Hello all,
I am considering doing a session on farmstead archaeology for the SHA in
Toronto to expand on a session done at the Canadian Archaeological
Association conference this past weekend. If anyone is interested they can
take a look at the possible session abstract below and contact me off list.
Thanks,
Meagan Brooks
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Considered Session Abstract
The archaeological study of historic period farmsteads has the potential to
answer important research questions about the economic transition from
subsistence to commercial agriculture; the migration of ethnic groups; the
material transition from vernacular, folk-based culture to industrial-based
culture; social change; regional/global trade and interaction; the
expression of social class; the influence of consumerism upon rural
households; and examining gender roles and the division of labor. This
session has been developed in an attempt to continue a discourse on these
and other topics on a contextual level with a focus on building
characterizations of historic farmsteads and their buildings as prominent
contributors to regional distinctiveness and landscape. The articulation of
regional patterns would then begin in order to synthesize the expression of
an important type of archaeological site that is routinely impacted.