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. A Black Space Elevated on a Hill: An Archaeology of Hate and Racial Violence in Black Wall Street’s Most Affluent Neighborhood (2023)
  2. Black Toys, White Children: The Socialization of Children into Race and Racism, 1865-1940. (2016)
  3. Black Women and Post-Emancipation Diaspora: A Community of Army Laundresses at Fort Davis, Texas (2018)
  4. Blackbeard's Beads: An Analysis And Comparison of Glass Trade Beads From The Shipwreck 31CR314 (BUI0003) Queen Anne's Revenge Site Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina (2017)
  5. Blackbeard’s Beads: Insights into the Queen Anne Revenge’s Former Life as a Slaver through the Presence of Glass Trade Beads (2018)
  6. Blacksmithing for Fun and Profit: Archaeological Investigations at 31NH755 (2017)
  7. Blackwater Maritime Heritage Trail: A Model for Site Interpretation (2014)
  8. Blaes and Bings: Reimagining the West Lothian Oil Shale Industry (2023)
  9. Blazing Trails and Chasing Scoundrels: Kathleen K. Gilmore’s contribution to Spanish Colonial Archaeology in Texas and the Relentless Pursuit of Presidio Captain Felipe Rabago y Teran. (2017)
  10. Blood, Sweat and Queers: Roller Derby and Queer Heritage (2018)
  11. Blood-Residue Analysis of Musket Balls from Sackets Harbor Battlefield of the War of 1812: Results and Implications (2016)
  12. Blue and White Chinese porcelain with datable 16th-century mounts (2015)
  13. Blue Caribbean: A Possible Indigo Plantation, Great Camanoe Island, British Virgin Islands (2014)
  14. Blue Willow Vessels and Life’s Other Mysteries: Understanding high value ceramics and their role in identity formation within contexts of company town economic deprivation (2018)
  15. Blurred Boundaries: Internal and Illicit Plantation Economies (2015)
  16. Blurred Lines: Queering the divide between pre-historic and historic archaeology (2015)
  17. Blurring Disciplinary Boundaries: Historical Archaeological Investigations at St. Nicholas Abbey Sugar Plantation (2013)
  18. Boats and Captians of Cahuita: Recording Watercraft and Small Boats of Costa Rica (2016)
  19. Boca, California- House On The Hill Project: Results of 2016 Field Survey (2018)
  20. Bodies Lying in State: Nationalism, the Past, and Identity  (2013)
  21. Boilers on the Shore: Piecing together the history and significance of the steamship site at Fort Gadsden (2014)
  22. Bold Rascals: The Archaeology of Blockade Running in the Western Gulf (2016)
  23. Bonbons in Brooklyn: The Many Lives of Candy Tongs (2023)
  24. Bones and Barbeques: A Zooarchaeological Study of Alsatian Foodways at Castroville, Texas (2017)
  25. Bones of the Frontier: Subsistence Practices at Hanna's Town (2016)
  26. Bones Wearing Bow Ties: Differential Preservation in Funerary Taphonomy (2017)
  27. The Boom and Bust of Tungsten Mining: A View from the Johnson Lake Mine (2015)
  28. BOOM BABY!": engaging the public through social media in response to "American Digger (2013)
  29. BOOM BABY!: Archaeology and the ethics of edutainment (2013)
  30. The Boomerang: Archaeological and Historical Investigations of a Missouri CCC Camp (2019)
  31. "Boring" Archaeology Along the Buried Historic Seattle Waterfront: Challenges from the Alaska Way Viaduct Replacement Project in Washington State (2020)
  32. Boston Latin School: A Look At Ethnic And Engendered Spaces (2018)
  33. Boston Massacre Bullets: Using Live-Fire Validation Techniques to Refute a Myth (2020)
  34. Botanical Material from Jamestown: A New Survey (2022)
  35. Both local and lointain: Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoecology at the îlot des Palais site, Quebec City. (2018)
  36. Bottles at the Biry House: Consumption and Economic Choice in a Texas-Alsatian Household (2018)
  37. Bottles to Bankruptcy: The Failure of Eagle Glass Works, 1845–1849 (2019)
  38. Bought or Caught? Foodways Choices at 18AP39 in Annapolis, Maryland (2022)
  39. Bound for America：An archaeological investigation to Yuegang (crescent) seaport as a main origin of Galleon cargo (2018)
  40. Boundaries In Greensboro's 19th-Century Landscape: Households, Estate Lots, And Urbanization (2015)
  41. Boxed Bodies:Lessons from a Medical School Bone Box (2023)
  42. Boys and Their Toys: Masculine spaces in eighteenth-century York (2013)
  43. The Brandywine Battlefield – Anthropological Approaches in Battlefield Analysis, Prediction, and Investigation to interpret differing realities of Landscape and Strategy. (2022)
  44. "The Brandywine Creek has two branches which are very good for crossing" : The search for Trimble’s Ford (2016)
  45. Breaking Boundaries on the Periphery: The Demise of Fort St. Pierre, 1719-1729, Vicksburg, Mississippi. (2015)
  46. Breaking News: Mended Ceramics in Historical Context (2016)
  47. Breaking Open The Narrative: New Directions In Social Justice From Archaeology And Education In The Northeast (2023)
  48. Breaking the Law? A Serious Discussion over Maritime Conveyance over What, Why, and How Archaeological Laws are Interpreted Offshore. (2020)
  49. Breaking the Surface: 2018 Recovery of the Wooden Schooner Barge Adriatic (2019)
  50. Bretons, Basques and Inuit in Southern Labrador and Northern Newfoundland: the Struggle over Maritime Resources in the 16th and 17th Centuries (2014)
  51. Bricks And Bastions, Connecting 17th- And 18th-Century Amsterdam And Asia (2023)
  52. Bricks as Ballast: An Archaeological Analysis of a Shipwreck in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica (2016)
  53. Bricks On Black Water: A Comparative Landscape Analysis of an 1830s Brickyard (2018)
  54. Bricks on Black Water: Excavations and Public Education at an 1830s Gulf Coast Brickyard (2017)
  55. The Brickyard in Chilmark – Once a Busy Vineyard Industry and Now One of the Island’s Hidden Industrial Wonders (2020)
  56. A Bridge of Ships: The Emergency Fleet Corporation and Texas' WWI Shipbuilding Legacy (2020)
  57. Bridges and Booze: Understanding the Development of the "Saloon Row" Along the Red River (2020)
  58. Bridging the Boundary Between Archeological Site Protection and Natural Resources Invasive Species Management in the National Park Service: A Case Study of Robinia pseudoacacia Management at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (2015)
  59. Bridging the Gap Between CRM and Academia: A Potential Model (2018)
  60. Bridging the Gap: Surveying Eighteenth Century Archaeological Evidence in Marine and Riverine Environments of the ‘Plaza de Valdivia’ Jurisdiction, Chile (2023)
  61. Bridging the Three Cultures: Commercial Archaeology, Academia and Government in the Study of the Past (2014)
  62. A Brief History of Battle and Preservation of the Mill Springs Battlefield (2018)
  63. Brimstone, Sea and Sand: The Historical Military Archaeology of the Port of Sandy Point and its Anchorage (2020)
  64. Bring Back The Ghosts: Hauntings, Authenticity, and Ruins (2016)
  65. Bring History Alive: Creating a Replica Worthington Steam Pump from USS Monitor (2016)
  66. 'Bring Out Your Dead': Contagion and 19th Century Texas Ports (2022)
  67. Bringing 50 Years of Underwater Archaeology from Parks Canada to the Public (2014)
  68. Bringing Black Chefs into the Lab: A Call for an Interdisciplinary Public Approach to Zooarchaeology (2020)
  69. Bringing Down The Asylum Walls: understanding freedom and control in an Irish institutional building (2020)
  70. Bringing It All Back Home: The Archaeology of Diasporic Homelands (2015)
  71. Bringing Public Archeology HOME: Reflections on Citizen Science at Homestead National Monument of America (2020)
  72. Bringing the Neighborhood Back to Life: Working-Class Consumption and Immigrant Identity in 19th-Century Roxbury, Massachusetts (2015)
  73. Bringing the Public into the Process: the Montpelier Digital Collections Project and Mere Distinction of Colour Virtual Exhibit (2020)
  74. Bringing Traditional Knowledge into Citizen Science Systems (2020)
  75. Bringing Water to the Desert: the Civilian Conservation Corps at Petrified Forest National Park (2018)
  76. Bristol Houses: the Order of Merchant Capitalism in England's Second City (2013)
  77. A British (?) Shipwreck Site in the Natuna Islands of Indonesia: The Presence and The Need to Preserve (2013)
  78. British Capital, Mercury Miners, and Transfer Print Ceramics in 19th Century Peru (2018)
  79. British Ceramics at the Empire’s Edge: Economy and Identity Among Subaltern Groups in Late 19th-Century British Honduras (2017)
  80. British Ceramics, Indigenous Miners, and the Commercialization of Daily Practice in Late Colonial Huancavelica (2017)
  81. British Colonial Bateaux in North America (2015)
  82. British Colonial Trade Goods in the Nevada Frontier (2013)
  83. British Empire on the North American Frontier: Fort Miamis in the Ohio Territory, 1794-1796 (2023)
  84. British Period Archaeology and Heritage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (2022)
  85. British Period Archaeology and Heritage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: buildings from the borders of British India. (2023)
  86. British Transferware in Portugal (1780-1900). (In)equality, identity and style. (2021)
  87. Broken Wings, Recovered Souls: Understanding Site Formation Processes and Developing a Lexicon for Terrestrial Military Aircraft Crash Site Types Associated with the Recovery of Missing Personnel Remains (2020)
  88. Brooches, Combs, and Vaseline: The Personal Adornment Artifacts from Three Black Schoolhouses in Virginia (2023)
  89. Brothels and Bones: What City Hall Has Taught Us About 19th-Century Women and Sex Work (2014)
  90. Bruno's blueprint (2013)
  91. Brunswick's Bakers: The Archaeological Investigation of a Dwelling and Bake Oven at Lot 35 in Brunswick Town State Historic Site (2018)
  92. Buffalo Soldiers, Married Soldiers, and Laundresses at Fort Davis, Texas: A Nineteenth-Century Glass Analysis of Medicinal, Health and Hygiene Vessels (2017)
  93. Buffers, Bridges, and Bastards: French Missourian’s Approaches to living in an Occupied Territory (2018)
  94. Bugeye Bottoms: The Archaeological Investigations Of A Chesapeake Bay Vessel Type (2023)
  95. Building (in) Black and White: landscape and the creation of racial identitiy in Shelburne, Nova Scotia (2014)
  96. Building a College in Colonial America: evidence from Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA. (2018)
  97. Building a New Ontology for Historical Archaeology Using the Digital Index of North American Archaeology (2016)
  98. Building a Plantation: Architecture, the Built Environment, and Living Spaces at Bacon’s Castle, Surry County, Virginia (2023)
  99. Building a Shared Database: The Comparative Mission Archaeology Portal (CMAP), Struggles, Successes, and Future Directions (2020)
  100. Building an Anarchist Historical Archaeological Theory (2017)