Paul

We have completed a number of urban archaeology investigations in Cincinnati, and across the Ohio in Covington, Kentucky.  You may note that there are numerous additional projects undertaken in both Ohio and Kentucky.

Here are a few:

Cinadr T. J., and R. A. Genheimer
  1983	Queensgate II: An Archaeological View of Nineteenth Century Cincinnati.  Prepared by Miami Purchase Association for Historic Preservation.  Submitted to the City of Cincinnati.  Ms., on file Cincinnati Museum Center.  This gray literature reports documents a systematic survey of a five block redevelopment area in downtown Cincinnati, and includes excavation data on at least three mid-nineteenth century privy shafts, as well as other features.

Genheimer, R. A.
  1987	Archaeological Testing, Evaluation, and Final Mitigation Excavations at Covington's Riverfront Redevelopment Phase II Site, Kenton County, Kentucky.  Prepared by R. G. Archaeological Services and Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc.  Submitted to City of Covington, Kentucky.  This contract report details major commercial, residential, and industrial archaeology conducted within a three block area of Covington's riverfront.

Genheimer, R. A.
  1993	An Historical Archaeological Assessment of 118 East 11th Street in the City of Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.  Prepared by R. G. Archaeological Services.  Submitted to the City of Covington.  Contract report documenting excavations at an elevated mid-nineteenth century lot.

Genheimer, R. A.
  2001	A Report on Preliminary Archaeological Testing and an Archaeological Development Plan for the John P. Parker House and Foundry Site, Ripley, Ohio.  Prepared by Cincinnati Museum Center.  Submitted to the National Park Service.  Gray literature report on urban excavations at an important residential/industrial Underground Railroad site.

There are many more -- East Liverpool, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky, etc.

Bob Genheimer
George Rieveschl Curator of Archaeology
Cincinnati Museum Center
1301 Western Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45203
513-455-7161


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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Paul
Mullins
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 11:38 AM
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Subject: urban Midwestern historical archaeology studies


Folks;
I am assembling a paper on urban historical archaeology in the Midwest and
would like some help finding CRM studies and lightly published,
unpublished, or in-progress papers, theses, or dissertations.  The issue of
what defines the "Midwest" is relatively flexible in my mind, conservatively
including the Old Northwest territories (i.e., the full range of what became
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as the eastern
half of Minnesota), but in some minds it includes the space from Pittsburgh
to the Dakotas south into Upland Kentucky.  Given the relative paucity of
material, I'm inclined to define this expansively rather than narrowly. 
Likewise, I can see defining urbanity relatively broadly as well.
I have work represented like Jane Baxter in Chicago, Tim Baumann in St.
Louis, Paul Shackel and Chris Finnell in New Philadelphia, and Mike
Nassaney in Battle Creek, but there must be some more fine CRM studies in
particular that are momentarily escaping me.  If you might know of some
work that is in the grey literature or otherwise not widely published--and
please feel free to self-promote--please pass on a citation and ideally a
portion of the piece or some way I can get to it without a trip to every
SHPO archive in the region.  You can reply to me off-list, and I can always
post the full list of citations later if folks have any interest.

Thanks,
Paul

Paul Mullins
Visiting Associate Professor
Cultural and Social Anthropology
Bldg. 110
Stanford University
Stanford CA 94305
http://www.iupui.edu/~anthpm/home.html


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