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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"There’s nothing of their house but the ruined foundation": History and Archaeology at the Manton Farm and Primus Collins House Sites (2023)
Thermal Breakage in Glass Shards: Identification in the Archaeological Record of an University Trash Dump (2017)
"They Considered Themselves Free": Defining Community and Freedom at Buffalo Forge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia (2020)
"They Had Perfect Knowledge of…This Offensive Place": Burial Grounds and Archaeological Human Remains in Richmond’s Public Discourse (2016)
"The Thieves Who Stole 11 Mountain Howitzers … Were Tried in U.S. Court": The Story of the First Federal Cultural Resources Protection Law and the First Federal Prosecution of a Cultural Resources Crime. (2016)
"This strange spirit of procrastination": Alcohol and medicine at Charles Carroll Jr.’s Homewood (2018)
Those Beyond The Walls: An Archaeological Examination Of Michilimackinac’s Extramural Domestic Settlement,1760-1781. (2023)
Threads across the Ocean: Investigating European Cloth in New France through Lead Seal Analysis (2017)
Three Lives of Belair Plantation: Colonial Governor’s Retreat to Gentleman Farmer’s Racing Stable (2017)
The Three Phases of Sans Souci: Geophysical Survey and Archaeological Testing at the Palace of Henry Christophe, Haiti (2016)
Through the Lens: Photographic Recordation of the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery Excavations (2017)
Time for a Reboot: Some Unexpected Benefits from the Covid-19 Pandemic Closure at the New York State Museum (2021)
Tlithlow Station: Puget’s Sound Agricultural Company and the Aftermath of the Oregon Boundary Dispute (2016)
"to defend against any such weak enemies": Possessiveness and Layered Relationships at St. Mary’s Fort, Maryland (2023)
" ...to have some good book alwayes in store, being in solitude the best and choicest company." The Recovery Of Book Hardware From the Site Of James Fort. (2023)
To Let Sink or Swim: Evaluating Coastal Archaeological Resource Stability Through a System of Indices (2018)
To Possess the Cultural Capital to Carve Dolomite Marbles and Exchange Blue Beads: Constructing Community and Creating Spaces of Multicultural Encounters on the Nineteenth Century Wisconsin Frontier (2020)
Tonics, Bitters, and Other Curatives: An Intersectional Archaeology of Health and Inequality in Rural Arkansas (2019)
Too Many Post Holes: Analysis Of A Complex 17th-century Earthfast Structure On Middle Street In St. Mary’s City. (2020)
"Top Secret" Maritime Archaeology: Preliminary Investigations on the San Pablo, Sunk During an OSS Operation in Pensacola, Florida in 1944 (2013)