, as well as my students who had to put up with my constant abandonment of them in order to admin... more , as well as my students who had to put up with my constant abandonment of them in order to administer the survey. 14. "Archaeology directly affects my life" 49
Focusing on the Chumash, we examine the potential impacts of Old World epidemic diseases on proto... more Focusing on the Chumash, we examine the potential impacts of Old World epidemic diseases on protohistoric peoples of the southern California coast. Our study indicates that: (1) coastal peoples would have been highly susceptible to Old World disease epidemics; (2) native contacts with several sixteenth and seventeenth century European maritime expeditions were extensive; and (3) Old World diseases also were closing in on protohistoric California from the Southwest, Mexico, and Baja California. There is little clear evidence that Old World diseases devastated California's coastal tribes in the protohistoric period, but archaeologists have invested little energy searching for such evidence. We propose three models of protohistoric disease impacts to be tested with archaeological data, examine some problems in identifying protohistoric archaeological components along the California coast, and outline some archaeological patterns that might be linked to disease epidemics and associated cultural changes.
... These remains may represent the tangible expression of a system of barter known as "neig... more ... These remains may represent the tangible expression of a system of barter known as "neighboring." As elaborated by Miner (1949) in his study of a farming community in Iowa and later by Adams (1976, 1977) in his study of Silcott, "neighboring" was an outgrowth of a primarily ...
In 1987, a small number of historical archaeologists issued a call for archaeologists to embrace ... more In 1987, a small number of historical archaeologists issued a call for archaeologists to embrace the teachings of critical theory so that their research could be used to challenge societal structures of inequality. Although community partnering, an outgrowth of critical theory, has become increasingly important to archaeolog ical practice, a true archaeological "praxis" has yet to be achieved. Possible reasons for this include a decontextualization of critical theory from its historical origin, the subsequent reifi• cation of capitalism in critical lesearch, and the obscuring of agency in critical interpretations because of an emphasis on top down or macIOscale models of society. We suggest that true praxis can be achieved in historical archaeology through a recon ceptualization of the lelationship between individuals and soci ety and through a structuring of archaeological research that seeks to create a discursive relationship between past and pre sent peoples and between researchers and community partners. We present a critically informed archaeological case study from Louisiana to demonstlate how such a dialogue can lead to eman icipatory knowledge.
Since the 1950s, the Alaskan Way Viaduct has served as a bypass for motorists traveling on State ... more Since the 1950s, the Alaskan Way Viaduct has served as a bypass for motorists traveling on State Route (S.R.) 99 through Seattle. A 2001 earthquake caused the viaduct to settle as much as 5.5 inches (12.7 cm) in some areas, which led transportation officials to plan an replacement for the aging structure. The chosen solution, a tunnel, would place the highway beneath the city, reopening the waterfront area for other uses, but bringing major construction activities to Seattle's Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District. Historic preservationists, community advocates, and business owners feared that having a major construction project on the edge of a nationally designated historic district would drive away tourists and customers visiting businesses in Seattle's first neighborhood. To mitigate potential adverse effects on the neighborhood, as part of a Section 106 memorandum of agreement, the Federal Highway Administration and the Washington State Department of Transportation...
The practice of archaeology has always had an educational component. From the antiquarian scholar... more The practice of archaeology has always had an educational component. From the antiquarian scholars of the nineteenth century, who produced beautiful volumes of their finds and lectured throughout the country, to academic archaeologists, who teach undergraduates and graduate students, archaeologists have educated a variety of audiences. Yet, it has only been within the last few decades that education has become thought of as an ethical responsibility for archaeologists (Lynott and Wylie 1995). Perhaps it is this institutionalization by professional organizations, such as the Society for American Archaeology and the Society for Historical Archaeology, which has led to such tremendous growth within the emerging field of “public archaeology.”
Pipemakers and Their Workshops.- The Integration of Historical Cartographic Data within the GIS E... more Pipemakers and Their Workshops.- The Integration of Historical Cartographic Data within the GIS Environment.- Saloons in the Wild West and Taverns in Mesopotamia.- The Life and Death of a Home.- Alternatives to Traditional Models for the Classification and Analysis of Pipes of the Early Colonial Chesapeake.- Archaeology and the Ethics of Scientific Destruction.- Finding Common Ground in Common Places.- Re-excavation, Reflexivity and Responsibility at Colonial Williamsburg.- Excavating Sites Unseen.- "Ponying up to Billy Hurst's Saloon".- Methodology, Materiality, and the Endless Sea of Archaeology.
Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, 1995
Focusing on the Chumash, we examine the potential impacts of Old World epidemic diseases on proto... more Focusing on the Chumash, we examine the potential impacts of Old World epidemic diseases on protohistoric peoples of the southern California coast. Our study indicates that: (1) coastal peoples would have been highly susceptible to Old World disease epidemics; (2) native contacts with several sixteenth and seventeenth century European maritime expeditions were extensive; and (3) Old World diseases also were closing in on protohistoric California from the Southwest, Mexico, and Baja California. There is little clear evidence that Old World diseases devastated California's coastal tribes in the protohistoric period, but archaeologists have invested little energy searching for such evidence. We propose three models of protohistoric disease impacts to be tested with archaeological data, examine some problems in identifying protohistoric archaeological components along the California coast, and outline some archaeological patterns that might be linked to disease epidemics and associa...
In this paper, we question the common perception that the Protohistoric period in Native Californ... more In this paper, we question the common perception that the Protohistoric period in Native California was a time of relative tranquility before the devastation wrought by Spanish, Mexican, and American colonization. We do so by: (1) summarizing the extent of European contacts with California's coastal peoples during the era of maritime exploration; (2) examining the possibility that potentially devastating Old World diseases were transmitted to Native Californians during those encounters; and (3) by outlining some problems that inhibit the archaeological study of the potential effects of pro tohistoric contacts. We believe the potential for protohistoric Old World disease epidemics was quite high in California, and that tangible evidence for such impacts should be searched for area by area and tribe by tribe. Because evidence for acute epidemic disease is rarely found on human skeletons, archaeological studies of settlement patterns, cemetery data, craft specialization, and other...
Focusing on the Chumash, we examine the potential impacts of Old World epidemic diseases on proto... more Focusing on the Chumash, we examine the potential impacts of Old World epidemic diseases on protohistoric peoples of the southern California coast. Our study indicates that: (1) coastal peoples would have been highly susceptible to Old World disease epidemics; (2) native contacts with several sixteenth and seventeenth century European maritime expeditions were extensive; and (3) Old World diseases also were closing in on protohistoric California from the Southwest, Mexico, and Baja California. There is little clear evidence that Old World diseases devastated California's coastal tribes in the protohistoric period, but archaeologists have invested little energy searching for such evidence. We propose three models of protohistoric disease impacts to be tested with archaeological data, examine some problems in identifying protohistoric archaeological components along the California coast, and outline some archaeological patterns that might be linked to disease epidemics and associated cultural changes.
, as well as my students who had to put up with my constant abandonment of them in order to admin... more , as well as my students who had to put up with my constant abandonment of them in order to administer the survey. 14. "Archaeology directly affects my life" 49
Focusing on the Chumash, we examine the potential impacts of Old World epidemic diseases on proto... more Focusing on the Chumash, we examine the potential impacts of Old World epidemic diseases on protohistoric peoples of the southern California coast. Our study indicates that: (1) coastal peoples would have been highly susceptible to Old World disease epidemics; (2) native contacts with several sixteenth and seventeenth century European maritime expeditions were extensive; and (3) Old World diseases also were closing in on protohistoric California from the Southwest, Mexico, and Baja California. There is little clear evidence that Old World diseases devastated California's coastal tribes in the protohistoric period, but archaeologists have invested little energy searching for such evidence. We propose three models of protohistoric disease impacts to be tested with archaeological data, examine some problems in identifying protohistoric archaeological components along the California coast, and outline some archaeological patterns that might be linked to disease epidemics and associated cultural changes.
... These remains may represent the tangible expression of a system of barter known as "neig... more ... These remains may represent the tangible expression of a system of barter known as "neighboring." As elaborated by Miner (1949) in his study of a farming community in Iowa and later by Adams (1976, 1977) in his study of Silcott, "neighboring" was an outgrowth of a primarily ...
In 1987, a small number of historical archaeologists issued a call for archaeologists to embrace ... more In 1987, a small number of historical archaeologists issued a call for archaeologists to embrace the teachings of critical theory so that their research could be used to challenge societal structures of inequality. Although community partnering, an outgrowth of critical theory, has become increasingly important to archaeolog ical practice, a true archaeological "praxis" has yet to be achieved. Possible reasons for this include a decontextualization of critical theory from its historical origin, the subsequent reifi• cation of capitalism in critical lesearch, and the obscuring of agency in critical interpretations because of an emphasis on top down or macIOscale models of society. We suggest that true praxis can be achieved in historical archaeology through a recon ceptualization of the lelationship between individuals and soci ety and through a structuring of archaeological research that seeks to create a discursive relationship between past and pre sent peoples and between researchers and community partners. We present a critically informed archaeological case study from Louisiana to demonstlate how such a dialogue can lead to eman icipatory knowledge.
Since the 1950s, the Alaskan Way Viaduct has served as a bypass for motorists traveling on State ... more Since the 1950s, the Alaskan Way Viaduct has served as a bypass for motorists traveling on State Route (S.R.) 99 through Seattle. A 2001 earthquake caused the viaduct to settle as much as 5.5 inches (12.7 cm) in some areas, which led transportation officials to plan an replacement for the aging structure. The chosen solution, a tunnel, would place the highway beneath the city, reopening the waterfront area for other uses, but bringing major construction activities to Seattle's Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District. Historic preservationists, community advocates, and business owners feared that having a major construction project on the edge of a nationally designated historic district would drive away tourists and customers visiting businesses in Seattle's first neighborhood. To mitigate potential adverse effects on the neighborhood, as part of a Section 106 memorandum of agreement, the Federal Highway Administration and the Washington State Department of Transportation...
The practice of archaeology has always had an educational component. From the antiquarian scholar... more The practice of archaeology has always had an educational component. From the antiquarian scholars of the nineteenth century, who produced beautiful volumes of their finds and lectured throughout the country, to academic archaeologists, who teach undergraduates and graduate students, archaeologists have educated a variety of audiences. Yet, it has only been within the last few decades that education has become thought of as an ethical responsibility for archaeologists (Lynott and Wylie 1995). Perhaps it is this institutionalization by professional organizations, such as the Society for American Archaeology and the Society for Historical Archaeology, which has led to such tremendous growth within the emerging field of “public archaeology.”
Pipemakers and Their Workshops.- The Integration of Historical Cartographic Data within the GIS E... more Pipemakers and Their Workshops.- The Integration of Historical Cartographic Data within the GIS Environment.- Saloons in the Wild West and Taverns in Mesopotamia.- The Life and Death of a Home.- Alternatives to Traditional Models for the Classification and Analysis of Pipes of the Early Colonial Chesapeake.- Archaeology and the Ethics of Scientific Destruction.- Finding Common Ground in Common Places.- Re-excavation, Reflexivity and Responsibility at Colonial Williamsburg.- Excavating Sites Unseen.- "Ponying up to Billy Hurst's Saloon".- Methodology, Materiality, and the Endless Sea of Archaeology.
Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, 1995
Focusing on the Chumash, we examine the potential impacts of Old World epidemic diseases on proto... more Focusing on the Chumash, we examine the potential impacts of Old World epidemic diseases on protohistoric peoples of the southern California coast. Our study indicates that: (1) coastal peoples would have been highly susceptible to Old World disease epidemics; (2) native contacts with several sixteenth and seventeenth century European maritime expeditions were extensive; and (3) Old World diseases also were closing in on protohistoric California from the Southwest, Mexico, and Baja California. There is little clear evidence that Old World diseases devastated California's coastal tribes in the protohistoric period, but archaeologists have invested little energy searching for such evidence. We propose three models of protohistoric disease impacts to be tested with archaeological data, examine some problems in identifying protohistoric archaeological components along the California coast, and outline some archaeological patterns that might be linked to disease epidemics and associa...
In this paper, we question the common perception that the Protohistoric period in Native Californ... more In this paper, we question the common perception that the Protohistoric period in Native California was a time of relative tranquility before the devastation wrought by Spanish, Mexican, and American colonization. We do so by: (1) summarizing the extent of European contacts with California's coastal peoples during the era of maritime exploration; (2) examining the possibility that potentially devastating Old World diseases were transmitted to Native Californians during those encounters; and (3) by outlining some problems that inhibit the archaeological study of the potential effects of pro tohistoric contacts. We believe the potential for protohistoric Old World disease epidemics was quite high in California, and that tangible evidence for such impacts should be searched for area by area and tribe by tribe. Because evidence for acute epidemic disease is rarely found on human skeletons, archaeological studies of settlement patterns, cemetery data, craft specialization, and other...
Focusing on the Chumash, we examine the potential impacts of Old World epidemic diseases on proto... more Focusing on the Chumash, we examine the potential impacts of Old World epidemic diseases on protohistoric peoples of the southern California coast. Our study indicates that: (1) coastal peoples would have been highly susceptible to Old World disease epidemics; (2) native contacts with several sixteenth and seventeenth century European maritime expeditions were extensive; and (3) Old World diseases also were closing in on protohistoric California from the Southwest, Mexico, and Baja California. There is little clear evidence that Old World diseases devastated California's coastal tribes in the protohistoric period, but archaeologists have invested little energy searching for such evidence. We propose three models of protohistoric disease impacts to be tested with archaeological data, examine some problems in identifying protohistoric archaeological components along the California coast, and outline some archaeological patterns that might be linked to disease epidemics and associated cultural changes.
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