Privy to the Details: Reanalysis of a Curated Cultural Resource Mitigation Assemblage

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Boxed but not Forgotten Redux or: The Importance and Usefulness of Exploring Old or Forgotten Collections" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Cultural Resource Protection (CRP) work produces many assemblages of material that have varying levels of analysis conducted within the scope of the contract. These collections provide numerous opportunities for methodological testing and verification and reanalysis with new methods and research goals. Working with existing collections minimizes destruction of the finite resource of archaeological sites and allows for new research that questions and reframes past analytical paradigms that may have perpetuated marginalizing colonial narratives. Master’s thesis research takes place in a uniquely short time frame for original research to take place. By using existing collections for research, the feasibility of investigating in-depth questions increases without adding strain to the execution of thesis work. This presentation will examine reanalysis of a CRP assemblage using thesis research on a privy assemblage excavated in 2006 and 2008 in Arlington, Washington, as a case study.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Boxed but not Forgotten Redux or: The Importance and Usefulness of Exploring Old or Forgotten Collections   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2022

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