Archaeology… Monumental Decisions 18 Aug 201718 Aug 2017 Some Timely Thoughts for August 18, 2017 In 1996, I was asked to participate in a panel of scholars and prominent citizens in an open forum as the Commonwealth…
Archaeology… A True Story of the Ancient Planter and Adventurer in Virginia, Captaine Thomas Harris, Gent., as Related by his Second Sonne 15 Mar 201715 Mar 2017 Published as "Archaeology Through Narrative: Captaine Thomas Harris, Gent," in Historical Archaeology, Volume 32, Spring 1998. Tucson: Society for Historical Archaeology. The day before he was to die at the hands…
Archaeology… Archaeology of the Rocketts #1 Site 14 Mar 201715 Mar 2017 The link, below will take you to the complete Phase III excavation report of from a three-year urban archaeology project in Rocketts, the 18th- and 19th- century port of Richmond,…
Archaeology… A Pocahontas For All Seasons 12 Mar 20171 Apr 2023 A Review of Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend, by William M. S. Rasmussen and Robert S. Tilton. Originally published in 1995. William and Mary Quarterly, Institute of Early American History, Williamsburg. Winter…
Archaeology… The Pisspot in the Museum or What are you looking for? What have you found? What will you do with it now? 12 Mar 20171 Apr 2023 This is a mid-late 1990s update of a 1985 presentation. I have written much about interpretation and critical narrative largely as they apply to method or epistemology. The word “interpretation”…
Archaeology… Looking for My Past 12 Mar 20171 Apr 2023 I need some help from old friends and colleagues. When I retired from my position at VCU, it was necessary for me to simply walk away without looking back, without…
Archaeology… Can there be a Pragmatic Archaeology? 7 Jan 20177 Jan 2017 Comments on Carol McDavid's "Archaeology as Cultural Critique: Pragmatism and the Archaeology of a Southern United States Plantation" Originally published in 1999 in Philosophy and Archaeological Practice, Perspectives for the 21st…
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