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Choice Reviews Online, Nov 1, 2008
Research Report No. 20, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Cha... more Research Report No. 20, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Reports in this series discuss the findings of archaeological excavations and research projects undertaken by the RLA between 1984 and present.
Northeast Historical Archaeology, 2011
Northeast historical archaeology, 2016
Advances in Archaeological Practice, 2019
Archaeological collections repositories have two principal aims: preserving collections while als... more Archaeological collections repositories have two principal aims: preserving collections while also making them accessible. This accessibility is critical for the growing number of researchers turning to collections to study the past. This article describes steps that repositories can take to enhance access to collections in their custody, based on the experience of the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, the state's public archaeological curation facility. These steps include the identification of stakeholders—archaeologists, Native American tribes, and stakeholder communities; creation of a detailed and prioritized collection inventory including artifacts and records; development of finding aids; reconstruction of provenience systems; and exploration of the digital delivery of collection information. For repositories ill equipped to hold archaeological collections, consideration should be given to transferring the collection to one with the appropriate resources an...
Beneath the Ivory Tower, 2010
The William and Mary Quarterly, 1996
... mentary record for these plantations enabled buildings positively identified with African-Ame... more ... mentary record for these plantations enabled buildings positively identified with African-American housing to be pinpointed and ... A. Stiverson and Patrick H. Butler III, eds., "Virginia in 1732: The Travel Journal of William ... ARCHAEOLOGY OF SLAVERY AND MATERIAL CULTURE ...
In a recent article on campus planning, the journal Architecture summarized some of the current i... more In a recent article on campus planning, the journal Architecture summarized some of the current issues facing academic institutions, forecasting that indicators of declining enrollment in the 1990s have made college administrators eager to improve their facilities as a means of attracting students (Anonymous 1991:37). This improvement often entails the construction of new buildings, particularly science and technology centers. While monographs and articles on university planning generally stress the need for master plans which take into account factors such as projected growth, costs, effective land management, visual uniqueness, and transportation (Dober 1992, Freeman et al., 1992, Junker 1990), preservation planning often receives little more than lip service. Pointing out this obvious oversight, Stephen Chambers (1990) has addressed the need for preserving structures, green spaces and archaeological resources of historical significance in his recent article on university preserva...
American Ethnologist, 2009
Historical Archaeology, 2018
Julia Ann King is the recipient of the 2018 Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) J. C. Harrin... more Julia Ann King is the recipient of the 2018 Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) J. C. Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology. The award was presented to Dr. King at the SHA’s annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, in recognition of her scholarship, commitment to mentoring students, and lifetime contributions to the field of historical archaeology. Julie is an expert in the historical archaeology of the Chesapeake Tidewater region, where she has studied and written about domestic life, social memory, narrative, landscape, and the impacts of colonialism. Her research has changed the way archaeologists think about the Chesapeake’s history, both in terms of the nuanced complexities of indigenous and colonial life, and in the ways later generations interacted with and shaped narratives of the past. Her work is multidisciplinary, drawing on multiple lines of evidence, including anthropology, history, the hard sciences, and art and literary criticism. Perhaps because of this...
Through the meanings they hold and the practices they animate, objects are powerful things. By ex... more Through the meanings they hold and the practices they animate, objects are powerful things. By examining a range of objects, from city prospects to portraits, gravestones, dressing tables and prosthetic limbs, Jennifer Van Horn demonstrates how objects were particularly important to eighteenth-century Anglo-American communities as they wrestled with questions of identity and order. Elite White families utilised objects as key means of constructing and asserting themselves as civil people. Focusing on Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Charleston, The Power of Objects convincingly shows how objects were crucial sites in forming specific identities and excluding others, within British America. In crafting these identities, elite White AngloAmericans responded to aesthetic debates in Britain, but also reacted to what they viewed as “the threatening counterexamples provided by native Americans and African Americans” (21). The assertion of such identities was often fraught, however, because of the contradictory meanings at stake in material things. The Power of Objects provides a compelling account of the complex ways in which elite White communities consistently drew upon material culture to construct their identities and shows the range of cultural references within them.
PATRICIA MERLE SAMFORD: Power Runs in Many Channels: Subfloor Pits and West African-Based Spiritu... more PATRICIA MERLE SAMFORD: Power Runs in Many Channels: Subfloor Pits and West African-Based Spiritual Traditions in Colonial Virginia (Under the direction of Vincas P. Steponaitis.) Enslaved Africans and their descendants comprised a significant portion of the colonial Virginia’s population. Many enslaved people of African descent lived on rural slave quarters, adjacent to the agricultural fields in which they labored. Since the 1970s, archaeologists working in the American South have been excavating the material remains o f these slave quarters and learning about slave life. A common characteristic of Virginia slave quarters is the presence of subfloor pits dug into the soil underneath the houses. The functions of these pits has long been a matter of debate among archaeologists, with their use as storage places for personal belongings or root vegetables forming the most common explanation. Contextual and ethnohistoric data suggest that some o f these pits may have served in a spiritu...
Vestígios - Revista Latino-Americana de Arqueologia Histórica
Este artigo apresenta um conjunto de dados acerca de datas para tipos comuns de artefatos encontr... more Este artigo apresenta um conjunto de dados acerca de datas para tipos comuns de artefatos encontrados em sítios arqueológicos para períodos históricos. Essas datas são baseadas em uma multiplicidade de fontes e incluem uma mistura de datas. Essas datas são baseadas em dados como patentes, registros de padrões, datas para início de produção, estimativas do fianl da produção e as variações de popularidade para vários estilos de produtos baseados em marcas de fabricantes. Esse artigo introdutório discute alguns dos problemas referentes às fontes das datas apresentadas.
Property functions on Block during the 18th century 181 39. Trends on Block 29 of ceramic vessel ... more Property functions on Block during the 18th century 181 39. Trends on Block 29 of ceramic vessel types A .
Publication View. 33933575. Power runs in many channels : subfloor pits and West African-based sp... more Publication View. 33933575. Power runs in many channels : subfloor pits and West African-based spiritual traditions in colonial Virginia / (2000). Samford, Patricia. Abstract. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000.. ...
Newsletter of the African-American Archaeology …, 1994
Choice Reviews Online, Nov 1, 2008
Research Report No. 20, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Cha... more Research Report No. 20, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Reports in this series discuss the findings of archaeological excavations and research projects undertaken by the RLA between 1984 and present.
Northeast Historical Archaeology, 2011
Northeast historical archaeology, 2016
Advances in Archaeological Practice, 2019
Archaeological collections repositories have two principal aims: preserving collections while als... more Archaeological collections repositories have two principal aims: preserving collections while also making them accessible. This accessibility is critical for the growing number of researchers turning to collections to study the past. This article describes steps that repositories can take to enhance access to collections in their custody, based on the experience of the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, the state's public archaeological curation facility. These steps include the identification of stakeholders—archaeologists, Native American tribes, and stakeholder communities; creation of a detailed and prioritized collection inventory including artifacts and records; development of finding aids; reconstruction of provenience systems; and exploration of the digital delivery of collection information. For repositories ill equipped to hold archaeological collections, consideration should be given to transferring the collection to one with the appropriate resources an...
Beneath the Ivory Tower, 2010
The William and Mary Quarterly, 1996
... mentary record for these plantations enabled buildings positively identified with African-Ame... more ... mentary record for these plantations enabled buildings positively identified with African-American housing to be pinpointed and ... A. Stiverson and Patrick H. Butler III, eds., "Virginia in 1732: The Travel Journal of William ... ARCHAEOLOGY OF SLAVERY AND MATERIAL CULTURE ...
In a recent article on campus planning, the journal Architecture summarized some of the current i... more In a recent article on campus planning, the journal Architecture summarized some of the current issues facing academic institutions, forecasting that indicators of declining enrollment in the 1990s have made college administrators eager to improve their facilities as a means of attracting students (Anonymous 1991:37). This improvement often entails the construction of new buildings, particularly science and technology centers. While monographs and articles on university planning generally stress the need for master plans which take into account factors such as projected growth, costs, effective land management, visual uniqueness, and transportation (Dober 1992, Freeman et al., 1992, Junker 1990), preservation planning often receives little more than lip service. Pointing out this obvious oversight, Stephen Chambers (1990) has addressed the need for preserving structures, green spaces and archaeological resources of historical significance in his recent article on university preserva...
American Ethnologist, 2009
Historical Archaeology, 2018
Julia Ann King is the recipient of the 2018 Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) J. C. Harrin... more Julia Ann King is the recipient of the 2018 Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) J. C. Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology. The award was presented to Dr. King at the SHA’s annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, in recognition of her scholarship, commitment to mentoring students, and lifetime contributions to the field of historical archaeology. Julie is an expert in the historical archaeology of the Chesapeake Tidewater region, where she has studied and written about domestic life, social memory, narrative, landscape, and the impacts of colonialism. Her research has changed the way archaeologists think about the Chesapeake’s history, both in terms of the nuanced complexities of indigenous and colonial life, and in the ways later generations interacted with and shaped narratives of the past. Her work is multidisciplinary, drawing on multiple lines of evidence, including anthropology, history, the hard sciences, and art and literary criticism. Perhaps because of this...
Through the meanings they hold and the practices they animate, objects are powerful things. By ex... more Through the meanings they hold and the practices they animate, objects are powerful things. By examining a range of objects, from city prospects to portraits, gravestones, dressing tables and prosthetic limbs, Jennifer Van Horn demonstrates how objects were particularly important to eighteenth-century Anglo-American communities as they wrestled with questions of identity and order. Elite White families utilised objects as key means of constructing and asserting themselves as civil people. Focusing on Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Charleston, The Power of Objects convincingly shows how objects were crucial sites in forming specific identities and excluding others, within British America. In crafting these identities, elite White AngloAmericans responded to aesthetic debates in Britain, but also reacted to what they viewed as “the threatening counterexamples provided by native Americans and African Americans” (21). The assertion of such identities was often fraught, however, because of the contradictory meanings at stake in material things. The Power of Objects provides a compelling account of the complex ways in which elite White communities consistently drew upon material culture to construct their identities and shows the range of cultural references within them.
PATRICIA MERLE SAMFORD: Power Runs in Many Channels: Subfloor Pits and West African-Based Spiritu... more PATRICIA MERLE SAMFORD: Power Runs in Many Channels: Subfloor Pits and West African-Based Spiritual Traditions in Colonial Virginia (Under the direction of Vincas P. Steponaitis.) Enslaved Africans and their descendants comprised a significant portion of the colonial Virginia’s population. Many enslaved people of African descent lived on rural slave quarters, adjacent to the agricultural fields in which they labored. Since the 1970s, archaeologists working in the American South have been excavating the material remains o f these slave quarters and learning about slave life. A common characteristic of Virginia slave quarters is the presence of subfloor pits dug into the soil underneath the houses. The functions of these pits has long been a matter of debate among archaeologists, with their use as storage places for personal belongings or root vegetables forming the most common explanation. Contextual and ethnohistoric data suggest that some o f these pits may have served in a spiritu...
Vestígios - Revista Latino-Americana de Arqueologia Histórica
Este artigo apresenta um conjunto de dados acerca de datas para tipos comuns de artefatos encontr... more Este artigo apresenta um conjunto de dados acerca de datas para tipos comuns de artefatos encontrados em sítios arqueológicos para períodos históricos. Essas datas são baseadas em uma multiplicidade de fontes e incluem uma mistura de datas. Essas datas são baseadas em dados como patentes, registros de padrões, datas para início de produção, estimativas do fianl da produção e as variações de popularidade para vários estilos de produtos baseados em marcas de fabricantes. Esse artigo introdutório discute alguns dos problemas referentes às fontes das datas apresentadas.
Property functions on Block during the 18th century 181 39. Trends on Block 29 of ceramic vessel ... more Property functions on Block during the 18th century 181 39. Trends on Block 29 of ceramic vessel types A .
Publication View. 33933575. Power runs in many channels : subfloor pits and West African-based sp... more Publication View. 33933575. Power runs in many channels : subfloor pits and West African-based spiritual traditions in colonial Virginia / (2000). Samford, Patricia. Abstract. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000.. ...
Newsletter of the African-American Archaeology …, 1994