SHA 2025 Conference on
Historical and Underwater Archaeology
Landscapes in Transition: Looking to the Past to Adapt to the Future
New Orleans, Louisiana | January 8-11, 2025
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Friday, 10/Jan/2025 | ||||
| 7:30am - 5:30pm |
REG-4: SHA Registration Location: Preservation Hall Foyer |
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| 8:30am - 5:00pm |
BOOK 2: SHA Book Room Open Location: Bissonet |
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| 8:45am - 12:00pm |
SYM-161 (T): Social Landscapes of Settler Colonialism in the Caribbean Location: Studio 7 Chair: Kristen R. Fellows, North Dakota State University Chair: James A. Delle, Chronicle Heritage Discussant: Mark Hauser, Northwestern University “The Golden Splendor of Montserrat Limes!”: A Multi-Scalar Archaeology of Caribbean Citrus Industry (ca. 1852-1928) 9:00am - 9:15am An Archaeology of Supremacy: A Planter's Household at Stewart Castle, Jamaica 9:15am - 9:30am Economic and Social Outlooks for Middle Management in Colonial Dominica 9:30am - 9:45am St. Lucia’s 18th-Century Free Black Community and its Impact on the French and Haitian Revolutions 9:45am - 10:15am 15min presentation + 15min break Material and Social Landscapes at LaSoye, Dominica, 15th-18th Century 10:15am - 10:30am Paths from the Plantation to Prosperity: An Archaeology of Barbadian Migration to Liberia 10:30am - 10:45am Power and Position on the Barbuda Plantation 10:45am - 11:00am Pre- and Post-Emancipation Consumer Choice among Enslaved and Free Laborers on St. Kitts’ Southeast Peninsula 11:00am - 11:15am Repurposed Metal Objects from the Plantation at Marshalls Pen: How the Reuse of Iron Reflects Settler Colonial Tension in 19th Century Jamaica 11:15am - 11:30am United States Virgin Islands Tropical Hardwoods Debris Reuse Guidelines: An Example of Collaboration Among Federal and Territorial Disaster Response/Recovery Partners Addressing a Unique Category of Community Cultural Assets 11:30am - 12:00pm 15min presentation + 15min discussion Untamed Ecologies And Fugitive Geographies In Colonial Dominica, 1763 – 1978 |
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| 9:00am - 10:15am |
SYM-711 (UW): Current Maritime Research in Saint Augustine, Florida Location: Studio 8 Chair: Chuck T Meide, Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) Chair: Christopher M McCarron, Saint Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum The History and Proposed Archaeological Survey of Saint Augustine’s Matanzas Inlet 9:15am - 9:30am Exploring an Early Colonial Maritime Landscape through Geospatial and Geomorphological Analysis 9:30am - 9:45am Preserving History Underwater: Collaborative Archaeological Efforts and Insights into the African Diaspora at Fort Mose II Amid Environmental Challenges 9:45am - 10:00am The King Street Boat: A Buried Late Nineteenth Century Craft on the St. Augustine Waterfront 10:00am - 10:15am The Excavation of the Crescent Beach Shipwreck (8SJ7136), Believed to be the Lumber Vessel Caroline Eddy Lost in 1880 |
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| 9:00am - 10:45am |
GEN-15 (T): Multicultural Frontiers: Sheepherding, Railroad Labor, and Heritage Management in Early 20th Century Eastern California and Beyond Location: Galerie 4 Chair: Mechelle L Kerns, Terracon Multicultural Legacies: Sheepherding Along Eastern California's Stock Highway 9:15am - 9:30am A Rural Chinatown on the West Desert of Utah 9:30am - 9:45am Historical Site Formation and Chinatowns 9:45am - 10:00am The Incredible Story of Ryan, California—One of the Best-Preserved Mining Camps in the West 10:00am - 10:15am Understanding Settlement, Industry, and Indigenous Presence in the 19th Century: Dakota Scrip in Nevada and Beyond 10:15am - 10:30am Sodbusters Invade the Peace… Again: Archaeology at the Old Bezanson Townsite, Alberta, Canada 10:30am - 10:45am Americanize, My Persecuted Brethren! An Archaeology of a Jewish Agricultural Community in Colorado |
SYM-136 (T): Well, Well, Well: Papers in honor of Judith A. Bense Location: Galerie 5 Chair: Jennifer Melcher, University of West Florida Archaeology Institute Discussant: Jay K. Johnson, University of Mississippi Discussant: Gregory A Waselkov, University of South Alabama Discussant: Judith A Bense, University of West Florida “That And 50 Cents Will Get You A Cup Of Coffee” Early Lessons And How We Applied The Benseian Way To Our Archaeological Development 9:15am - 9:30am Archaeology for Everyone: Bensian Boldness and the Florida Public Archaeology Network 9:30am - 9:45am Making the Pieces Fit - Historic Maps and the Colonial Archaeology of Downtown Pensacola, Florida 9:45am - 10:45am 15min presentation + 45min discussion 40 Years of Hawkshaw and Public Archaeology |
SYM-180 (T): Archaeology in the Community: 15 Years of Archaeology Service Location: Studio 10 Chair: Elizabeth Pruitt, Archaeology in the Community Discussant: Ruth Trocolli, DC HPO/ Bone Boss Tools Archaeology and Stewardship of a City Park: The Making of the First D.C. Archaeology Month Poster 9:15am - 9:30am Community Archaeology and Education: The Integration of Youth in Archaeological Research 9:30am - 9:45am Young Archaeologists Club: A Discussion of Archaeology Science Communication and Youth Education 9:45am - 10:00am Teaching Teachers: The AITC/Montpelier Teacher Program 10:00am - 10:15am Building A Empowerment Model: ArcGIS, Community Engagement, And The Plateau Cemeteries Of Africatown 10:15am - 10:45am 15min presentation + 15min discussion Teaching Ancient Nubia: Kush in the K-12 Classroom |
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| 9:00am - 11:00am |
GEN-11 (T): From Opium to Moonshine: Unveiling Historical Substance Use, Prohibition, and Queer Histories in Archaeological Contexts Location: Studio 2 Chair: Amanda M Stockton, Wayne State University Terminology And Material Culture Of Opiates In The 18th-20th Century Western World: An Overview. 9:15am - 9:30am Queering Historical Sex Work: A Brothel Archaeology Framework 9:30am - 9:45am History By The Bottle: Prohibition-era Beverage Bottles From The Gass Saloon, Hamtramck, Michigan 9:45am - 10:15am 15min presentation + 15min break Archaeology of Disaster: The July 4, 1876 Rockdale Flood 10:15am - 10:30am “We weren’t dry, I’ll tell you that”: Prohibition-Era Alcohol Consumption at Northern Arizona’s Apex Logging Camp 10:30am - 10:45am “... a headache the next day,”: Alcohol at James Madison’s Montpelier 10:45am - 11:00am The Archaeology Of Piracy: In The Wake Of 20 Years Of Research |
SYM-175 (T): Beyond Meat: Animal-Human Relations in New Orleans and Louisiana Location: Studio 9 Chair: Shannon Lee Dawdy, University of Chicago Chair: Christopher M. Grant, University of Chicago Discussant: Susan D. deFrance, University of Florida An isotopic-zooarchaeology of 3000 animal lives in historical New Orleans 9:15am - 9:30am Hybrid Streetscapes: Reconsidering How Mules Shaped Postbellum New Orleans 9:30am - 9:45am Love and Loss: Commensal Animals and the Archaeology of Disaster 9:45am - 10:15am 15min presentation + 15min break The Cryptic Animism of Pet Burials 10:15am - 10:30am The Resilient Rat: Nutria in Louisiana 10:30am - 11:00am 15min presentation + 15min discussion Wild Style: Feathers and Fashion in Early Creole New Orleans |
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| 9:00am - 11:15am |
GEN-04 (T): Navigating Inclusivity and Representation: Disability, Accessibility, and Activist Approaches in Archaeology and Historical Interpretation Location: Galerie 1 Chair: Craig H Shapiro, The Ohio State University Accommodating Disabilities in Archaeological Field Schools, Through Trowel and Error 9:15am - 9:30am Tools and Tactics: Coastal Archeology and Climate Change Response in a New York Harbor National Park 9:30am - 9:45am Etched Archives: Activist Archaeology and Historical Markers in America’s Biggest Little City 9:45am - 10:15am 15min presentation + 15min break Neocolonial Gaslighting, Cultural Stewardship Malpractice, and “Allyship”: The Paradigmatic Hurdles of Reaching an Ethical Baseline for Archaeology in the Global South 10:15am - 10:30am South Alabama Population Dynamics and Archaeology: Considerations of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 10:30am - 10:45am Monument 40 - Remnants of the Barlow-Blanco Construction Camp 10:45am - 11:00am The New Historia: Creating A Digital Encyclopedia & the Challenges of Feminist Historical Recovery Part II 11:00am - 11:15am Women Under Water: ocean security and diving intelligence |
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SYM-168 (T): Deviations: Archaeologies of Sexuality Beyond the Heteronormative Location: Studio 6 Chair: Jennifer A. Lupu, Rhodes College Discussant: Jennifer A. Lupu, Rhodes College Othering Spaces: The Creation of “Deviant” Community Spaces in 19th- and Early-20th Century Brothels in Central City, CO 9:15am - 9:30am “Queer People Anywhere are Responsible for Queer People Everywhere”: Incorporating a Queer Ethic of Care into Queer-Community Archaeology 9:30am - 9:45am A queer phenomenology of the penis: Disorienting Sex and Gender in Maya Archaeology 9:45am - 10:15am 15min presentation + 15min break The Queering of the Brothel Space through Personal Adornment 10:15am - 10:30am Queerness and Blackness: Reimagining Bioarchaeological Paradigms 10:30am - 10:45am Decoding the Sepulchral Closet: Reading Between the Lines of Heteronormativity in Graveyards 10:45am - 11:00am Sexualities and Textualities: An Archaeological Perspective 11:00am - 11:30am 15min presentation + 15min discussion A “Lost and Found Culture:” An Ethnographic Archaeology of 20th and 21st Century Queerness in Oklahoma |
SYM-393 (T): “A Little Grass and Earth Thrown in to fill up the Grave”: Archaeological studies of American War for Independence burial spaces Location: Studio 4 Chair: Wade P Catts, South River Heritage Consulting Chair: Thomas A. Crist, Utica University Discussant: Douglas D. Scott, Colorado Mesa University Ambush at Fort Laurens: Consequences of the American Colonial Western Expansion in Ohio 9:15am - 9:30am “The campaign in Canada has been, beyond a doubt, exceedingly severe; the retreat from thence distressful, and attended with a variety of calamitous circumstances” * The Courtland Street Burying Ground. Lake George, NY, the General Hospital at Fort George, and the Quebec Campaign of 1775-1776.* Major General Horatio Gates to General George Washington, 7 August 1776 9:30am - 9:45am Bioarchaeology of a Hospital Cemetery from the American Revolution: The Courtland Street Burying Ground, Lake George, New York 9:45am - 10:00am "Living Their Enemies; Dying Their Guests": Four Potential Revolutionary War burials from Ridgefield, CT 10:00am - 10:30am 15min presentation + 15min break The Role(s) of Bioarchaeology in Connecting Biology, Life History, Context, and Narrative: a Case Study from 18th Century Ridgefield, Connecticut 10:30am - 10:45am “The Next Day The Whole Regiment Was Employed … In Digging A Trench And Burying The Dead”: Historical Archaeology Of A Burial Space At Red Bank Battlefield, Gloucester County, New Jersey 10:45am - 11:00am Conflict Bioarchaeology: Analysis of Probable Hessian Soldiers’ Remains from the Revolutionary War Battlefield at Red Bank, New Jersey 11:00am - 11:30am 15min presentation + 15min discussion “Death Rode on Every Volley”: How the Discovery of a Mass Hessian Burial Offers Interpretive Opportunities and Challenges at Red Bank Battlefield Park |
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POS-03 (T): Cemeteries and Beyond - The Growing Body of Evidence From Archeological and Bioarcheological Analyses of the Human Condition Location: Studio Foyer The Anatomization and Medicalization of Females Buried at the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery Summary Findings of Nonadult Osteological Analyses of the 1991 and 1992 Archaeological Excavations at the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery 2 Medical and Social Causes of Dependence: Data from New York State’s County Poorhouses 1900-1915 Lines of Discrimination: Tracing Racially Biased Practices through the Changing Property Boundaries at the Oak Grove Colored Cemetery in Graham, Texas "A Dread Bleak, Desolate Place," The Archaeology of Tucson's Court Street Cemetery Community Engaged Bioarchaeology at a Historic Poor Farm in Brentwood, New Hampshire (1841-1868) Bioarchaeological Triage: The Ethics and Logistics of a Salvage Project at Cypress Grove Cemetery #1, New Orleans, Louisiana Unearthed Legacies: Community-Driven Insights into Coffin Hardware from the Old Canaan Baptist Cemetery "Neglect and vandalism have done their perfect work": The Investigation and Recovery of a Portion of a Forgotten Burial Ground in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. "Making a Box Worthy of a Sleeping Beauty": Burial Container Surface Treatments in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries |
SYM-155 A (UW): The Intersection Between Natural and Cultural Heritage and the Pressing Threats to Both, Pt 1 Location: Galerie 3 Chair: Charlotte A.K. Jarvis, The Ocean Foundation Chair: Sarah E. Miller, Florida Public Archaeology Network New Approaches to Locating and Addressing Threats from Potentially Polluting Wrecks 9:15am - 9:30am Ghost Wrecks of the Blue Pacific 9:30am - 9:45am One with the Land and the Sea: Threats to Caribbean Identities During Times of Change 9:45am - 10:00am The Walker 1711 Project: A Multidisciplinary Investigation Where Archaeology Meets History and Oceanography for a Holistic Perspective on the Past 10:00am - 10:30am 15min presentation + 15min break Action To Assess Threats To Maritime Cultural Heritage Sitescapes 10:30am - 10:45am PROJECT TANGAROA: A Global Framework for the Near-and Long-Term Assessment, Intervention and Sharing of Data for Potentially Polluting Wrecks 10:45am - 11:00am Status Quo or Status Go? A reflection on integrated Ocean Heritage in the UN Ocean Decade five years in 11:00am - 11:15am New Chapters in the Story of USS Arizona (BB-39). 11:15am - 11:30am Superfund Sites: Cleaning up, Mitigating, and Preserving Underwater Archaeological Heritage in the Face of Climate Change. 11:30am - 11:45am Honoring the Loss: Reflections on the Archaeological and Ecological Impacts of Recent Wildfires |
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SYM-162 A (T): Landscapes of Care: Exploring Heart-centered Practice in Historical Archaeology Pt. 1 Location: Galerie 2 Chair: Kisha Supernant, University of Alberta Chair: William T. D. Wadsworth, University of Alberta 15min intro + 15min presentation Infrastructures of Care - A Heritage of Heart, Relationality & Black Placemaking 9:30am - 9:45am Art as Recorded History: Ledger Art as Historic Documentation in the North American Plains 9:45am - 10:00am Beyond the Vows: Living in Loneliness and Hidden Desires in Female Portugal Convents 10:00am - 10:15am Blood At the Roots: Black Heritage Trees as Silent Witnesses to the Past 10:15am - 10:45am 15min presentation + 15min break Centering Care Within Conversations of Curation: A Heart-Centered Approach to the Tłı̨chǫ Archive and Museum 10:45am - 11:00am Collaborative Archaeology, Mothering, and the “Intimate Labor” of Making Place 11:00am - 11:15am Cultivating Care: African Sisters at the Mission of St. Joseph (Senegal) 11:15am - 11:30am Community-Based Participatory Archaeology: Incorporating Descendants’ Culture at Smithfield Archaeological Investigation 11:30am - 11:45am Heart-centered Archaeology in an Indigenous Landscape of Eviction and Erasure 11:45am - 12:00pm Family, Land, and Food: A New Approach to Métis Ethnic Identity in Archaeology |
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| 10:15am - 12:00pm |
GEN-05 A (T): Mapping Mortuary Landscapes: GIS, Fieldstone Cemeteries, and Marginalized Burial Practices from Colonial to Contemporary Times Location: Galerie 6 Chair: Cathrine M. Davis, William & Mary Methodology meets Materiality at Stone Hill Cemetery: Exploring Past Identities through the Typology and Spatiality of an 18th Century Fieldstone Cemetery in Pound Ridge, New York. 10:30am - 10:45am Stone Hill Cemetery in Context: Exploring the Significance of an Unmarked Fieldstone Cemetery in Pound Ridge, New York 10:45am - 11:00am A Tale of Two Communities: How Grave Markers Illustrate Marginalization and Self-Determination in African American Cemeteries in Eastern North Carolina 11:00am - 11:15am Beyond the Gravestone: GIS-based Spatial Analysis of Historic Cemeteries 11:15am - 11:30am Reclaiming and Managing Cemeteries in the Missouri Ozarks 11:30am - 11:45am Recording the Dead, Creating Procedure for Digitizing and Mapping a Historic Cemetery 11:45am - 12:00pm The Archaeology of Canaan Cemetery and Post-Emancipation Burial Traditions in the Brazos Valley |
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| 12:00pm - 1:15pm |
RL-5: Writing Archaeology Stories for the Public: Writing So Publishers Will Listen and Communities Feel Heard Location: Riverview 1 Hosts: Alicia Odewale, University of Houston, and Jodi Skipper, University of Mississippi
Historical Archaeologists have a remarkable ability to unearth and tell compelling stories from what remains of the past - old structure, hidden archives, buried artifacts, and even cultural landscapes on the brink of destruction. Yet, many face a significant challenge: how to translate these rich histories... |
RL-6: Jobs in Maritime Archaeology Location: Riverview 1 Host: Paul Johnston, Smithsonian Institution
What are the different job types and career tracks in nautical archaeology today? This discussion will speak to public archaeology (NOAA, National Park Service, BOEM, Parks Canada, Smithsonian, state programs, etc.); private-sector cultural resource management (contract archaeology, consulting); private foundations; academic positions and museum work... |
RL-7: Publishing for Early Career Research and Students Location: Riverview 1 Hosts: Alasdair Brooks, Co-Editor, Historical Archaeology; Annalies Corbin, ACUA Editor; and Mary Sue Daoud, Associate Publisher, Springer
You’ve done the research and synthesized the results. Now you need to share your findings with the community. What are your options? SHA provides many ways to publish your results: journal Historical Archaeology, Technical Briefs, books co-published with... |
RL-8: How to Take Climate to Congress Location: Riverview 1 Hosts: Sarah Miller, FPAN, and Marcy Rockman, Lifting Rocks - Climate and Heritage Consulting
Legislation can be dry to read, but it shapes what is valued, funded, and where power and responsibility lie. So thinking about what we want our legislation to say and sharing these ideas with the US Congress and other policymakers is an important muscle for archaeologists to exercise. This roundtable... |
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LUNCH 2 |
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| 1:30pm - 2:45pm |
GEN-07 (UW): We Grabbed an Alligator and We Fought Another Round: Submerged Military Sites Location: Galerie 1 Chair: Dominic W Bush, East Carolina University Ten Years of Underwater Archaeological Research on Submerged Naval Aircraft in Pensacola, Florida 1:45pm - 2:00pm The Submerged Battlescape Heritage of Roi-Namur, Republic of the Marshall Islands 2:00pm - 2:15pm Exploring Attu’s Underwater Battlefield and Offshore Environment 2:15pm - 2:30pm Military or Civilian: Deciphering H.L. Hunley's Role in the American Civil War 2:30pm - 2:45pm “There Is No Cemetery At The Post Deserving The Name”: Updates On The Discovery Of A Submerged Military Cemetery At Fort Jefferson In Dry Tortugas National Park. |
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GEN-05 B (T): Mapping Mortuary Landscapes: GIS, Fieldstone Cemeteries, and Marginalized Burial Practices from Colonial to Contemporary Times Pt 2 Location: Galerie 6 Chair: Cathrine M. Davis, William & Mary Heritage Protection In Forgotten Spaces: the Morganza Spillway Cemeteries 1:45pm - 2:00pm Shrouded Legacies: The Intersection of Trauma, Heritage, and Dignity in a Contested Asylum Burial Ground 2:00pm - 2:15pm A Discussion of Eighteenth-Century Coffins from the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia Cemetery 2:15pm - 2:30pm Liminality of the Dead: A Theoretical Look at Historic African American Coin Grave Inclusions and its Creolized History 2:30pm - 2:45pm “Like Dogges to be buried”: Care and Clothing of the Dead in Early Jamestowne 2:45pm - 3:00pm It Takes a Village: Community Archaeology at the Oak Grove Colored Cemetery in Graham, Texas |
SYM-123 (T): Public Archaeology and CRM in Louisiana: Making Historical Archaeology Matter Location: Studio 9 Chair: Steven J. Filoromo, TRC Environmental Corporation Chair: Sadie Whitehurst, Louisiana Office of Cultural Development Discussant: Mark A. Rees, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Investigating Historic Violence with Community Archaeology: Preliminary Work in the Investigation of the Thibodaux Massacre 1:45pm - 2:00pm Leveling the Landscape and the Archaeology of Tenancy in Louisiana 2:00pm - 2:15pm Louisiana’s Cultural Resource Management Survey Coverage in Wetland Environments 2:15pm - 2:30pm Public Landscapes and Historic Burials: An Investigation of Historic Graves at the Poverty Point Site (16WC5) 2:30pm - 3:00pm 15min presentation + 15min discussion Transcending Time: Excavating the Legacies of Slavery at Louisiana’s Plantations |
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GEN-18 (T): Revolution and Resistance: Commemorating Diversity and Material Culture in Colonial Boston and Beyond Location: Galerie 4 Chair: Hannah V Weiss, East Carolina University "Beyond the Battlefield: Diverse Perspectives on 1775 Charlestown, MA" 1:45pm - 2:00pm Out of the Ordinary: Exploring strategic decision making of the Baker family in 17th century St. Mary’s City, Maryland 2:00pm - 2:15pm Exploring imperial authority, conversion and social stratification in Portuguese Chaul, India (1500-1700 CE) 2:15pm - 2:30pm Material Culture, Spatial Politics, and Everyday Resistance in Ireland During the Great Hunger (1845-1852) 2:30pm - 2:45pm Coan Hall: A pXRF Analysis of Lower Potomac River Valley Lithics 2:45pm - 3:00pm Archival Insight: The Archaeology of Native Cabins, Critical Fabulation, and Interpreting Survivance 3:00pm - 3:15pm Do Patterns Matter?Testing the Spanish Colonial Pattern on Charles Towne, North Carolina |
SYM-277 (T): At the Intersections of History: Collaborative, Public Archaeology along the Chisholm Trail in Bolivar, Texas Location: Studio 4 Chair: Alexander G. Menaker, Stantec Discussant: William H. Clark, Stantec, Inc. Discussant: Rebekah M. Dobrasko, TxDOT Discussant: Maria Franklin, University of Texas TxDOT and the Bolivar Archaeological Project: Collaborative Archaeology in North Texas 1:45pm - 2:00pm History of Bolivar and the Tom Cook Family 2:00pm - 2:15pm More Than a Pile of Iron Scraps: Understanding The Archaeology of Blacksmith Shops 2:15pm - 3:15pm 15min presentation + 45min discussion The Undertold Stories of African American Blacksmiths in Texas and the Role of Collaborative Archaeology in the Rediscovery of Tom Cook |
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FOR-486 (UW): Submerged Landscapes: Discussion On Underwater Archives Of The Past Environmental Changes And Methods To Unlock Their Mysteries Location: Galerie 5 Chair: River A Rivera, Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology Chair: Iness Bernier, Université Bretagne Occidentale Submerged Landscapes: Discussion On Underwater Archives Of The Past Environmental Changes And Methods To Unlock Their Mysteries |
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GEN-13 (T): Cutting-Edge Techniques in Archaeology: From GPR and Magnetometry to AI and Stable Isotope Analysis Across Diverse Landscapes Location: Studio 2 Chair: John Chenoweth, Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn Slices and Snouts: A Combined Canine arcHRD and Archaeogeophysical Approach to Finding a Lost Black Cemetery in Northwest Ohio 1:45pm - 2:00pm Rethinking Date Determination in Oceania 2:00pm - 2:15pm Transferware.AI: Automating the Identification of Transfer-Printed Ceramics Using Artificial Intelligence 2:15pm - 2:45pm 15min presentation + 15min break Space Syntax Analysis For Poverty Point World Heritage Site: The Ubiquitous And Unending Social Logic of Space? 2:45pm - 3:00pm Breaking Bottlenecks: Replacing MVS Depth Map Estimation with CNNs in Archaeological Photogrammetry 3:00pm - 3:15pm Investigating The Origins Of The Oyo Empire War Horses Using Strontium Isotope Analysis 3:15pm - 3:30pm GPR Array Imaging and Mapping with Esri Field Maps of 18th Century Archaeological Sites 3:30pm - 3:45pm In Two Minutes Flat: A Customizable Method for Efficient Surveying of Archaeological Collections |
GEN-17 (T): Landscapes of Memory and Identity: Exploring Religious Sites, Urban Waterfronts, and Environmental Legacies in Historical Archaeology Location: Studio 7 Chair: Ian Kuijt, Univ. of Notre Dame Historical Memory in Cane Hill, Arkansas 1:45pm - 2:00pm Beyond the Site Boundary: Between Specific Sites and Expansive Narratives 2:00pm - 2:15pm Demographics and Everyday Matters: Mobile Bay, Alabama 2:15pm - 2:30pm Landscape, Movement and Constraint: Germanna (Virginia) in the First Half of the Eighteenth Century 2:30pm - 3:00pm 15min presentation + 15min break Thinking about Villages: Population and Settlement Organization, Nineteenth to Twentieth century Inishark, Ireland. 3:00pm - 3:15pm If I Wanted To Get There, I Wouldn’t Start From Here: Movement, Place And Space In Post-medieval Communities 3:15pm - 3:30pm "The Need of Being Versed in Country Things” 3:30pm - 3:45pm Archaeological Excavation Changing an Urban Landscape: The Case of a Mass Killing Site of the Bangladesh Genocide. |
SYM-155 B (UW): The Intersection Between Natural and Cultural Heritage and the Pressing Threats to Both, Pt 2 Location: Galerie 3 Chair: Charlotte A.K. Jarvis, The Ocean Foundation Chair: Sarah E. Miller, Florida Public Archaeology Network Prepared in Mind and Resources: Addressing Heritage at Risk at the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources 1:45pm - 2:00pm An Archaeological Erosion Story 2:00pm - 2:15pm What Happens After a Storm? A Case Study of Fast and Slow Moving Shoreline Erosion on Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia, USA 2:15pm - 2:45pm 15min presentation + 15min break Spoil No More: Sediment as a Beneficial Resource in the Protection of Coastal Archaeological Sites 2:45pm - 3:00pm Dynamic Coasts and Ancient Landscapes: A Study of Archaeological and Geomorphological Interactions in the Eastern Mediterranean 3:00pm - 3:15pm Climate Change and Heritage Issues in Coastal Sierra Leone: Centering Communities in Heritage Conservation and Management 3:15pm - 3:30pm (Real)ities of Racism: Consumerism and the Long Emancipation at Fort Mose (1752-1763) 3:30pm - 3:45pm Mission at Mose: Evidence for Mission Period Occupations at 8SJ40 |
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POS-04 (T): Uncovering Forgottern Forts, Secret Bases, and Hidden Spaces Location: Studio Foyer Beneath The Bricks – An Analysis Of Features Beneath The Brick Floor In George Washington’s Mount Vernon Cellar Exploring the Archaeological Evidence of Consumption Practices in Charleston, SC and St. Augustine, FL during the American Revolution Ground Penetrating Radar and Ground Truthing Jefferson Davis’s Map of Fort Winnebago Reopening the Past: The Excavation of the North Flanker at Drayton Hall By the Bottle: Supplying an 19th Century Frontier Fort Transfer-Printed Wares at Drayton Hall African American Military Arctic Encampment on the Alaska-Canada Highway: An Archaeological Investigation Uncovering Landscapes in Transition: The Search for the Hospital at Confederate Conscription Camp #1, Camp Watts, Notasulga, Alabama. Anchoring the Gun: The intersection of the Manhattan Project and the Homestead eras at Gun Site, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. Photography and Archaeology: Documenting the Changing Landscape of Nevis, West Indies Discover Old D’Hanis: Making A Virtual Game Based On A Community Archaeology Project Mapping Musketballs: Exploring Ammunition at Fort St. Joseph A Comparison of Beads Recovered at Fort St. Joseph Community Archaeology at Fort St. Joseph |
SYM-162 B (T): Landscapes of Care: Exploring Heart-centered Practice in Historical Archaeology Pt. 2 Location: Galerie 2 Chair: Kisha Supernant, University of Alberta Chair: William T. D. Wadsworth, University of Alberta It’s Personal: Artifacts as Belongings, Connecting with Indigenous Communities, and Volunteer Work at Stewart Indian School 1:45pm - 2:00pm Métis Landscapes of Visiting 2:00pm - 2:15pm Polishing Slag: An Interpretive Metaphor for Domestic Artifacts from a Nineteenth-Century Industrial Community 2:15pm - 2:30pm Say it With Your Chest: Using Collaborative Inquiry to Align with Heart-centered Archaeology in Indigenous Heritage Material Studies 2:30pm - 2:45pm The Fullness of Time: Heartwork to Undiscipline Settler Temporalities 2:45pm - 3:00pm The Heartbeat of the Métis: Mobility, Material Culture, and Kinscapes 3:00pm - 3:15pm The Immigrant Daughter/Community Organizer/Archaeologist 3:15pm - 3:30pm Understanding the Tulsa race massacre: An Archaeology of Black Love and Liberation 3:30pm - 3:45pm Women, Emotions, Love and Fondness in Portuguese Industrial Sites 3:45pm - 4:00pm Wounded Communities and Their Wounded Archaeologists: Ancestrality, Archaeological work, and the “Impossible Goal” of Healing |
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SYM-134 (T): Community Centered Archaeology in Colorful Colorado Location: Studio 8 Chair: Holly Norton, History Colorado Chair: Michelle A. Slaughter, Statistical Research Inc. (SRI) Archaeological Exploration at Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado. 1:45pm - 2:00pm Fatty’s Place: Archaeology and Tourism in Colorado Springs 2:00pm - 2:15pm Battlefields Above the Colorado Clouds: Inventory of the Camp Hale Training Area 2:15pm - 2:30pm Camp Creek Garden of the Gods Flood Mitigation Facility and Downstream Improvements Project, El Paso County, Colorado: A Unique Intersection of the Section 106 Process between Two Lead Federal Agencies 2:30pm - 3:00pm 15min presentation + 15min break Documenting the Near Past in a Rapidly Changing Landscape 3:00pm - 3:15pm Interstates and Intersections: Paths to Education and Outreach 3:15pm - 3:30pm It Takes a Village: Relationships within an Institution 3:30pm - 4:00pm 15min presentation + 15min break Preserving and Recovering the Legacy of an Early 20th Century African American Townsite on the Colorado Plains: the Dearfield Dream Project 4:00pm - 4:15pm Riding High in the San Juans: Archaeological Testing and Remediation Efforts at Animas Forks along the Alpine Loop 4:15pm - 4:30pm The (Re)Imagining of Pike's Stockade 4:30pm - 4:45pm The Frontenac and Aduddell Mines: Preserving Heritage and Promoting Health through Public Access |
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SYM-192 (T): Critical Issues in Contemporary Archaeology & Historical Archaeology: Limits, Opportunities, Challenges Location: Studio 10 Chair: Stacey L Camp, Michigan State University Chair: Kimberly Wooten, California Department of Transportation Discussant: Carolyn White, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO Trees as Cultural Resources: Contemporary Landscape Features that Transcend Time 1:45pm - 2:00pm Contemporary Archaeology, Indigenous Communities, and the French Absence from the Upper Mississippi Valley 2:00pm - 2:15pm The Materiality of Toxicity: Contemporary Archaeology of a Superfund Site in Northern New Jersey 2:15pm - 2:45pm 15min presentation + 15min break The Contemporary Archaeology of a Transnational Family: Between the Pearl River Delta and the Tucson Basin 2:45pm - 3:00pm Reconceptualizing Native American Boarding School Material Culture 3:00pm - 3:15pm “Outlaw Archaeologists”: Doing Contemporary Archaeology in Portugal 3:15pm - 3:30pm “I promise you, it’s not that.” The Challenges of Conspiracism for Historic and Contemporary Archaeology 3:30pm - 4:00pm 15min presentation + 15min break Disrupting Time Post-Disaster: Using Speculative Archaeology as Restorative Justice in Contemporary Archaeology 4:00pm - 4:15pm Glitter in the Dirt: Using Mardi Gras Beads to Document Modern Plastic Pollution 4:15pm - 4:30pm Cultural Resource Management and Contemporary Archaeology: Challenges In Recognizing Traditional Cultural Places 4:30pm - 5:00pm 15min presentation + 15min discussion Null Heritage and 20th-Century Archaeology as an Excluded Curriculum |
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| 2:00pm - 4:00pm |
ACUA MTG: ACUA Board Meeting, General Session + Interested Public Location: Acadia |
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| 3:15pm - 5:00pm |
GEN-01 (T): Fortified Frontiers: Analyzing Battlefield Archaeology and Material Culture Location: Galerie 1 Chair: Carlos Guerra, Department of Defense They Wore a Silver Lyre: The U.S. Army Bandsmen of Fort Walla Walla, WA 3:30pm - 3:45pm The Tale of the Musket Ball: Advances in Lead Bullet Analysis Using Live-Fire Validation Studies 3:45pm - 4:00pm Cannons, Corsets, and Curry Combs: Glasgow's Role in Blockade Running, Supplying the Confederacy, and War Profiteering 4:00pm - 4:15pm Intelligence Preparation Of The Archaeological Battlefield: Applying Military Intelligence Methodologies To Battlefield Archaeology 4:15pm - 4:30pm The Battlefield Under the Interstate: Finding, Characterizing, and Interpreting the 1864 Battle of Prairie D’Ane, Arkansas 4:30pm - 4:45pm From Dunmore’s War to the Revolution: Warwick’s Fort and the Colonization of the Greenbrier Frontier (1774-1783) 4:45pm - 5:00pm Remembering Union Fort Butler (16AN36) in Southern Louisiana |
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| 3:30pm - 4:45pm |
GEN-01 (UW): Decolonizing Narratives Underwater: Submerged Indigenous Sites and Research Location: Galerie 6 Chair: Neil Nelson Puckett, SEARCH Inc. Successful Approaches for Sub-Bottom Data and Submerged Paleolandscapes in the Regulatory Gray Zone 3:45pm - 4:00pm Hiding Near Zero: Magnetic Signatures of Relict Stream Channels on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf 4:00pm - 4:15pm Underwater Probing and Remote-Sensing Investigations of Two Prehistoric Shell Middens, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana 4:15pm - 4:30pm Charting the Paleo-Pensacola: Investigating Pensacola Bay for Submerged Precontact Landforms 4:30pm - 4:45pm Reconstructing Human and Faunal Access to the Underwater Caves of Quintana Roo, Mexico |
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SHA MTG: SHA Business Meeting Location: Acadia The SHA will hold its annual Business Meeting on Friday, January 10, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Join the SHA Board and congratulate the winners of the Robert L. Schuyler Student Travel Awards, the Ed and Judy Jelks Student Travel Award, the Harriet Tubman Student Travel Grant, the ACUA George Fischer Student Travel Award, the ACUA and Recon Offshore Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student... |
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MTG: Society of Black Archaeologists Meeting Location: Studio 9 |
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| 6:30pm - 7:30pm |
PRE-AWARDS: Pre-Awards Cocktail Hour Location: Mardi Gras Foyer No fee for conference registrants; cash bar. |
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| 7:30pm - 8:30pm |
AWARDS BANQUET: SHA Awards Banquet Location: Mardi Gras Ballroom Enjoy a three-course dinner with the 2025 recipients of the John L. Cotter Award, the Daniel G. Roberts Award for Excellence in Public Historical Archaeology, the Carol V. Ruppé Distinguished Service Award, and the J.C. Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology.
Cost: $65.00 per person. Pre-registration required.
Choice of entrée: Roasted Chicken on smoked gouda grits with green beans, roasted... |
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| 8:30pm - 11:59pm |
AWARDS CEREMONY: SHA Awards Ceremony and Dance Location: Mardi Gras Ballroom Join us for the presentation of the SHA’s John L. Cotter Award, the Daniel G. Roberts Award for Excellence in Public Historical Archaeology, the Carol V. Ruppé Distinguished Service Award, and the J.C. Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology. Following the awards ceremony, plan to dance the night away with your friends – new and old! |
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