2021 SHA Poster Submissions

DOCUMENT Citation Only Christine Thompson. Kevin Nolan. Mary Swartz. Lance Greene.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Ball State University and Wright State University are conducting archaeological research at the site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Peckuwe (1780) located in Springfield, Ohio. The largest American Revolution conflict west of the Alleghenies, the ~1200 residents of the Shawnee town of Peckuwe struggled to thwart the attack of a large Kentucky militia force of 1,050 troops led by...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Molly Webster. Veronica Kilanowski-Doroh. Kimberly Kasper. Jon Russ. Jamie Evans.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Historic glass trade beads found at plantation archaeological sites have been identified as markers of African and African American culture and expression. In the southeastern United States, the presence of beads can be attributed to inter-cultural exchange with Native Americans and/or strategically obtained through the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Since 2011, Rhodes College has located and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ariel L. Butler.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Ethnographic methods can be used to observe and document the ways in which vulnerable populations are being affected by Covid-19. The homeless, elderly, and disabled are particularly susceptible to this highly contagious disease because of dependency of others, lack of resources, and the inability to fully grasp the severity of the disease. How individuals cope, such as going outside or...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Catherine M Gagnon.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This study seeks to understand the full extent of a chamber pot's function, focusing on seven households in Albany, New York, from the late 18th to early 19th centuries. My preliminary study suggests that the composition of the household, including total number of individuals, gender, the presence of enslaved people, and class, helps to explain the stylistic variability in and between the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jacob Taylor. Veronica Kilanowski-Doroh. Molly Webster. Kimberly Kasper. Jamie Evans.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This poster will contextualize the socio-economic role of Cedar Grove Plantation in western Tennessee. This type of economic-based, historical investigation has not been conducted within this transition zone of the Lower Mississippi Delta and the Upland South. We focus on the life story of John Walker Jones before, during and after the rapid growth of Cedar Grove Plantation (1825-1865),...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Payton Gagliardi.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The internet has come to define contemporary American life, altering our working, shopping, and leisure habits with implications for the material world. This is particularly apparent during the Coronavirus pandemic when social distancing was mandated for public safety. I collected data on national market trends to identify patterns of internet use for work, social interaction, and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Nassaney. Courtney Bedrosian. Ariel Butler. Zachary Fagerlin. Payton Gagliardi. Joanne Jeya. Sarah Linkous. Nikolajs Pone.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Ethnoarchaeological methods of data collection and analysis can provide insights into the ways in which people are adapting and responding to the shifting rules, requirements, and regulations established for public safety during the Covid-19 era (March 2020-present). Students in an experiential learning class (ANTH 4970) at Western Michigan University (WMU) in July and August 2020...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nikolajs M Pone.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an era of unprecedented fear, anxiety, and paranoia throughout the world. A hallmark of prevention and precautionary methods against COVID-19, and perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the COVID-19 era, is the face mask. Facemasks became a widespread phenomena in the U.S. in early April, 2020 when the pandemic began to accelerate. This phenomena has...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Courtney J. Birkett.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Fort Eustis, a military installation in southeastern Virginia, contains a number of earthworks dating to the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. It has also been the location of extensive bulldozer training, which has left behind anomalous mounds of soil. Because of this, more than one site has been erroneously identified as a Civil War earthwork. By examining aspects of these...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Taylor N. Smith. Marinda J. Lawley. Nick N. Long.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2019 the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH) in Montgomery, Alabama enlisted a group of students and volunteers to undertake a formidable amount of collections management work necessary to achieving NAGPRA compliance, while also challenging them to engage with NAGPRA legislation and ethics. This program was able to accommodate a range of education levels, institutions,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Brandon Herrmann.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Over the last thirty years, there has been a wealth of studies on the archaeological and nautical history of sixteenth-century shipwrecks in Pensacola Bay. This poster focuses, however, on the crew and passengers' personal possessions on the ships of the 1559-1561 Tristán de Luna y Arellano expedition. Surviving artifacts assisted this analysis in developing a comprehensive study of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Marianne Sallum. Francisco Silva Noelli. Tânia Casimiro.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. A lot has been said about the globalization and consumption of Portuguese redwares and the relation in the daily life of different people around the world in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. However, in spite of these approaches the basic definition of what was made in Portugal, the morphological specifications, and their meanings are still in development. This poster will focus on a...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lesley Haines. Hannah Fleming. Laurie King. Molly McGath.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In many ways, USS Monitor, the first iron vessel built by the Union during the American Civil War and commissioned in 1862, was the first mass-produced ship; component parts were bought straight off showroom floors, or were built at various industrial facilities throughout the U.S. Northeast. This led to varied rubber gaskets being used, potentially interchangeably, in different contexts....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Eric E. Jones. Emma Grace Sprinkle.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This research combines agricultural census data, GIS-based spatial analyses of historic maps, and historic accounts to examine how and why farmers in Fenner, NY transitioned from subsistence to commercial production during 1855-1875. Traditional explanations cite the burgeoning consumer economy and progressive farming movements pushed by corporate entities as factors and propose farmers...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Courtney L Bedrosian.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The rituals surrounding the deaths of loved ones are of paramount importance when grieving. Mortuary practices, such as congregating with loved ones, professional preparation of the body, and the memorial or graveside service, are important in informing not only the present, but the future in regards to how mass deaths are treated in times of pandemics. Comparing the funeral regulations...