Preparing Children’s Burials in Postmedieval Finland: Emotions Awakened by Sensory ExperiencesHistorical Archaeology - Tập 56 - Trang 184-198 - 2022
Sanna Lipkin, Annemari Tranberg, Titta Kallio-Seppä, Erika Ruhl
Examination of northern Finnish postmedieval funerary attire and coffins reveals culturally constructed sensory experiences and emotions of the individuals who took care of preparing dead children for burial. Based on historical sources, the attire and coffins for small children were generally made by adolescent godparents, whereas dressing and handling of the dead bodies were left to mature women...... hiện toàn bộ
Magic, Religion, and Ritual in Historical ArchaeologyHistorical Archaeology - Tập 48 - Trang 1-9 - 2016
M. Chris Manning
This introductory article explores the complex and overlapping concepts of magic, religion, and ritual, and the ways in which archaeologists’ understanding of these concepts informs the interpretation of the material record. A discussion of the development of an historical archaeology of ritual highlights current controversies and deficiencies in the discipline, notably assumptions regarding race ...... hiện toàn bộ
Historical archaeology in the next millenium: A forumHistorical Archaeology - Tập 33 - Trang 51-58 - 2016
Donald L. Hardesty
Historical archaeologists should focus their future research efforts on a set of central problems surrounding the emergence of the modern world. Such problems include environmental change, technological change, ethnogenesis, and distinctive patterns of social interaction. Professionalism is an additional issue discussed.
Culturally Modified Red Pine, Birch-Bark Canoes, and the Strategic Geography of the Fur Trade on Lake Saganaga, Minnesota, U.S.A.Historical Archaeology - Tập 52 - Trang 281-300 - 2018
Lane B. Johnson, Lee R. Johnson, Evan R. Larson, Kurt F. Kipfmueller
Culturally modified red pine (Pinus resinosa) can be added to the long list of natural and artificial features that comprise the cultural landscape of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of Minnesota, U.S.A. This study provides historical context for the first cultural-modification dates derived from the dendrochronological evaluation of primary-growth, fire-killed red pine in the Border Lak...... hiện toàn bộ
Simple methods and materials for preparing drawings for publicationHistorical Archaeology - Tập 11 - Trang 119-122 - 2016
Amanda G. Watlington, Donald R. Jackson
Archaeological reports are often inadequately illustrated because of difficulties encountered in preparing drawings. This article describes methods and materials which can be used to easily produce high quality scale drawings with a minimum of expense and trained personnel. The methods adapt readily available drafting materials for archaeological uses.