Historical Archaeology of Neighborhoods and Communities (General Sessions)

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2021

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Historical Archaeology of Neighborhoods and Communities (General Sessions)," at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Other Keywords
Logging • Geophysics • Camp • Civil War • Social archaeology • African Americans • Household • electricity • Chicago • Herbert Hoover National Historic Site

Geographic Keywords
Quebec, Canada • Midwestern United States • Pacific Northwestern US • Upper Midwest

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Evidence of a Lost Cause, Fire, and Great Migration all Bound-Up in Redlines: A Century-and-a-Half of Archaeological Evidence from Chicago’s Bronzeville Neighborhood (2021)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael M. Gregory. Jane D. Peterson.
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology of Neighborhoods and Communities (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Chicago’s Bronzeville Neighborhood generated and preserved deposits dating to the Civil War when Camp Douglas--a training/POW facility--existed in the area. In part, these deposits document the origins of the Lost Cause narrative, the consequences of the Jim Crow South, and the...
Holiday at the Seaside. Archaeological Perspectives on a 20th-Century Summer Community on the St. Lawrence Estuary (Bic, Quebec) (2021)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Manon Savard. Nicolas Beaudry. Roxane Julien-Friolet.
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology of Neighborhoods and Communities (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. By the turn of the 20th century, the shores of the St. Lawrence estuary had become prime locations for members of Montreal's English-speaking elite who sought to escape the city's pace of life and unhealthy air. After seaside resorts and hotel complexes served by steamboats, the development of the...
A President's Neighbors: Geophysical Survey and Excavation of the Forney House Lot at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (2021)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Rebecca L Wiewel. Adam S Wiewel. Gosia J Mahoney. Dawn R Bringelson.
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology of Neighborhoods and Communities (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Damaging flood events along Hoover Creek at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch, Iowa have prompted plans for major construction within this historic neighborhood. In advance of the flood mitigation project, archeologists at the Midwest Archeological Center (MWAC) undertook a...
Shedding Light On Early Twentieth Century Logging: The Archaeological Remains Of A Lighting Power Plant At Camp A Of The Bridal Veil Lumbering Company, Multnomah County, Oregon (ca. 1910~1920) And Its Implications For Camp Life And Industrial Culture Of The Period (2021)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Christopher J. Donnermeyer. Trent Skinner. Bobby Saunters. Brian Lay.
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology of Neighborhoods and Communities (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Bridal Veil Lumbering Company harvested timber from the slopes of Larch Mountain, Oregon for half a century (ca. 1886-1936). Dozens of logging camps faded in and out of existence over the life of the company. Archaeological investigations over the last several decades have revealed the remains of...