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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  • Documents (6,639)
  1. Comparing Printing Methods for Artifact Conservation (2021)
  2. A Comparison Of Collections From Six Nineteenth Century Missouri River Trade Post Sites (2020)
  3. A Comparison of Macrobotanical Remains from Monticello’s First Kitchen and a late 18th- Century Quarter Site (2020)
  4. A Comparison Of Photogrammetric Software For Three-Dimensional Modeling Of Maritime Archaeological Objects (2018)
  5. A Comparison of Urban and Rural Chinese Sites in Nevada (2017)
  6. Competition, Reformation, and Modernization in Western Iceland (2020)
  7. The complexities of Spanish Mission Diets: An analysis of Faunal Remains from Mission Santa Clara de Asís (2016)
  8. Complexity Begets Ambiguity: Small Site Archaeology and NRHP Significance (2014)
  9. Complicating Dichotomies of Grief and Blame: Examining the Heritage of Stalinist Repression (2019)
  10. Complicating the Rural to Urban Hypothesis Among Irish Immigrants in Nineteenth-Century New York City (2023)
  11. Compositional Analysis of Prosser Molded Beads Found in Southeast Idaho (2023)
  12. A Comprehensive Materials and Archival Analysis of Labor Alienation In Historic Pullman, Chicago. (2022)
  13. Computer Vision Technologies and Historical Archaeology's Ceramic Typologies (2013)
  14. Con Un Pie En Cada Lado: Nuevo Santander Ranching Communities Along The Lower Rio Grande (2017)
  15. Concealed Clothing or Cold Climate? The Discovery of 103 Articles of Historic Clothing in an Iron-Worker’s Cottage (2017)
  16. The Concept of Humanity of Gautam Buddha in the context of Cultural Ethos (2013)
  17. A Conceptual Framework for Conservation Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage by Public Agencies (2020)
  18. Conceptualizing Historic Households and Domestic Site Structure: My Early Conversations with Mary Beaudry (2022)
  19. "...Concerning their Common Heritage...": Archaeological Site Stewardship and International Cooperation in the National Park Service (2015)
  20. Concerns at Home, Concerns Abroad: Irish and English Political Ephemera in Southern Ontario (2014)
  21. Conch Shells and Concrete: Differential Mortuary Treatment in Christiansted Cemetery, St. Croix, USVI (2022)
  22. Conciliating Kah Lituya: Future Investigations at Ltu.áa as a Case Study for Establishing a Marine Cultural Survey Program at Glacier Bay National Park (2023)
  23. Concrete and Metal andn Wood, oh my! Archaeology of the Recent Past on Santa Cruz Island, CA (2020)
  24. Conducting an Archaeological Survey Across a Country: the Trials and Triumphs of the Nicaragua Canal Archaeological Baseline Project (2016)
  25. Conducting Research on U.S. Navy Ship and Aircraft Wrecks: The Sunken Military Craft Act and 32 CFR 767 (2016)
  26. Conduits of Dispersal. Dematerializing an early twentieth century village in Iceland. (2013)
  27. Confidence and Coverage Modeling in Marine Magnetometer Survey Part I: Perspectives on the Application to the Federal Management of Archaeological Resources (2014)
  28. Confidence and Coverage Modeling in Marine Magnetometer Survey Part II: Using Geospatial Processing to Visualize, Assess, and Review Magnetic Surveys for Archaeological Resources (2014)
  29. Conflict Archaeology, Material Culture, and the Role of Validation Studies in Interpreting the Past (2018)
  30. Conflict Behind the Lines: Considering Civilians in Conflict Archeology (2020)
  31. Conflict in the Caucasus: An Early Twentieth Century Military Outpost in Naxçivan, Azerbaijan (2023)
  32. Conflict Landscapes: Mitigating Inter-generational Trauma through Collaborative Archaeology (2018)
  33. A Conflict of Values: Bridging the Gap Between Collectors and Professionals (2019)
  34. ". . . conforme your selves to the Customes of our Countrey . . .": Acknowledging the Contributions of Indigenous Women in Maryland’s Colonial Society (2016)
  35. Confronting a Dragon’s Offspring in the Americas (2014)
  36. Confronting Confederate Narratives: Archaeology at the Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park (2018)
  37. Confronting Conflict through Virtual Worlds (2016)
  38. Confronting Structural Racism and Historical Archaeology (2018)
  39. Confronting the Challenge of Analyzing Museum Collections with Limited Archival Data in Southern Brazil (2017)
  40. Confronting the Lost Cause through Conflict Archaeology: Natural Bridge, Florida (2022)
  41. Confronting Uncomfortable Pasts: Gender and Domestic Violence in Pennsylvania Company Towns, 1850 to Present (2016)
  42. Connecticut’s Black Governors (2014)
  43. Connecting Archaeology and Blue Knowledge for a Sustainable Planet (2018)
  44. Connecting People and The Past: Interpreting The Conservation of The USS Monitor (2016)
  45. Connecting Rivers, Sea, & Land: Panhandle Maritime National Heritage Area (2019)
  46. Connecting Section 106 and The National Historic Preservation Act to People: Creative Mitigation in the Public Interest (2016)
  47. Connecting Sunken Actors: Social Network Analysis in Maritime Archaeology (2021)
  48. Connecting the Little River Settlement through Space and Time: A Planned 19th-century Black Settlement in Windsor, Ontario, Canada (2020)
  49. Connecting the Living and the Dead: networks in Ulster historic graveyards (2013)
  50. Connecting to the Blue: Creating Relevance to Maritime Archaeology in Great Lakes Communities (2021)
  51. Connecting Working Class History with Working Class Culture: Activist Archaeology in the Portland Neighborhood (2019)
  52. Connerton’s "Seven Kinds of Forgetting" and the Lattimer Massacre: A critique and an application (2013)
  53. Conquest of the South Sea: The Long-Term Historical Archaeology of the Port of Huatulco, Mexico (2017)
  54. Conquest, history and memory in highland Madagascar (2013)
  55. Consent, Curiosity, and Compassion: Bioethics and the Excavation of Archival Bodies (2023)
  56. Conservation adds yet another piece to the puzzle: the treatment of a 16th century Basque anchor from Red Bay National Historic Site, Labrador (2014)
  57. The Conservation and Analysis of Artifacts from the Site of the USS Westfield (2013)
  58. Conservation and Restoration Practices for Coral Reefs (2018)
  59. Conservation at the Intersection of the Archaeological and Historical Records (2018)
  60. Conservation Efforts and the Current State of the Port Royal Collection (2023)
  61. The Conservation of a Historic Artifact of the Revolutionary War Battle in Southern New Jersey. (2020)
  62. The Conservation of a Multicomponent Iron Artifact from the Emanuel Point Two Shipwreck (2016)
  63. Conservation of a Roman Lock Pistol from Jamestown, Virginia (2023)
  64. Conservation of a Spanish Breastplate from the 1559 Luna Colony (2020)
  65. The Conservation of African Burial Grounds in New York State (2022)
  66. Conservation of artifacts from a Portuguese wreck: An opportunity for learning (2018)
  67. Conservation of Howell Mark I Torpedo No. 24 (2014)
  68. The Conservation of the Brother Jonathan Chest (2017)
  69. Conservation of the First Automobile Torpedo of the United States Navy (2016)
  70. Conservation of the Knights Tomb (2020)
  71. The Conservation of the Monterrey A Artifacts (2015)
  72. Conservation of Waterlogged Textiles from CSS Georgia (2017)
  73. The Conservation of Wooden Hoops from Emanuel Point II (2018)
  74. Conservation Research Laboratory, Texas A&M University - An Overview (2017)
  75. Conservation, Preservation and Curation Issues Resulting from Unauthorized Recovery of Archaeological Material from US Navy Sunken Military Craft (2016)
  76. Conserving And Interpreting The Mechanical Jacks From Blackbeard’s Flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge (2018)
  77. Conserving and Interpreting USS Monitor: Connecting the Past, Present, and Future (2016)
  78. Conserving the CSS Georgia (2017)
  79. Conserving, Expanding, and Sustaining Critical Archaeology in the Digital Age: Moving the Archaeology in Annapolis Program Forward (2020)
  80. Considering Architecture and Urbanism at Mound Key, the Capital of the Calusa during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (2023)
  81. Considering Contexts and Significance for Submerged Terrestrial Resources (2014)
  82. Considering the Possibilities of an 'Urban Public Archaeology': The Findings of a 60-Year Retrospective of Public Archaeology in the City of Philadelphia (2016)
  83. Constructed Differences And An Archaeology of Material Practices in Antebellum Communities of Color (2018)
  84. Constructing A Community Of Color: A Spatial Analysis Of New Guinea On Nantucket (2018)
  85. Constructing a War: WW II oral histories of shipbuilding and racial policy (2014)
  86. Constructing Context Before, During, and After Internment Through Japanese-American Incarceration and the Historic 20th Century Redman-Hirahara Farmstead (2022)
  87. Constructing Heritage for the Historic U-Lazy-S Ranch (2017)
  88. Constructing National Belonging After the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan: a Case Study of Delhi’s Refugee Resettlement Housing (2019)
  89. Constructing Privileged Landscapes In 19th Century Southern New England (2016)
  90. Constructing Technology in the Mining Workplace: Gold Mining in Depression-Era Fairbanks, Alaska (2015)
  91. Constructing the Borderzone: The Role of Positional Warfare and Natural Border Ideology on a 17th Century French Colonial Landscape (2018)
  92. Constructing the Community: A Multi-Scalar Analysis of Runaway Slave Identity in 19th-Century Kenya (2018)
  93. Constructing the Military Revolution (2019)
  94. Construction and Assembly of the Highbourne Cay Shipwreck (2018)
  95. Construction and Negotiation of Gender at Yama, a Late 19th-Early 20th Century Japanese American Community (2018)
  96. The Construction And Utilisation Of Social Space On Board The Vasa (2018)
  97. Construction of the CityPlace Schooner (2019)
  98. The Construction of Two Late 17th Century Iberian Frigates: Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Santiago Apostol and Santo Antonio de Tanná (2014)
  99. Construction, Identification, and Conservation of a 19th Century Iron Cannon (2017)
  100. A Consumer Evaluates the Adult Learning Experience in 4 Public Archaeology Field Programs (2018)