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. A Model for Analyzing Ship and Cargo Abandonment Using Economic and Utilitarian Values (2016)
  2. A Model for Archaeology: Presenting the Excavation Experience through 3D Printing Stratified Archaeological Sites (2020)
  3. A Model for Heritage Managers at World War II Prisoner of War Camps (2014)
  4. Modeling Change: Quantifying Great Lakes Metal Shipwreck Degradation Using Structure from Motion 3D Imaging (2016)
  5. Modeling Change: Quantifying Metal Shipwreck Degradation in Lake Michigan, Part II (2017)
  6. Modeling Intra-site Spatial Structure Helps Identify Inequality Among Enslaved Households at Monticello Plantation. (2020)
  7. Modeling Labor at a President’s House: Using 3D Technology to Document the Construction of an 18th Century Plantation Main House (2021)
  8. Modern and Contemporary pottery in Galicia (Iberian Northwest): an updated discussion (2023)
  9. A Modern Boat Mill on the Doubs River (France, Burgundy Region) (2014)
  10. Modern Military Theory and the Camden Expedition of 1864: Assessing Benefits and Limitations (2018)
  11. Modern Ruins in the Age of Sustainability (2013)
  12. Modern Ruins: Revealing the Other Face of Things (2013)
  13. A Modern World Archaeology: Two Decades Later (2019)
  14. Modern-World Archaeology at Ciudad Vieja, El Salvador (2019)
  15. Modernity and Community Change in Lattimer No. 2: the American 20th Century seen through the archaeology of a Pennsylvania Anthracite shanty town (2014)
  16. Modernity in a Waste Bin; On Waste, Conspicuous Consumption and Agrarian Practices in the Swedish Early Modern Towns of Jönköping, Kalmar and Tornio. (2013)
  17. Modernity, Identity, and Materiality across the Ottoman Empire: Putting the Pieces Together (2014)
  18. Modernization in Transportation: Archaeological Study of a Narrow Gauge Railway from Yucatán’s Gilded Age, Mexico (2018)
  19. Mohegan Field School 2013: Entangled Histories, Entangled Methodologies (2014)
  20. Moments of Change: Network Systems of Bristol and Copenhagen from 1400-1700 and Their Role in the Development of Early Modern Cities (2020)
  21. "Monarchs of All They See": Identity and the Afterlives of the Frontier in Fort Davis, Texas (2018)
  22. Money of the Poor (2023)
  23. Monitoring and Digital Documentation of Several Plantations in the Tomoka Basin State Parks (2022)
  24. Monitoring and Predicting the Movement and Degradation of Cultural Resources Through Active Public Participation (2016)
  25. Monitoring At Risk Sites Using 3D Digital Heritage (2023)
  26. Monitoring on Main Street: Archaeological Monitoring in the Charlotte Amalie Historic District in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands (2021)
  27. Monitoring Two Decades of Progress: An Update on the Conservation of USS Monitor (2018)
  28. Monitoring Underwater Aircraft in Washington State (2020)
  29. Monsters Of The Gulf Of Mexico: The Impact Of Hurricanes On South Texas History And Archaeological Sites (2018)
  30. The Monterrey Shipwrecks: Current Research Findings (2016)
  31. Montezuma’s Revenge: Re-examining Archeological and Historical Interpretations of a 19th-century shipwreck at Boca Chica Beach, Texas (2018)
  32. Monticello's South Yard: A Case Study in Evaluating Time Averaged Deposits (2020)
  33. "Monument City": The Socio-Spatial Violence of Baltimore’s Confederate Monuments (2021)
  34. "A Monumental Blunder": The Challenging History and Uncertain Future of the Virginia State Penitentiary Collection (2019)
  35. Monumental Haciendas: The Spanish Colonial Transformation of Pre-Columbian Seats of Power in Northern Ecuador (2018)
  36. Monuments And Memories: Irish, Polish, And Haudenosaunee Engagements With The Heritage Narratives Of The Revolutionary War (2018)
  37. Moonshining Women and the Informal Economy in Two Prohibition Era Montana Towns (2016)
  38. Moravian Ethnic Diversity: An Archival and Faunal Analysis of Schoenbrunn and Gnadenhutten in Colonial Ohio (2019)
  39. "A More Difficult Problem:" Adapting the National Park Service Concept of Significance to Archaeological Sites (2016)
  40. "More For Delight Than To Multiply": An Analysis Of A Potential Animal Membrane Condom Using Zooarchaeology By Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) (2023)
  41. More or less improved? Contrasting rural settlement in Ireland and Highland Scotland (2018)
  42. More Questions than Answers: An Assessment of Bottles, Utilitarian and Fine Wares, and Galley Stoves from the Monterrey Shipwreck Project (2015)
  43. More Screen Time: Creating Equitable Programming Access via Zoom? (2021)
  44. More than a Supply Stop: The Maima Village Before and After Columbus (2015)
  45. More Than Just a Garden: An Explanation of the Archaeological Investigations at Historic Bartram’s Garden (2022)
  46. More Than Just Compliance: Practicing NAGPRA at The Alabama Department of Archives and History. (2020)
  47. More than Ramparts and Redoubts: An Introduction and Case Study from the Richelieu River Valley (2014)
  48. More than the Fort: Recognizing Expanded Significance of the Fort Snelling National Register and National Historic Landmark Districts (2016)
  49. More than Three Decades of Municipal Archaeology in New York City (2014)
  50. More than Waffles and Beer: Some Themes and Prospects in the Archaeology of New Netherland (2022)
  51. Morphological and Geochemical Analysis of Columbus-era Wrought Iron Artifacts of Caballo Blanco Reef, Dominican Republic (2014)
  52. Morphology and Mineralogy of Consolidated Iron Corrosion Products From Historic Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico (2015)
  53. The Morrisville Historic District: Developing a Preservation Plan for the National Guard (2018)
  54. Mortality and Calamity: Catastrophes, Death, and Burials in St. Croix (2022)
  55. Mortality profile of the St. Croix Leper Hospital (2022)
  56. Mortar Analysis for Archaeological Stratigraphy: The Stadt Huys Block and Seven Hanover Square Collections, New York, NY (2020)
  57. Mortuary Landscapes and Cultural Representation in Burial Spaces, 17th- to early 18th-Century Northeast North America (2023)
  58. Mose In the Middle: Terrestrial and Maritime Methods Meet In St. Augustine (2022)
  59. Mose In the Middle: Terrestrial and Maritime Methods Meet In St. Augustine, An Update (2023)
  60. Mosquitoes, Landscapes, Ruins, and Artifacts: The Evolution of the Peachtree Plantation Rice Culture Landscape (2022)
  61. The "Most Cherished Dream": Analysis of Early 20th century Filipino Community Spaces and Identity in Annapolis, Maryland (2017)
  62. ‘A Most Valuable Commerce’: Fur Trade and River Power Near the Mississippi Headwaters (2019)
  63. Mother Baltimore’s Freedom Village and the Reconstitution of Memory (2013)
  64. Mother Mother Ocean: Utilizing An Online Educational Platform To Connect Audiences With Research Regarding The Gulf of Mexico. (2018)
  65. Mothers, Daughters, and Sisters: Thinking About Same-sex Familial Relationships and Resistance to Racism (2014)
  66. Motivation and Evaluation of Outreach to Underserved Communities in Southwest Florida (2018)
  67. Mounds of Mollusks: A Preliminary Report of the Zooarchaeological Assemblage Recovered from the Slave/post-Emancipation Laborers’ Quarters at Betty’s Hope Plantation, Antigua, West Indies (2015)
  68. Mounds, Mapudungun, and Chemamull: The War of Arauco, Slavery, and the formation of the Mapuche, 1535-1655 (2023)
  69. The Mount Vernon Midden Project - presenting archaeological collections (2014)
  70. Mourning and Remembering: Memorials at a Pet Cemetery in Oulu, Finland (2020)
  71. Mourning for children in northern Finland – Funerary attire in the 17th–18th century contexts (2016)
  72. Moveable Wealth. Poverty and Plenty in Postmedieval Iceland (2023)
  73. Movement Along the Evolutionary Scale: The Chesapeake Example (2020)
  74. Movement of Potters and Traditions: A View from Washington County, Virginia (2016)
  75. Moving Between Disciplines: Investigations Of Crashed Aircrafts in Archaeology and Forensics (2020)
  76. Moving beyond Cowboys and Indians: Rethinking Colonial Dichotomies into Messy "Frontiers" (2017)
  77. Moving Inland: Archaeological Insights into the Possible Origins of the Slaves on the Shipwrecked Slever São José. (2017)
  78. Moving Masca: Persistent Indigenous Communities in Spanish Colonial Honduras (2016)
  79. Moving the Baseline: Why Isn’t Community Archaeology the Convention? (2020)
  80. The Mozambican enslaved in the destination of the Paquete São José: Maranhão, Brazil (1770-1835) (2023)
  81. Mrs. Fox’s Table: Mealtimes at the Boott Mills Boardinghouses, Lowell, Massachusetts (2018)
  82. "…Much improved in fashion, neatness and utility": The Development of the Philadelphia Ceramic Industry, 1700-1800 (2016)
  83. Mulberry Row and the Monticello Mountaintop Landscape: New Insights from Archaeological Chronologies (2015)
  84. The Multi-faceted Approach to African American Archaeology under Larry McKee’s Mentorship at The Hermitage (2018)
  85. Multi-Image Photogrammetry for Long-Term Site Monitoring: A Study of Two Submerged F8F Bearcats (2017)
  86. Multi-Scalar Analysis of Vessel Structure Remaining at BISC-0002: Using Extant Structural Remains to Understand the Vessel's Construction, Time and Place of Origin, and Their Implications for Trade at the Border of Colonial Empires (2013)
  87. Multi-scalar paleoethnobotany: farmstead variation and regional trends in Viking and Medieval North Iceland (2020)
  88. Multi-scalar Studies of Coastal Heritage in Southwest Florida: Community-based Archaeology’s Contributions (2023)
  89. Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Research on USS Arizona: 40+ Years of Hard Science (2020)
  90. Multimodal Diagnosis of Historic Baptistery di San Giovanni in Florence, Italy (2016)
  91. The Multiplication of Identity, or Women’s Lives and Identities Are Complex, Dynamic, and Multiple (2014)
  92. A Multiplicity of Voices: Towards a Queer Field School Pedagogy (2015)
  93. Multiscale Image Acquisition for Structure-from-Motion (SfM) Modeling of the Submerged Late Pleistocene Site of Hoyo Negro, Quintana, Mexico (2016)
  94. The Multitude Of Conservation Techniques Used On Similarly Composed Artifacts (2020)
  95. The Multivalent Meanings of Shoes Within Historic American Mortuary Contexts (1702 to the early 20th century) (2022)
  96. Mummies in the crypts of the church of The Holy Virgin Mary in Szczuczyn (2017)
  97. Mundane material culture and political identity in Long Kesh / Maze prison (2013)
  98. Muscogee Wharf: Archaeological Investigation of an Enduring Pensacola Landmark. (2016)
  99. Museum-Based Assignments at Strawbery Banke Museum (2020)
  100. Museums and Archaeology: Creating Partnerships to Engage Families and Children (2013)