Instructors: Kimberly Wooten and Julia Huddleson, California Department of Transportation, Cultural Studies Office This workshop will give an overview of the history and development of plastics, followed by hands-on training with plastic artifacts from the early 1900s through the modern era, with a focus on domestiic sites.

Instructors: Kendra Kennedy, RPA (Wisconsin Historical Society); Garry Momber (Maritime Archaeology Trust)This workshop is designed to introduce non-specialists to issues specific to underwater archaeology.  Participants will learn about different types of underwater cultural heritage (UCH) and some of the methods employed to help protect those sites.  This seminar is not intended to teach...

The National World War II Museum is located at 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, approximately a 15-minute walk from the New Orleans Marriott. The National World War II Museum tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world - why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today.  You will receive a Museum Compass Pass, which gives you access to all...

Instructors: Thomas A. Crist, Ph.D. (Utica University) and Kimberly A. Morrell (AECOM) This workshop introduces participants to the practical aspects of locating, excavating, storing, and analyzing human remains from historic-period graves.  It also will address the appropriate role of historical archaeologists in forensic investigations and mass fatality incidents.  Participants will also learn...

Instructor: Jack Scott, Jack Scott Archaeological IllustrationMaximum Enrollment: 30 Pen and ink is all basically a matter of skill and technique, which can be easily taught, and the results can be done faster, cheaper, and are considerably more attractive than the black-and-white illustrations done on the computer.  Workshop participants will learn about materials and techniques, page design and...

Take a historic and strange tour of the squalid conditions of mass disease that New Orleans has encountered and hear inspiring tales of coping with filthy and four conditions.  Uncover how epidemics such as Yellow Fever, Cholera, and more have infected New Orleans' residents and how the city has recovered.  Learn about odd medical practices of long ago, including how voodoo and religion played a...

Hidden History, LLC will provide a riding tour of the largest slave revolt in the United States, led by a descendant of the rebels.  The tour will acquaint you with the aim of the revolt: the establishment of a second Black independent republic with its own sovereign state; and its heroic leader, Charles Deslondes.  There will be 10-12 sites and stops during the four-hour tour. The bus will pick...

Instructor: Lindsay Bloch, Tempered Archaeological Services, LLC Most historic button guides emphasize ornate or specialty buttons, not the everyday buttons that most people wore.  Using a material and technological approach, in this workshop we will cover how to identify 18th-20th century buttons of metal, glass, porcelain, organic materials, and synthetics.  We will discuss chronological change...

Instructors: Kimberly Wooten and Julia Huddleson, California Department of Transportation, Cultural Studies Office This workshop will give an overview of the history and development of plastics, followed by hands-on training with plastic artifacts from the early 1900s through the modern era, with a focus on domestic sites.  Minimum of 8 participants.

Focusing on 300 years of New Orleans history, this cruise is narrated by a local historian who takes guests on a journey through the story of the city as you sail downriver to the Jean Lafitte Naitonal Historical Park and the historic Chalmette Battlefield.  Highlights of the tour include the founding of the city by the LeMoyne brothers, the expansion of the city into the "French Quarters" of the...

Join us Wednesday evening for the opening session of the SHA 2025 Conference for presentation of the Kathleen Kirk Gilmore Dissertation Award, the James Deetz Book Award, and the SHA Awards of Merit.

The Search for Ancient Landforms off the Washington Coast Lia Frenchman, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Quinault Indian Nation To aid the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) in having a deeper understanding of their coastline and the waters that border the present-day reservation, the QIN Tribal Historic Preservation Office is working together with academic and agency researchers to refine...

Following the Plenary Session, meet up with old friends and make new ones at the Opening Reception.  Complimentary appetizers and a cash bar.