It's a Date: A Comparison of Pipe Stem and Ceramics Relative Dating at Christiansted National Historic Site

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Dating techniques, both relative and absolute, are key members of the archaeological toolkit. They serve to chronologically situate the remnants of past peoples, material or otherwise, in the overarching narrative of a place or region. However, not all methods of dating are created equal, and the utility of a particular method for clarifying the historical and archaeological records can be context-specific. This project is a comparative analysis of two datasets derived from an artifact assemblage recovered as part of the CHRI-92 Tree Stump Removal Project conducted by the National Park Service at Christiansted National Historic Site. More specifically, this project compares the results of the seriation of the pipe stems and ceramics within the CHRI-92 assemblage as a means of determining the utility of the dating method for archaeological sites within the former Danish West Indies.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25959