Between Dirt and Discussion - Methods, Methodology and Interpretation in Historical Archaeology

CONTENTS

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Considering methods and methodology in historical archaeology --- Steven N. Archer and Kevin M. Bartoy

Chapter 2 PIPEMAKERS AND THEIR WORKSHOPS The use of geochemical analysis in the study of the clay tobacco pipe industry --- Alan Vince and Allan Peacey

1. THE INTRODUCTION OF TOBACCO PIPES TO ENGLAND

2. PIPECLAY

2.1 Formation

2.2 Occurrence

3. THE PIPECLAY TRADE IN THE BRITISH ISLES

4. THE PIPE ASTON PROJECT

5. THE ORGANIZATION OF PIPE MANUFACTURE

6. CHARACTERIZATION OF PIPECLAY ARTIFACTS

7. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION AND ONLINE ARCHIVING

8. DISCUSSION

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Chapter 3 THE INTEGRATION OF HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHIC DATA WITHIN THE GIS ENVIRONMENT --- Scott Madry

1. QUESTIONS OF SPACE AND TIME

2. CASE STUDY 1: REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE ARROUX VALLEY, FRANCE

3. CASE STUDY 2: HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH FOR MOUNTAIN GORILLA HABITAT RESEARCH IN THE VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS OF AFRICA

4. CASE STUDY 3: INCORPORATION OF HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHIC DATA IN A STATE-WIDE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PREDICTIVE MODEL AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS) FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (NCDOT)

5. CONCLUSION

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Chapter 4 SALOONS IN THE WILD WEST AND TAVERNS IN MESOPOTAMIA Explorations along the timeline of public drinking --- Kelly J. Dixon

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PUBLIC DRINKING: DISCUSSIONS FROM THE RECENT AND THE ANCIENT PAST

3. CONCLUSION

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Chapter 5 THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A HOME House history in a subsurface feature --- Steven N. Archer , Kevin M. Bartoy and Charlotte L. Pearson

1. INTRODUCTION

2. EXCAVATION

3. ANALYTICAL METHODS

3.1 The Phytolith Data

3.2 The Microstratigraphic Evidence

3.3 Supplemental Evidence: Artifacts and Macrobotanical Remains

4. CREATING A NARRATIVE OF DWELLING AND LANDSCAPE

5. CONCLUSION

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Chapter 6 ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL MODELS FOR THE CLASSIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF PIPES OF THE EARLY COLONIAL CHESAPEAKE --- Anna S. Agbe-Davies

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CLASSIFICATION

3. THE CASE OF LOCALLY MADE PIPES

4. CONCLUSION

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Chapter 7 ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE ETHICS OF SCIENTIFIC DESTRUCTION --- Edward C. Harris

1. INTRODUCTION

2. STRATIGRAPHIC REVOLUTION AND THE HARRIS MATRIX

3. SURFACES AND GIS TECHNOLOGY

4. THE ETHICS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESTRUCTION OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

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Chapter 8 FINDING COMMON GROUND IN COMMON PLACES Interdisciplinary methods for analyzing historic architecture on archaeological sites --- Bonnie J. Clark and Kathleen Corbett

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CONVERGENT THEORIES

3. COLLABORATING AT LA PLACITA

4. LESSON 1: PERFORM FIELDWORK COLLABORATIVELY

5. LESSON 2: STEAL FROM EACH OTHER

6. LESSON 3: WORK IN THE GAPS

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Chapter 9 RE-EXCAVATION, REFLEXIVITY AND RESPONSIBILITY AT COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG The archaeology of archaeology and the refinement of site interpretation --- Marley R. Brown III and Andrew C. Edwards

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE FIRST TIME

3. THE SECOND TIME

4. THE THIRD TIME

5. LESSONS LEARNED

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Chapter 10 EXCAVATING SITES UNSEEN The example ofearthfast buildings in the colonial Chesapeake --- Mark Kostro

1. INTRODUCTION

2. EARTHFAST INVISIBILITY

3. CASE STUDY 1: THE ATKINSON SITE

4. CASE STUDY 2: THE PENSKE SITE

5. CONCLUSION

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Chapter 11 "PONYING UP TO BILLY HURST'S SALOON' The testing and evaluation of nineteenth- and twentieth-century archaeological deposits through less invasive techniques in Yosemite National Park, California --- Kevin M. Bartoy, John Holson, and Hannah Ballard

1 INTRODUCTION

2. INTEGRATED METHODS, IDENTIFICATION, AND EVALUATION

3. THE WAY STATION LOCUS

4. THE RANGER STATION LOCUS

5. THE CCC LOCUS

6. FLEXIBILITY IN RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

7. SAYING A LOT WITH A LITTLE

8. CONCLUSION

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Chapter 12 METHODOLOGY, MATERIALITY, AND THE ENDLESS SEA OF ARCHAEOLOGY --- Kevin M. Bartoy and Steven N. Archer

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INDEX