Documenting the Built Environment (General Sessions)
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2021
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Documenting the Built Environment (General Sessions)," at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
Other Keywords
Preservation •
Chinese •
Adaptation •
Firearms •
Gis •
Revolutionary War •
Porcelain •
Panama •
Viewshed analysis •
Bacon's Castle
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica •
Panama •
Colon (State / Territory) •
Chiriqui (State / Territory) •
Republic of Panama (Country) •
Bocas del Toro (State / Territory) •
Darien (State / Territory) •
Panama (State / Territory) •
Los Santos (State / Territory) •
Veraguas (State / Territory)
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Adapting and Improvising: Materiality and the Politicization of Historic Structures (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Documenting the Built Environment (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This paper explores how tactics of improvisation and adaptation of colonial era structures to meet modern needs have changed over time in the historic town of Tihosuco, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Until 2019, when Tihosuco was declared national patrimony due to its role in the Caste War of Yucatan (1847-1901), much of the...
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The ceiling of the Santos Palace in Lisbon and its Importance as a Historical Document. (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Documenting the Built Environment (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. An interesting assemblage of Chinese ceramics from the 16th and 17th century has been found in Panama. Many can be compared to pieces on the ceiling of a small dining room of the Santos Palace in Lisbon, which is now the French Embassy. There are 263 plates and 96 dishes, fastened by iron nails which had been made into...
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The Importance Of Place: Results Of Viewshed Analysis of Fort Spokane, Washington And Its Environs (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Documenting the Built Environment (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Fort Spokane, located at the confluence of the Spokane and Columbia Rivers, was established in 1882 to mediate interactions between the Native Americans of the Spokane Tribe and the Colville Confederated Tribes to incoming settlers to the area. At the same time the fort reflected the burgeoning power and control of the...
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Riddled with Bullets: Applying Shooting Incident Reconstruction Techniques to American Colonial Structures and Architectural Elements Associated with the British Retreat to Boston, April 19, 1775 (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Documenting the Built Environment (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The British Regulars retreat from Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 is legendary in American history. Colonial militias and the famous Minute Men ambushed the British column along the retreat route back to Boston. Colonists’ usws local homes as ambush points. The British reached the Village of Arlington,...
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Signs of Life: Towards a Holistic Archaeology of Building Deposits (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Documenting the Built Environment (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Concealed building deposits and related apotropaic practices like “witch bottles” have received increasing attention in recent years from both archaeologists (e.g. Manning, et al 2014) and the public (Jamison 2020). Research in North American contexts has broadened understandings of such finds, challenging clear-cut...