2022 SHA Poster Submissions

DOCUMENT Citation Only Gabrielle Miller. Stephanie Sterling.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2011 Youth Diving with a Purpose (YDWP) and the NPS partnered to create a sustainable pathway for Black youth to enter into the field of maritime archaeology. In the summer of 2021 we represented YDWP as interns to continue this partnership through the ongoing search for the Guerrero. The Guerrero was a ship carrying illegally enslaved Africans to be sold in Cuba that ran aground...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Daniel Eichinger.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 1826 West Philadelphia, members of the free African American community recognized the need for a cemetery to accommodate their local religious community. Located on the 4110 block of Chestnut Street, this cemetery was operated by the African Friends to Harmony (AFH), a benevolent society that interred members of local African American churches and those who were in financial need....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrea Y Yoxsimer.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2016, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) 's Okeanos Explorer mission to Wake Island investigated the site of a Japanese shipwreck they believed to be the destroyer Hayate. Utilizing a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), the team instead discovered the site of Amakasu Maru No. 1. Sunk by USS Triton on 24 December 1942, Amakasu Maru No. 1 was a requisitioned water...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mozelle R. Shamash-Rosenthal. Thomas J. Kutys.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2015 and 2016 AECOM conducted archaeological investigations at the site of the Centennial Exposition Japanese Bazaar in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. These investigations both revealed the presence of intact features associated with the 1876 Japanese Bazaar structure and recovered artifacts associated with the operation of the bazaar during the exhibition. The bazaar was sponsored...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Barbara A Clark.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The pandemic created unique challenges for public archaeologists, but it also presented unique opportunities. Using digital media allows public archaeologists to broaden their audience in ways not possible with in person events. One way to maximize this potential is by partnering with public media outlets. They already have a large dedicated audience interested in educational content and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicholas C Kopp. Edward González-Tennant.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Ocala National Forest is home to numerous 19th and 20th century homesteads. This poster presents preliminary work from the 2021 field season of the UCF-USFS Ocala National Forest archaeological partnership. Excavations focus on two of these sites, including the Long Homestead. Excavations provide insight into the lifeways of Florida’s homesteaders, including artifacts associated with...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nichole Sorensen-Mutchie. Ronald Grayson.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Approximately 1,000 German soldiers were held as prisoners of war at Camp D-D from 1943-1946. During their confinement, POWs would plant ornamental vegetation to beautify the otherwise sterile landscape. Although partially destroyed, portions of Camp D-D have not been impacted by subsequent land use. Recent pedestrian survey of the site has revealed extant non-native, ornamental...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kathryn J Ahlman.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The St. Croix Leper Hospital was in operation from 1888 to 1954. In 1954 the place facility was closed and many buildings were removed. In the 1960s, some of the remaining buildings were renovated and new homes were built to become the LBJ Gardens housing complex, which was occupied through 2014. During archaeological investigations searching for buildings and artifacts associated with...

DOCUMENT Citation Only John E Detlie.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Between 1941-1945, 87 ships were lost off North Carolina's coast; two-thirds of these were sunk by German U-boats. This record earned the area the nickname of “Torpedo Junction”. Many of these wrecks have been found; others remain lost. This poster will examine the possibility of relocating one of these missing wrecks, the oil tanker William Rockefeller. When it was sunk, Rockefeller...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Heather K Crowl. Maire-Lorraine Pipes. Alexandra Crowder. Scott Seibel.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2021, AECOM conducted excavations near the historic Annapolis waterfront at a site occupied since the late 1700s. The shallow water table at the site resulted in a high level of preservation of organic materials, including ethnobotanical and faunal remains. As with any domestic occupation, there are important questions that can be posed, but not always answered, about what the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Justin Cramb. Scott Shirar. Josh Reuther. Martin Gutoski. Robin Mills. Miho Aoki.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The town of Chena (49-FAI-00011) was a bustling gold rush town that rivaled Fairbanks, Alaska in the early 20th century. Settled in 1902 on the north bank of the Tanana River just downriver from the confluence of the Chena River, the Chena Townsite quickly grew to a town of thousands and served as a commercial center for gold mining in the Alaska Interior. Chena was mostly abandoned by...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Skylar Secord.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Sparsely researched in the historical laboratory setting, clinker and slag as artifactual materials are abundant in the archaeological record. In the niche research and reports that mention these small things, definitions, descriptions, and categorizations vary. Together, these often-forgotten waste materials can offer a “ground-up” interpretation of the use of furnaces or metallurgical...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kaylee M. L. Gaumnitz. Todd M. Ahlman.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. From biblical times to the 21st century, leprosy has afflicted populations. Medically and socially, leprosy alters patients’ quality of life. This poster compares two Caribbean island healthcare landscapes in terms of government funding, structural planning, and sheds light on the healthcare of marginalized populations. St. Croix’s leper hospital was established in 1888 by the Danish...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ashley H. McKeown. Alondra Rosario Zayas. Edith L. Collins. Kimberly L. Breyfogle. Nicolle M. Rivera Santos. Amber Vinson. Daisy Linsangan. Eileen Brickell. Kaylee Gaumnitz.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. As part of the 2021 National Science Foundation funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates Exploring Globalization Through Archaeology site investigations of the St. Croix Leper Hospital (1888-1954), team members documented over 1200 graves in the Christiansted Cemetery. After identifying the names of hospital residents from census records (1890-1940) and the names of 240 individuals...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Charlotte A. Robinson. Edward González-Tennant.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) played a crucial role in the development of Florida’s parks and forests. By 1933, young men were deployed in rural areas constructing vital infrastructure, controlling fires, and rehabilitating natural resources. In the Ocala National Forest (ONF) efforts focused on developing visitor infrastructure at various attractions, including the numerous...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Daisy Belle V. Linsangan. Todd M. Ahlman.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Located in the U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Croix is rich with history. From 1625 through today it has been occupied by seven colonial powers and offers unique insights about the workings of globalization, which impacts Crucian healthcare, life, and death. This project examines the St. Croix Leper Hospital that operated from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. Most original hospital...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alexander Nalewaik. Edward Gonzalez-Tennant.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Ocala National Forest is home to many, significant New Deal sites. Juniper Springs Recreational area is one of the first sites constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the forest (1936). Its construction was part of an early CCC experiment exploring the efficacy of federally funded tourist sites to stabilize local economies during the Great Depression. As part of this...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kate Simpson.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Located in Poolesville, Maryland just west of Seneca Creek is the Seneca Stonecutter’s Cemetery—locally referred to as the “Clipper” Cemetery in reference to a surname on several of the headstones. While there are no trails or markers leading to the cemetery which lies on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, this cemetery has long been recognized as an early African...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alicia Johnson.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Each year, the SCUBA industry creates a billion-dollar economy and numerous job opportunities; many of which are in developing countries. Popular diving attractions, such as the Thistlegorm in Egypt or the Pacific’s Chuuk Lagoon, are UCH sites and attract many visitors. Each year, the Thistlegorm generates €5,000,000 and attracts thousands to the Egypt’s Red Sea. When managed effectively,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah M. Muckerheide. Jenna H. Baelz. Charles D. Beeker.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Brass Pin Wreck, located with the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), is representative of a 19th century composite hulled sailing vessel. This site is known by its numerous bronze pin hull fasteners and its main feature, a large iron mast. In May 2021, Indiana University’s Center for Underwater Science sent a team of divers to survey the site for the first time...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kimberly L. Breyfogle. Ashley H. McKeown.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. From 1888 to 1954, the Danish colonial and later US governments of St. Croix operated a leper hospital on the island. Residents were often admitted for extended periods of time with many living there for decades prior to death and burial in the Christiansted Cemetery. Throughout their residency, patients likely formed family-like relationships within the hospital community and maintained...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Edith L Collins. Ashley H McKeown.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. From the St. Croix Leper Hospital’s founding in 1888 to its dissolution in 1954, hundreds of individuals with leprosy passed through its facilities. The hospital residents constituted a social fringe that was disproportionately comprised of people of color and about which documentation was often biased. Using a combination of primary historical sources including newspapers, photographs,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michaela C Hoots.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The focus of this poster will be the three groups of individuals who, at one point, sailed aboard Queen Anne's Revenge. This poster will answer the question of what French Navy Men, the enslaved, and pirates may have eaten during the early 18th century. As well as, how they may have prepared and served their food during sail and docking. The main method used would be Historiography and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ben Ford. William Chadwick.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Newport village was founded circa 1787 to facilitate movement of people and goods from Pennsylvania’s early road system to its riverine highways. The town was largely abandoned by 1840, but contained several taverns, residences, and blacksmith shops, as well as infrastructure for loading boats on, and crossing over, the adjacent Conemaugh River. At its height, approximately 30 families...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Chelsea Coates. Floyd Mansberger. Christopher Stratton.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. On August 14, 1908, racial tensions in Springfield ignited over allegations of the rape of a white woman by a Black man. After two days of rioting, two Black men had been lynched, and 40 dwellings destroyed. As a result of this event, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was established. This poster discusses excavations of House E, occupied by a young...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kaylee Jellum. Riley Mallory. Kelby Wittenberg. Siobhan M. Hart.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This poster reports the results of ground-penetrating radar (GPR), metal detection, excavation, and artifact analysis of an 18th century farmstead and late 19th century estate at the Denton Home Site in Greenfield, New York. Beginning in 1775, the area was home to Revolutionary War veteran Preston Denton, his wife Esther Deyoe Denton, and their six children. A century later, Henry Hilton...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Todd Ahlman. Ashley H. McKeown.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 1888, the Danish government established a leper hospital on the Caribbean island of St. Croix, that was rebuilt in 1909, updated and expanded in the 1930s as part of the New Deal, and closed in 1954. In the 1960s, some buildings were removed, and others reused as part of the LBJ Gardens housing development that was occupied until around 2014. Archaeological, geophysical, and historical...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Carl G. Drexler. Emily L. Beahm. Carol E. Colaninno. Shawn Lambert. Cassidy Rayburn. Clark Sturtevant.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The advancement of archeological field training involves the incorporation of new methods and the refinement of pedagogical techniques to ensure that students have inclusive, supportive experiences that prepare them for a career in the field and promote a sense of belonging and identity within the profession. This poster provides an overview of an ongoing effort to study how archeological...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Steven J Filoromo. Elliot H Blair.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Tabby ruins along the marsh and bits of historic ceramic strewn across the surface of the North End Site (9MC81) on Creighton Island, GA, are among the only traces left of a once vibrant African American Postbellum and earlier enslaved Antebellum community. Combining the results of a systematic shovel test pit survey and excavations in 2018 and 2021, we explore the spatial organization of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jordan E Davis. Eric E Jones.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This poster details a pilot study investigating the rural landscapes of African American farming, focusing on the transformation of rural life and labor in the aftermath of the Civil War in upstate South Carolina and upstate New York. Our goal is to describe the relationship between farming strategies, social and economic interactions, and various landscapes of African American farmers in...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Stacy F. Markel.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Archaeologists are moving away from just classifying objects in dryly scientific ways that obscure meanings and the past people who used them. We are attempting to view items through the lenses of their users. As we study Native American material culture, this means understanding the agency that inheres in artifacts. Great Lakes Anishinaabeg understood that objects both constrain and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael B Thomin. Nicole Grinnan.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the last year, FPAN Coordinating Center and Northwest Region staff took advantage of time away from in-person public archaeology programming to creatively adapt new content for a wide variety of audiences. One result was the publication of Luna the Cat, a children’s chapter book influenced by the real history and archaeology of Spaniard Don Tristán de Luna's 1559 settlement attempt in...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Megan Anne Conger.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Radiocarbon dating on sixteenth-century archaeological sites can be challenging. On its own, radiocarbon dating this century can be imprecise, owing to a reversal and plateau in the radiocarbon calibration curve ca. AD 1480-1630. Advances in Bayesian Chronological modeling, including the use of charcoal as terminus post quem (TPQ) and internal site sequences, have helped to overcome much...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kristina S. Traudt.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Historic Bartram’s Garden, located in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Southwest Philadelphia, has a rich and multilayered history that reaches back into the distant past. Over the past decade AECOM – on behalf of the City of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation and John Bartram Association – has undertaken several archaeological projects on this property. These projects range from simple...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alondra Rosario Zayas. Ashley H. McKeown.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. As an island living under colonial rule for almost 400 years, St. Croix has faced many injustices. Its geographical location and climate contribute to a growing list of events, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and epidemics, that have deadly effects on the population. Using burial notices published in the St. Croix Avis, demographic data recorded from graves in Christiansted Cemetery, and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicolle M. Rivera Santos. Ashley H. McKeown.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Danish government established a leper hospital on the island of St. Croix in 1888 that operated until 1954. This research focuses on the healthcare and mortality of the St. Croix Leper Hospital residents. To establish a mortality profile for the resident population, name, age, and date of death for 240 residents from burial notices published in the St. Croix Avis newspapers from 1889...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tristan J Harrenstein. Michael B Thomin.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. After rising up against the dragon of unethical archaeology that wurmed its way onto the National Geographic Channel through the show “Diggers,” the archaeology world has been in a relative state of peace. Now, however, a fell shadow looms on the horizon taking shape as a wave of videos on YouTube. Left unchallenged, this scourge promises to spread a new epidemic of site looting in the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Evan A Harris.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The purpose of this research is to establish a chronology of excavations at Fort Le Boeuf, PA, to locate and summarize archaeological reports, and determine the locations of fort artifact collections. The resulting document provides a basis for potential future scholarship and/or excavation. Excavations were conducted at Fort Le Boeuf at various times by several entities beginning in the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Bethany J Whitlock.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Historians have long recognized the centrality of Latin American colonial mining to the development of global economies. Andean pastoralist networks, comprising long-term relationships between herders, animals, and landscapes, were central to the movement of raw materials – yet have been marginalized in narratives of early modern development. Here, I present preliminary findings from...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jeremy C. Brunette.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Manhattan Project brought scientists, support staff, members of the U.S. military and skilled craftsmen together on the remote Pajarito Plateau in northern New Mexico with a common goal of bringing an end to World War II. As the project evolved from its beginning in 1943 to its official end in December of 1946, as new laboratories and testing areas were constructed for specific...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Karen Y. Smith. Meg Gaillard. Natalie Adams Pope.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Recent work on SC DNR’s Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve, in Beaufort County, South Carolina, revealed a domestic structure likely associated with J. Joyner Smith’s 700-acre Antebellum Period Sea Island cotton plantation. More than two-dozen features related to the structure and the use of space surrounding the structure were documented through excavation and photogrammetry. In this...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emily A. Snider. Sabrina C. Ta'ala. Joshua J. Peck. Carrie B. LeGarde.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is tasked with the recovery and identification of missing U.S. personnel from past conflicts. Recovery efforts are a continuing joint U.S./host-nation process for more than two decades in Southeast Asia. This case study reviews distribution of Life-Support Equipment (LSE) from multiple investigations and excavations of an F-4D aircraft crash...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Courtney J. Birkett.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2010 the Fort Eustis Cultural Resources Management staff implemented a site monitoring program in which known archaeological sites at the installation are visited regularly. As erosion of archaeological sites located along the James and Warwick rivers is a long-running problem, in 2015 the measurement of erosion from known points was added to the assessment of high-risk sites. The...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Amber N Vinson. Todd M Ahlman.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The St. Croix Leper Hospital operated from 1888 through 1954. During this time, St Croix was occupied by Danish and United States governments, so understanding the global influence on the site is important. Most of the buildings occupied and used by the residents are no longer extant as all but four buildings and two cisterns were removed in the 1960s for a housing complex. Turning to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Carol E. Colaninno. Emily L. Beahm. Carl G. Drexler. Shawn P. Lambert. Cassidy Rayburn. Clark H. Sturdevant.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Educational researchers have found that when undergraduate students participate in field-based learning, students frequently show increases in several socioemotional measures associated with positive learning outcomes including increases in self-efficacy and sense of belonging. We measured archaeological self-efficacy and sense of belonging among students before and after participation in...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kendra P. Ellis.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Shackleford Banks, North Carolina is a 14.5-kilometer barrier island that has not been permanently inhabited by humans in over a century. These Ca’e Bankers lived, not necessarily in isolation, but in self-relying communities that used anything and everything to their advantage. They were able to survive by using what the landscape provided them through oystering, clamming, whaling,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Amber Cabading.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Spanish Plate Fleets departing Havana, Cuba faced many hazards while on their voyage back to Spain. The greatest danger, however, were unexpected tropical storms and hurricanes, which could wreck entire convoys. As a result of such storms, Spain suffered three massive fleet destructions. Since the loss of even one galleon could impact the Spanish economy, Spanish-American authorities...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alexander G Michnick.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This study examines the history and artifact assemblages of the fur trade post sites of Rix Robinson (1789-1875) and Daniel DeMarsac (1812-1880). Operating in the Grand River Basin of the present-day state of Michigan between 1821-1857, these two traders are historical examples of independent enterprises competing with the incursion of the American Fur Company during the later period of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Brianna LeBlanc. Jessica Old.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Through the transfer of land by Charles I in the 17th century, the Calvert lineage set out to evoke a manorial system, exceeding that of the English practice. With intent to raise the social stature of Maryland, settlers were promised land grants based upon the amount of people brought to the New World in their charge. Through this grant, these landowners would subsequently create a...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Tessie D Burningham.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 1893 the Saltair resort was built on the shores of the Great Salt Lake and attracted visitors from across the state of Utah. Owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), which was heavily influenced by the temperance movement, the question of whether alcohol should be served was a controversial subject for owners and visitors alike. The Church wanted a wholesome...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Caitlyn-Jean Ward.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Landscapes are one aspect of a property that can be expanded, broken up, and altogether changed to suit the intended use. However, they can also be manipulated in such a way as to block, hide, and oppress those who move around that space. It is all too common a theme seen on historic properties where the enslaved, servants, and the workers are forced to move around behind the scenes in...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Joseph Grinnan.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2018, SEARCH archaeologists conducted multiple marine remote-sensing surveys utilizing a magnetometer, side-scan sonar, and sub-bottom profiler near Mobile, Alabama. The surveys focused on relocating and assessing the condition of three Civil War-era ironclads: USS Tecumseh near the mouth of Mobile Bay, and CSS Huntsville and CSS Tuscaloosa approximately five miles north of Mobile in...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hannah-Marie M (1,3) Lamle. Jenna (1,2) Baelz. Charles Beeker.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Due to the prolonged impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic hindering management efforts within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), Indiana University Center for Underwater Science directors and scientific divers selected two shipwrecks on the upper Keys portion of the FKNMS Shipwreck Trail to asses the conditions of the sanctuary in May of 2021. The sites surveyed were the City...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Julia R. (2,1) Joblinski. Robert C. Chidester.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This poster aims to explore the relationship between the material culture associated with industrial and domestic uses at two archaeological sites in Findlay, Ohio. Both sites - 33HK0777, a cigar manufacturer and 33HK0810, a mattress factory and furniture repair shop - began as light industrial ventures in the late 19th century and were converted to residences by the mid-20th century....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Eileen A Brickell. Todd Ahlman.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) at the St. Croix Leper Hospital in the U.S. Virgin Islands has revealed new data for comparison to other locations in the Caribbean. At leper asylums/hospitals on St. Kitts, St. Eustatius, and Hassel Island, St. Thomas individuals with leprosy were buried in cemeteries on the grounds of these leper facilities. Based on public records in local newspapers,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sydney M Swierenga.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. During World War II, over thirty US aircraft carriers supported the war effort but none were more unique than USS Wolverine and USS Sable. Converted from the luxurious Great Lakes passenger steamships, SS Seeandbee and SS Greater Buffalo, into aircraft training carriers, the ships underwent remarkable transformations at a time when America was facing material shortages and desperately...