Archaeology In The Waters Of The Falls Zone

Author(s): Lyle E. Browning

Year: 2016

Summary

Richmond is a Fall Line city. The Falls Zone extends upstream from Tidewater for 7 miles. The second transportation canal in the USA was built to circumvent the falls and to transport international cargo upstream and to transport vital goods downstream for processing. The James River Batteau was invented for riverine transport through the falls. And then there was the activity between the riverbanks. A vibrant multi-racial and multi-ethnic community used the many "rocks, islands and shoals" in the river for multiple activities ranging from industrial fishing to standard water powered industry to 19th century recreational and political endeavors. Over 400 archaeological sites have been recorded between the banks in that stretch. This paper breaks them down into categories and time periods and ties them to the traditional land based archaeologies.

Cite this Record

Archaeology In The Waters Of The Falls Zone. Lyle E. Browning. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434392)

Keywords

Temporal Keywords
1607-2015

Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 478