From Maryland’s Ancient [Seat] and Chief of Government: Papers in Honor of Henry M. Miller
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2020
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "From Maryland’s Ancient [Seat] and Chief of Government: Papers in Honor of Henry M. Miller," at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
Henry Miller is this year’s J. C. Harrington Award recipient. This session includes papers that reflect Dr. Miller’s tireless devotion to the ground-breaking archaeology of the colonial Chesapeake as expressed during his nearly half-century of work at Historic St. Mary’s City, the site of Maryland’s first capital. Colleagues and former students will reflect on Dr. Miller’s extensive experience and influence in the realms of historical archaeology, architecture, public history, and museums. Papers will also present current interdisciplinary research in the colonial Chesapeake, highlighting Dr. Miller’s career of cultivating disciplinary overlap in the pursuit of significant historical narratives.
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Dutch Treats: Archaeological Evidence of the Dutch Trade with Seventeenth-Century Virginians (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "From Maryland’s Ancient [Seat] and Chief of Government: Papers in Honor of Henry M. Miller" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Through the years, scholars have acknowledged that, aside from the English, no Europeans were more involved in the commercial and political affairs of the seventeenth-century Chesapeake than the Dutch. Dr. Henry Miller’s archaeological research in Historic St. Mary’s City has indicated...
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Henry Miller: Magister Humanitatis (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "From Maryland’s Ancient [Seat] and Chief of Government: Papers in Honor of Henry M. Miller" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Honoring Henry Miller With The Harrington Medal Serves As An Act of Recognition Not Only For Henry But Also For The Rich And Complex Historical Archaeology of the Maryland Tidewater. Henry Has Influenced My Own Career In Countless Ways But I Will Concentrate On A Powerful Metaphoric...
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Henry Miller: The Archaeologist As Architectural Historian (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "From Maryland’s Ancient [Seat] and Chief of Government: Papers in Honor of Henry M. Miller" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Since Henry Miller enrolled in his first field school, he has surmounted challenge after challenge. One of these was becoming an architectural historian. In 1981-84, the Historic St. Mary’s City staff uncovered a 20 by 30-foot post-in-the-ground structure near the center of the...
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"Household Stuffe sufficient to furnish plentifully 2 large houses": The Material World of Jesuit Plantations in Colonial Maryland (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "From Maryland’s Ancient [Seat] and Chief of Government: Papers in Honor of Henry M. Miller" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Missionaries from the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) were among the earliest investors in the Maryland colony, eventually acquiring a dozen plantations in Maryland and neighboring colonies. These estates were designed to support both Indian missions and a college, but by the eighteenth...
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How Far We Have Come: Advances in Bioarchaeology at Historic St. Mary’s City (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "From Maryland’s Ancient [Seat] and Chief of Government: Papers in Honor of Henry M. Miller" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Bioarchaeological research at St. Mary’s City began in the early 1990s with “Project Lead Coffins.” This excavation of three burials from inside the 17th-century Great Brick Chapel – since identified as members of the prominent Calvert family – was followed by osteological analyses of...
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Making the Invisible Visible: Interpreting Archaeological Sites and Landscapes for the Public (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "From Maryland’s Ancient [Seat] and Chief of Government: Papers in Honor of Henry M. Miller" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. One of the most significant contributions made by Henry Miller throughout his career has been the integration of archaeological resources into public interpretation. During his time at Historic St. Mary’s City, Dr. Miller has ensured that rigorous archaeological survey, excavation, and...
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Movement Along the Evolutionary Scale: The Chesapeake Example (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "From Maryland’s Ancient [Seat] and Chief of Government: Papers in Honor of Henry M. Miller" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Any global survey across the last 10,000 years has always found a range of more complex to less complex socio-cultural systems. Specific cultures, geographical locations, and relative levels of complexity have shifted but the differential is always present. With the rise of centralized...