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.
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> 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.
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> 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)
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> George L. Miller, URS Corporation, and Amy C. Earls, Ceramics in America
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> 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.
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> 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.”
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> George L. Miller
> URS Corporation
> 437 High Street
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> Amy C. Earls
> Ceramics in America
> P.O. Box 121
> Florence, New Jersey 08518
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