old Collection Provides a New Narrative of Technological Change (2015)
  39. From Island to the City: A Preliminary Archaeological Investigation of Krio and Aku Settlements at Tasso Island and Freetown, Sierra Leone. (2019)
  40. From Jugs to Jazz: Examining the Role of 19th Century Stoneware in the Rise of African American Jug Bands (2018)
  41. From Kitchen to Dwelling: An Evolving Urban African American Landscape at the College of Charleston (2022)
  42. From Local Cemeteries to the Global Circulation of Social Imaginaries: Changing Forms of and Forums for Solidarity in Chinese Diaspora Communities, 1850-1960 (2013)
  43. From Luxury Liners to Aircraft Carriers: A Closer Look at the Conversion Process of USS Sable and USS Wolverine (2019)
  44. From Manassas to Montpelier: How the Metal Detecting Community changed my Outlook on Archaeology (2016)
  45. From Manual to Digital Cataloguing: The The New Street Study, Jamaica (2015)
  46. From Merchants to Miners: A Comparison of Store Ledgers and Archaeological Assemblages from Chinese Mining Sites in Idaho's Boise Basin (2020)
  47. From Multimedia to Transmedia Experiences in the Interpretation of Heritage: The Mobile Application of Quebec City’s Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage (2014)
  48. From Native American Trail to Railroad to Underground Railroad: the Michigan Central Railroad and its Relationship to Abolitionist Theodore Foster (2020)
  49. From One Mary to Another: An Archaeological Biography (2022)
  50. From Oral Histories to Artifacts: An Uncommon Story of Emancipation and Freedom in Tablertown, Southeastern Ohio (2022)
  51. From Paper to Stone: Liverpool Stonemasons’ Illustrations, their Memorials, and the National and Transatlantic Trade in Cemetery Monuments (2023)
  52. "From Parts beyond the Seas": An Analysis of Trade and Plymouth Colony Ceramics (2020)
  53. From Perfume to Poison: A Reflection of Women in the Archaeological Assemblage of Philadelphia (2020)
  54. From personal accounts to bureaucratic standards: administration reform in nineteenth century asylums (2013)
  55. From Pests to Pets: social and cultural perceptions of animals in post-medieval urban centres (2013)
  56. From Pioneers to Seasoned Professionals: 50 years of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (2016)
  57. From Plantation to Playground: the Complex Transformation of the Sugar Plantation Monjope (2014)
  58. From Pristine Ecosystem To Monocrop Agriculture: Ecological And Cultural Impacts Of European Colonization In Mauritius. (2023)
  59. From Producers to Consumers: Exploring the Role of Florida’s Eighteenth-Century Refugee Mission (2016)
  60. From Quincy Market In Boston To St. Ann's Market In Montréal: The Architectural Genesis Of Montréal’s First Covered Market (2020)
  61. From Reuse of Space to Claim for Permanence in British Burial Grounds: the Long-term Landscape Implications of Permanent Commemoration. (2023)
  62. From River to Sea: A Comparative Analysis of Three Rice Plantation Landscapes on the Santee River in South Carolina (2018)
  63. From Sail to Steam: The 19th-century Dock at Fort Ticonderoga (2020)
  64. From Saint Domingue to Frederick, Maryland: Tracing Architectural Detail (2017)
  65. From Seafaring to Settling Downeast: Town Formation and the Eastern Frontier Landscape (2022)
  66. From Shell To Glass: How Beads Reflect A Changing Indigenous Cultural Landscape (2018)
  67. From Shore to Shore: the Construction of Ferries in Saskatchewan, Canada (2023)
  68. From Slave Labor to Tourism Dollars: An autoethnographic look at the Highbourne Cay Plantation (2018)
  69. From Slavery to Freedom: Identifying a Subversive Landscape Off the Plantation (2014)
  70. From Soil to Shore to Sale: Gullah Geechee Production, Transit, and Exchange in the Port of Charleston, South Carolina (2023)
  71. From Soto to Luna: Following a Mid-16th Century Trail of Glass Trade Beads in the Southeastern United States (2023)
  72. From Tennessee to Early New England: Larry McKee's Scholarly Reach in the Field of Africana Studies (2018)
  73. From the Attic to the Basement: Rehousing the Archaeological Collection at Carlyle House Historic Park (2016)
  74. From the Global to the Local: Changing Foodways in Colonial New Mexico (2020)
  75. From The Leaves On The Trees In The Forest To The Stones And Sands Of The River: Archaeobotanical Investigations Of Spanish New Mexican Land Use (2022)
  76. From the Prehistoric to the Hippie-era: An Archaeological and Historical Inventory of Peaceable Kingdom, Washington County, Texas (2013)
  77. From the Tangible to the Intangible: Virtual Curation of America’s Historic Past (2013)
  78. From the Walls of Kalaupapa (2020)
  79. From Time Immemorial: Indigenous Whaling Past & Present on Alaska’s North Slope (2014)
  80. From Ugly Tracks and Trains to a World’s Fair, and Today’s Iconic City Park: Urban Revitalization, Archaeology, and Influencing Positive Perceptions of Industrial Heritage at Spokane’s Riverfront Park (2018)
  81. From USS Stars and Stripes to Metropolis (1861-present): Modeling the Life, Loss, and Archaeological Site Formation of a Currituck Beach Shipwreck (Corolla, North Carolina) (2022)
  82. From Vienna to Shangri-La: competing visions of the modern and new in Birmingham’s municipal housing (2018)
  83. From Wagons to Wayfaring: Documenting the Historic Trails In and Around Fort Union National Monument (2018)
  84. From Who’s Afraid to Yo Solo : Results of the University of West Florida’s 2017 Maritime Archaeology Field School's survey for HMS Mentor. (2018)
  85. From Qabir to Carabo - (8th -13th century, Garb al-Andalus) (2013)
  86. Frontier Access in East Tennessee: A Ceramic Analysis of Ramsey House (40KN120), Bell Site (40KN202), and Exchange Place (40SL22) (2013)
  87. Frontier Arms Race: Historical and Archaeological Analysis of an Assemblage of 18th-century Cannon recovered from the Detroit River and Lake Erie (2014)
  88. A Frontier River Town: Preliminary Results from Newport Site (36IN188) (2022)
  89. Frontiers, Peripheries, and Borderlands: Agents of Identity Change and Formation in Southern California (2015)
  90. The Fruits of their Labor: Spatial Patterns of Agricultural Production and Labor Strategies in the Town of Hector, Schuyler County, New York (2017)
  91. FSU Apalachee-Spanish Mission Archaeology Program: Recent Investigations at San Luis de Talimali (8Le4), western capital of La Florida (2020)
  92. The Fugitive Slave Act and the Refugee Crisis of the 1850s: A View from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (2020)
  93. Full of Water, Full of life: Water, Sustainability and Built Heritage in the 19th to 21st centuries San Pasquale Valley, Calabria, Italy (2018)
  94. Funchal, Angra and Ribeira Grande: Results of a Comparative Study About the Origin of Three Early Modern Atlantic Ports. (2023)
  95. The Function and Use of Metis Status in Late 18th and Early 19th Century Northern Indiana. (2015)
  96. Funerary Practices Of The Basques In The Modern Age Americas. Comparing Colonial And Extractive Environments. (2023)
  97. The fur trade and recent Aboriginal history (2014)
  98. A Fur Trade Era Ice House in Edmonton, Alberta (2015)
  99. The Fur Trade Narrative at Its Source: The Creation of the Voyageur (2014)
  100. The Fur Trading Posts of Early Acadia as Points of Cultural Exchange (2014)