Looking at the World through Rose-Colored Flaked Glass

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Recognizing and Recording Post-1492 Indigenous Sites in North American Archaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Flaked glass can be a critical keystone artifact in identifying historic Indigenous sites. Yet flaked glass is frequently overlooked or looked at skeptically and dismissed. The effect of overlooking or dismissing flaked glass is a narrowed archaeological perspective and understanding of the Indigenous experience during the historic period. This presentation will look at flaked glass from known contexts and existing literature to establish a baseline, and then introduce how-to YouTube videos and traditional lithic analysis techniques to explore how to identify and validate flaked glass with a critical and objective eye. Lastly, the presentation will look at flaked glass from two archaeological sites in southern Utah to apply the information and techniques presented. The sum-total goal of this presentation will be to explore this artifact type with new perspective- looking at the world through rose-colored flaked glass- that can enhance our archaeological knowledge of the historic Indigenous landscape.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Recognizing and Recording Post-1492 Indigenous Sites in North American Archaeology   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 26136