I expect you're inundated with requests.  I would love to have a copy of your paper.  BTW, I do most of the outside archaeology for URS' Cincinnati office as a consultant, although they recently hired Chris Bergman as an employee to do archaeology as well.

thanks,
Jeannine Kreinbrink, MA, RPA
Senior Archaeologist
N&E Env. Solutions
West Chester, Ohio


---- "George L. Miller" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
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> 
> Fellow HISTARCH members, especially those who may be attending the SHA
> meetings in Williamsburg.  The SHA was founded 40 years ago in Dallas where
> 62 archaeologists met to form the organization.  Back then dues were $10.00
> and one could attend a high proportion of the papers being presented.  The
> latest SHA Newsletter says that over 700 abstracts have been submitted for
> the 2007 meetings.  With up to ten concurrent sessions, it is impossible to
> do anything but sample the great range of papers presented.  Only a small
> proportion of those papers will probably be published; perhaps this is a
> blessing.
> 
>       This year Amy and I are going to try something different.  We have
> written our paper and have it ready to email to those who would like a
> copy.  Our paper will be part of the Ceramics in America session organized
> by Robert Hunter.  In stead of having a 20-minute speed read of the paper,
> we intend to have a brief summary and then use our 20 minutes to engage the
> audience in a discussion of the topics covered in the paper.  If you are
> interested in a copy of the paper please send me an email at
> [log in to unmask]  and I will email a copy to you .  The abstract
> is presented below.  Thank you.
> 
>                         War and Pots:
>    The Impact of Economics and Politics on Ceramic Consumption Patterns
> Society for Historical Archaeology meeting, Williamsburg, Va., January 2007
>                   Ceramics in America (forthcoming 2008)
> 
>  George L. Miller, URS Corporation, and Amy C. Earls, Ceramics in America
> 
> Abstract
>             For far too long, the study of ceramics has been focused on the
>       history of the potters who produced the wares, as well as
>       connoisseurship, chronology, and ceramic technology.  Changes in
>       ceramic ware types and styles have been described as a byproduct of
>       the fashion system, the results of social emulation, and changes
>       brought about by consumer demand.  Was the industrial revolution
>       being driven by a consumer revolution?  Evidence from the nineteenth
>       century suggests that oversupply and falling prices were the drivers
>       for changing consumption patterns.  Very little has been done to
>       document changing consumption patterns based on quantified data.
> 
>             To address questions of changing consumption patterns, we have
>       pulled the information on teas, plates, and bowls from 101 invoices
>       dating from 1806 to 1886 for ceramics sold by New York importers and
>       jobbers to country merchants.  The resulting changes have been put
>       into the contexts of wars, embargos, deflation, and inflation to gain
>       new perspectives on the forces affecting changing consumption
>       patterns.  In the words of the last Clinton presidential campaign,
>       “It’s the economy, stupid.”
> 
> 
> 
> 
> George L. Miller
> URS Corporation
> 437 High Street
> Burlington, New Jersey 08016
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> Amy C. Earls
> Ceramics in America
> P.O. Box 121
> Florence, New Jersey  08518
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