New Boxes, Old Tricks: Reexamining Previously Excavated Collections from Pensacola’s Red Light District

Summary

Reanalyzing existing collections can be challenging, especially the task of reestablishing contexts from old excavations. The process, which may include archival research, informant interviews, material conservation, and artifact reclassification, can be rewarding when the results reveal unexpected materials and patterns. Professional terrestrial archaeology in Pensacola, Florida has tended to focus on the city’s rich colonial past, while the city’s more recent American period remains largely unstudied. This paper will focus on the on-going reanalysis of non-professionally and professionally excavated collections from Pensacola’s Red Light District, and the insights that are emerging from part of the city’s overlooked past.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2014   •
• Researching Historical Archaeological Collections: An Assessment of Current Techniques

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): SYM-75,03