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The development of watercraft in the prehistoric southeastern United States
(1996-12)
The maritime and riverine past of the southeastern United States has often been ignored or poorly addressed in previous archaeological research. Historical records and archaeological data indicate that this heritage was ...
Had on and took with him : runaway indentured servant clothing in Virginia, 1774-1778
(1996-05)
The clothing of 18th century runaway indentured servants and convicts is described in detail in advertisements seeking their apprehension and return. As such the descriptions offer unique glimpses of a class of material ...
Analysis of the weight assemblages from the late Bronze Age shipwrecks at Uluburun and Cape Gelidonya, Turkey
(1996-12)
The assemblages of pan-balance weights recovered from the excavations of Cape Gelidonya and Uluburun shipwrecks, in southern Turkey, comprise the largest and most complete collection of Late Bronze Age pan-balance weights ...
A seventeenth-century northern European merchant shipwreck in Monte Cristi Bay, Dominican Republic
(1996-08)
Beginning in 1991 and continuing through 1994, the Pan- American Institute of Maritime Archaeology (PIMA), a nonprofit scientific and educational institution based in San Francisco, California, undertook the excavation of ...
A dialogue between material remains, historical documents, and oral history : Allenfarm and Rogers Plantation, a case study
(1996-05)
Often lost behind the mythic veneer of Texas history is the fact that the eastern one-third of the state was a true part of the antebellum South. As a result, research into slavery era Texas has been slow in developing. ...
The archaeology of the Yakutat Foreland : a socioecological view
(1996-12)
The Yakutat Foreland is a 120-km-long by 40-km-wide coastal plain, presently the ethnographic home of the YakutatTlingit. Prehistorically, the area was occupied variously by coastal groups from the west (Pacific Gulf Yupik ...
Dynamic variation in agricultural practices during the Classic period in the Tonto Basin, Arizona
(1996-05)
The Classic period farmers living in the Tonto Basin, Arizona faced a diverse and rapidly fluctuating physical and social environment. The archaeological evidence is presented for changing adaptive strategies implemented ...