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)

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  • Documents (7,550)
  1. Antioch Colony and the Archaeology of Texas Freedmen Descendants (2018)
  2. Anémone project : Goals methods and global result of the archaeological project (Les Saintes Guadeloupe) (2023)
  3. Apalachee Province During The Mission Period (2025)
  4. Apex, Arizona and the Myth of the Company Town in the American West (2024)
  5. The Apotheosis of Nate Harrison (2018)
  6. Appalachian Metropolis: Rural and Urban Identities at Company Coal Mining Towns (2016)
  7. Apparel in Peril: An archaeological study of how clothing becomes embedded with human suffering (2015)
  8. Appearance Is Everything: Mary Washington And Her Specialized Ceramics Of Gentility (2020)
  9. The Application of 3d Models to the Conservation Planning Process (2020)
  10. Application of Alternative Light Source to Identify Painted Markings on a Model 1917 Renault French Tank (2017)
  11. Application of Environmental Legislation to Protect Underwater Cultural Heritage on the Outer Continental Shelf (2014)
  12. Application of Photogrammetry to the Study of the Wreck of the Anémone (2023)
  13. Applications of LiDAR Imagery at the Beech Grove Confederate Camp, Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (2018)
  14. Applying An Interdisciplinary Approach To The Understanding Of A Semi-subterranean Sod House In Labrador (2020)
  15. Applying Digital Image Analysis to the Study of Colonoware at Late 17th- and Early 18th-Century Sites in the Lowcountry (2022)
  16. Applying Experimental Archaeological Methods to Differentiate Chinese Celadon Glazed Ceramics from 19th-century Archaeolgoical Sites in the American West (2020)
  17. Applying Geophysical Survey for Research, Preservation, and Interpretation along the Transcontinental Railroad (2021)
  18. Applying the Power of Partnerships to the Search for America's Missing in Action (2023)
  19. Approach to the building strategies used in the early colonial forts in the Plata River Basin (2014)
  20. Approaches to Openness: Digital Archaeology Data in Virginia and Public Engagement (2016)
  21. Approaches To Recording And Preserving A WWI Training Camp In Houston's Memorial Park (2020)
  22. Approaches to Sample Selection for Strontium Isotope Testing Within Historic Cemetery Contexts: An Illustrative Example from the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery Project (2017)
  23. Approaching Eyri: Photographs, Memos and Ruin Memories  (2013)
  24. Approaching Past, Present, and Future Urbansims in Goa, India (2020)
  25. Appropriating Fort San Juan: Daily Practice and Contested Space at the Berry Site (2023)
  26. Appropriating Language: The Historical-Archaeological Context Of ‘Grumetes’ In Sources On West African Mariners (2023)
  27. Approvisionnement en poterie de terre de deux établissements coloniaux Martiniquais du XVIIIe siècle d’après deux fouilles récentes (2014)
  28. "Aquilombamento" as a Potentializing Praxis for Black Existences in Archaeology (2021)
  29. Aquinnah Past To Present (2018)
  30. [AR]chaeology of El Presidio de San Francisco: Augmented Reality as a Public Interpretation Tool (2018)
  31. Arboreal Historical Anchors: Sacred Forests and Memory Making in Southern Benin, West Africa (2013)
  32. Arcanum: Of Steamworks And Magick Obscura – How I Fell In Love With Industrial Archaeology (2023)
  33. Archaeochemical Detective Work (2024)
  34. Archaeogaming Theory: Explaining Post-Entanglement Dualist Artifacts (2017)
  35. Archaeogaming: A Different Approach to Public Archaeology (2019)
  36. The Archaeological "Exceptionalism" of the Seventeenth Century: Myles Standish, James Deetz, and the Siren Song of Welsh Architecture (2020)
  37. Archaeological Analysis of Japanese Visual Knowledge of Western Vessels Before 1853 (2024)
  38. Archaeological and Archival Investigations into the Role of Anguillan Black Sailors in 17-19th Century Maritime Networks of Trade and Self-liberation. (2023)
  39. Archaeological And Archival Investigations Of A Norwegian Farmstead In Bosque County, Texas (2018)
  40. Archaeological and Geophysical Investigations of Cook’s Fort (1774-1783), Monroe County, West Virginia (2022)
  41. Archaeological and Geophysical Investigations of the Tebbs Bend Battlefield, Taylor County, Kentucky (2015)
  42. An archaeological approach to historic shipwrecks in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (2013)
  43. Archaeological Artifacts Of Anémone : Signature Of A Ship Of A Naval Ship Used As A Custom Ship In Lesser Antilles ? (2023)
  44. Archaeological Considerations In The Study Of The Anthropocene (2016)
  45. Archaeological Context of Jamestown’s Starving Time (2014)
  46. The Archaeological Context of the 1617 Church Excavations (2020)
  47. Archaeological Dimensions of the Acadian Diaspora (2014)
  48. An Archaeological Erosion Story (2025)
  49. Archaeological Evidence of Survivance: Chinese Habitation Sites on the Malheur National Forest (2020)
  50. Archaeological Evidence of the Colonial Occupation in a House in Downtown Mexico City (2019)
  51. Archaeological Evidence of two French Colonial Buildings in St. Charles, Missouri (2014)
  52. Archaeological Examination Of An Early War Confederate Winter Encampment On The York-James Peninsula, Newport News, Virginia (2022)
  53. An Archaeological Examination of Cookware from the Storm Wreck, 8SJ5459 (2016)
  54. An Archaeological Examination of the Human Remains associated with Vasa (2018)
  55. Archaeological Excavation Changing an Urban Landscape: The Case of a Mass Killing Site of the Bangladesh Genocide. (2025)
  56. Archaeological Excavations at Wallblake Estate, Anguilla, 2017-2019. (2022)
  57. Archaeological Excavations in Monticello's First Kitchen (2018)
  58. 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)
  59. Archaeological Exploration at Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado. (2025)
  60. An Archaeological Exploration of St. Joseph’s College, the First Catholic Boarding School for Boys within the Oregon Territory (2016)
  61. Archaeological Findings for the City Hall Renovations Project, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas (2022)
  62. Archaeological Findings From The 2013 Survey of the Soviet Tanker Ashkhabad (2014)
  63. Archaeological Findings From The 2015 Survey of the Tanker SS Dixie Arrow (2016)
  64. Archaeological Forensic Recovery for Repatriation: WWII Bomber Crash Site in Germany (2024)
  65. Archaeological Formation of Memory amongst 17th Century Scottish Prisoners of War (2023)
  66. Archaeological Impacts on Collective Memory: Re-creating a Mayan Identity? (2018)
  67. Archaeological Investigation and Identification of USS Independence Aircraft Through Telepresence-Enabled Exploration (2020)
  68. Archaeological Investigation of a PB2Y-5R Coronado in Kwajalein Lagoon (2020)
  69. Archaeological Investigation of North-Eastern English Responses to the Great Depression (2018)
  70. Archaeological Investigation of the Brookgreen Plantation, South Carolina (2017)
  71. 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)
  72. An Archaeological Investigation Of The Submarine Resurgam (2018)
  73. Archaeological Investigations at Alamance Battleground State Historic Site (31AM397) (2020)
  74. Archaeological investigations at Brouage (France) : the "Maison Champlain" site (16th-17th centuries) (2013)
  75. Archaeological Investigations At La Isabela, Dominican Republic (2020)
  76. Archaeological Investigations at the Historic Locations of Sulphur Springs, Oklahoma: A GIS-based Investigation of Cultural Rescources Within Chickasaw National Recreation Area (2015)
  77. Archaeological Investigations at the Montgomery Site, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. (2019)
  78. Archaeological Investigations of an Early American Farmstead: The Wiley Smith Site (31MG2098) (2020)
  79. Archaeological Investigations of Camp Frazer, Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky (2015)
  80. Archaeological Investigations of Civil War Activity in an Urban Setting: Franklin, Tennessee (2014)
  81. Archaeological Investigations of Fort Amsterdam, Sint Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean (2019)
  82. Archaeological Investigations of pre-1745 French Domestic Properties at Rochefort Point, Fortress of Louisbourg (2014)
  83. Archaeological Investigations of the Treviño-Uribe Rancho (41ZP97), San Ygancio, Zapata County, Texas (2017)
  84. Archaeological Investigations to Locate the Site of the 1876 Centennial Japanese Bazaar (2022)
  85. The Archaeological Invisibility of the Urban Immigrant: Examples from 19th and early 20th Century Glasgow & Manchester (2013)
  86. An archaeological light age: On modernity, urbanism and the materiality of light-based technologies. (2016)
  87. Archaeological Management in Ontario: Legislation and Development Planning (2014)
  88. An Archaeological Perspective On The Transition From Enslavement To Freedom In The Colony Of Bermuda (2020)
  89. Archaeological Perspectives on American Cemeteries and Gravestones (2013)
  90. Archaeological Perspectives on American White Supremacist Appropriations of Viking Heritage (2018)
  91. Archaeological Perspectives on Atlantic World Historic Preservation (2015)
  92. Archaeological Perspectives on Tejano Erasure in the Rio Grande Valley (2025)
  93. The Archaeological Potential Of The Rio Grande Valley Civil War Trail (2016)
  94. Archaeological Practice as Science Communication (2016)
  95. Archaeological Practice, Material Objects, and Social Memory (2016)
  96. Archaeological Preservation and the Jesuit-Guarani Missions (2013)
  97. Archaeological Research at Revolutionary War Battle of Peckuwe (1780) (2021)
  98. Archaeological Research at the Cesar and Sym Peters Site, Hebron, Connecticut (2022)
  99. The Archaeological Signature of Stews: Experimental Chopping of Long Bones and Small Fragment Sizes (2013)
  100. Archaeological Significance, Professional Practice, and Public Praxis, Part 1: Archaeological Identity and the determination of archaeological site significance (2014)