The Archaeology of the Delaware River Waterfront Symposium of Philadelphia Neighborhoods

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2022

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "The Archaeology of the Delaware River Waterfront Symposium of Philadelphia Neighborhoods," at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

PennDOT and FHWA are undertaking a long-term, multiphase project to improve and rebuild Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania. Given the complex urban setting, the archaeological subsurface testing for the I-95/GIR Improvement Corridor Project is being guided by a Programmatic Agreement. Through data recovery excavations AECOM has documented thirty historic and Native American sites. The purpose of this symposium is twofold: 1) to help remind local residents and members of the larger city population that PennDOT and AECOM are not only working to create a vastly improved transportation system, but at the same time is actively revealing and preserving exciting new chapters of Philadelphia’s past; and 2) this symposium focuses on the progression of change over time and space, as historic settlement progressed north along the Delaware River away from the city’s center. The archaeology of the 19th century Port Richmond neighborhood is specifically highlighted.

Other Keywords
Philadelphia • Urban • Children • Fauna • Transportation • Privy • Spatial Analysis • Mapping • Mortality • Toys

Geographic Keywords
Philadelphia, PA • Northeast • Philadelphia • Mid-Atlantic • MID ATLANTIC • Philadelphia Pennsylvania • Middle Atlantic (Philadelphia)

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  • Archaeology Of The I-95/Girard Avenue Interchange Improvement Project: The Big Picture (2022)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Stephen W. Tull. Douglas B. Mooney.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Archaeology of the Delaware River Waterfront Symposium of Philadelphia Neighborhoods" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The I-95/Girard Avenue Interchange Improvement Project is one of the largest transportation related undertakings in Pennsylvania, and the project area winds its way through some of the most historically significant neighborhoods along the city’s Delaware River waterfront. Archaeological...

  • The Children at 2925 Richmond Street and the Parents that Raised Them (2022)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Madelaine A. Penney.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Archaeology of the Delaware River Waterfront Symposium of Philadelphia Neighborhoods" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In archaeological research, often the most ignored subjects are children. This paper discusses children related artifacts, found at 2925 Richmond Street in Philadelphia, PA, including but not limited to children’s ceramic wares, medicine bottles, and toys. This paper strives to answer...

  • "Equal to a Little Gold Mine": A Preliminary Study of the Grocers of Early Port Richmond, 1842-1865 (2022)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas J. Kutys. Samuel A. Pickard.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Archaeology of the Delaware River Waterfront Symposium of Philadelphia Neighborhoods" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia arose around a crossroads village along the Delaware River, several miles north of Old City Philadelphia. With the opening of the Reading Railroad’s Port Richmond terminal in 1842, the village was transformed into a boom town with blocks of...

  • Fins and Scales: A Zooarchaeological Exploration of Nationality, Religion, and Foodways in the Port Richmond Neighborhood of Philadelphia (2022)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard A Roy.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Archaeology of the Delaware River Waterfront Symposium of Philadelphia Neighborhoods" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In many ways we are what we eat. The daily practices of acquiring, preparing, and consuming food move beyond mere subsistence and take on meaning within the diverse ways we undertake them. These specific foodways vary across population, time, and space. Practices held in common can offer...

  • A Grim Tale: Nutrition and Childhood Mortality in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia (2022)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Carolyn Horlacher. Lindsey Adams.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Archaeology of the Delaware River Waterfront Symposium of Philadelphia Neighborhoods" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Childhood mortality was a fact of life in the nineteenth century, with children succumbing to illnesses and issues at rates far greater than those seen today. The historical research done in conjunction with the archaeology for the I-95/Girard Avenue Interchange Project has identified...

  • Port Richmond: Interpreting A Neighborhood (2022)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Samuel A. Pickard. Joel Dworsky.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Archaeology of the Delaware River Waterfront Symposium of Philadelphia Neighborhoods" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Excavations at the Somerset-Cambria and Cambria-Ann sites conducted as part of the I-95 Girard Avenue Improvement Project encompassed two full city blocks of the Port Richmond neighborhood in Philadelphia. Such sites offered archaeologists the opportunity to examine data from a...

  • What Comes In, Must Come Out: A Look Into Botanical Assemblages From Historical Philadelphia Privies. (2022)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Kevin M McKain. Alexandra Crowder.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Archaeology of the Delaware River Waterfront Symposium of Philadelphia Neighborhoods" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Privies were a necessary part of daily life for the inhabitants of nineteenth century Philadelphia. Home to everything from human excrement to trash, the contents within privies unveil the history of the people who lived there. Archaeobotanical assemblages discovered in privy samples...

  • Women At Work in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia (2022)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Alexandra Crowder.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Archaeology of the Delaware River Waterfront Symposium of Philadelphia Neighborhoods" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Working-class women in nineteenth-century Philadelphia were important participants in the city’s economy and labor force. In addition to generating necessary sources of income, partaking in the workforce may have also provided economic mobility and independence. Increasing numbers of...