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Ann Raab <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Do you mean to say that you believe that ordinance should not be handled by
archaeologists as an artifact? Because it clearly is an artifact, by
definition.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:15 AM, John T Penman <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Ordinance is not an artifact.
> J. T. Penman, Fort Irwin.
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM, HISTARCH automatic digest system <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > There are 5 messages totaling 200 lines in this issue.
> >
> > Topics of the day:
> >
> >   1. Session on Landscapes and Labor
> >   2. UXO Forum at SHA 2016 (3)
> >   3. SHA Cemeteries Session, Papers Wanted
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Date:    Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:12:03 +0000
> > From:    Michael Lucas <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Session on Landscapes and Labor
> >
> > Jordon Loucks and I are looking for papers to fill out a session broadly
> > focused on labor and immigration in the northeastern United States (see
> > abstract below). We are especially interested in papers that address
> > cultural landscapes produced by immigrant labor, the many ways in which
> > these landscapes worked against the laborers who produced them, and/or
> the
> > struggle to lay claim to the heritage of those landscapes. If you are
> > interested please send us an email off-list.
> >
> > Mike: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > Jordon: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
> > Abstract
> > From slavery to unionization, the relationship between those doing the
> > work, and the industries that prospered throughout the Northeast's
> history,
> > helped to define the cultural identities that the descendent groups of
> > those labor forces lay claim to today. Historical archaeology often links
> > the concept of labor with resource extraction or infrastructure projects
> > sites such as mines, factories, canals, or logging camps. But labor, as
> > broadly conceived, is a productive force used to construct and maintain
> > landscapes on many scales including plantations, individual homes, or
> golf
> > courses. Immigrant communities have provided much of the labor used to
> > build and sustain the "Industrial Northeast" and gained the least in
> > economic return.  At the same time, cultural landscapes produced by that
> > labor, work to create and sustain boundaries of race and class that
> > problematize definitions of American cultural identity. This symposium
> > includes recent archaeological studies from the northeastern United
> States
> > that explore the relationships between immigrant groups and the cultural
> > landscapes produced by their labor.  Papers in the session draw on
> examples
> > from the seventeenth through twentieth century.
> >
> >
> > Michael T. Lucas
> > Curator of Historical Archaeology
> > CEC Room 3049
> > New York State Museum
> > Albany, NY 12230
> > 518-486-2015
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date:    Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:40:56 -0500
> > From:    Carl Drexler <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: UXO Forum at SHA 2016
> >
> > Colleagues,
> >
> > A few weeks ago, a very nice James Type I artillery shell was found near
> > Prairie Grove, Arkansas. When a city employee posted a photo of it to
> > Facebook, the local bomb squad hastily commandeered and destroyed the
> > round, before consulting with archaeologists, historians, or staff from
> the
> > nearby battlefield park. Part of the justification behind this hasty
> action
> > was that those who expressed a preservation-minded approach to dealing
> with
> > the artifact could not offer a plan to effectively handle, render inert,
> > and curate such a find. This is not an isolated incident, and it is
> time, I
> > feel, to come together and better-define our response to this kind of
> > situation.
> >
> > I am proposing a forum at the upcoming SHA conference (Washington,
> January
> > 6
> > -9, 2016) that will bring together archaeologists, explosive ordnance
> > disposal (EOD) specialists from the U.S. military, lawyers specializing
> in
> > explosives-related issues, and bomb squad personnel. In addition to
> > defining each groups' interests and motivations when historic (pre-WWI)
> > unexploded ordnance (UXO) is recovered, I want to use this forum to
> develop
> > a draft protocol for safe handling, preservation, and curation of these
> > finds, which otherwise end up destroyed and lost to us. The title and
> > abstract are attached.
> >
> > This forum will be of interest to more than just those who specialize in
> > battlefield research. Any who work in areas where historic conflicts have
> > occurred, and who might deal with UXO during research or when contacted
> by
> > an interested member of the public would also derive benefit.
> >
> > Please send me any thoughts or comments at the below contact information.
> > If you have stories about the handling of such finds (good or bad),
> please
> > feel free to share them with me in advance of the conference.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Carl
> >
> > ----
> > Dr. Carl G. Drexler
> > Arkansas Archeological Survey
> > SAU Research Station
> > [log in to unmask]
> > (870) 235-4230
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date:    Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:34:01 +0000
> > From:    "Rodgers, Ree" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: UXO Forum at SHA 2016
> >
> > I think this is great!  I don't think the attachment came through
> > though....
> >
> > Cheers, Ree
> > Archaeologist
> > WAPA, Rocky Mountain Region
> > 970-461-7214
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carl
> > Drexler
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 2:41 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: UXO Forum at SHA 2016
> >
> > Colleagues,
> >
> > A few weeks ago, a very nice James Type I artillery shell was found near
> > Prairie Grove, Arkansas. When a city employee posted a photo of it to
> > Facebook, the local bomb squad hastily commandeered and destroyed the
> > round, before consulting with archaeologists, historians, or staff from
> the
> > nearby battlefield park. Part of the justification behind this hasty
> action
> > was that those who expressed a preservation-minded approach to dealing
> with
> > the artifact could not offer a plan to effectively handle, render inert,
> > and curate such a find. This is not an isolated incident, and it is
> time, I
> > feel, to come together and better-define our response to this kind of
> > situation.
> >
> > I am proposing a forum at the upcoming SHA conference (Washington,
> January
> > 6 -9, 2016) that will bring together archaeologists, explosive ordnance
> > disposal (EOD) specialists from the U.S. military, lawyers specializing
> in
> > explosives-related issues, and bomb squad personnel. In addition to
> > defining each groups' interests and motivations when historic (pre-WWI)
> > unexploded ordnance (UXO) is recovered, I want to use this forum to
> develop
> > a draft protocol for safe handling, preservation, and curation of these
> > finds, which otherwise end up destroyed and lost to us. The title and
> > abstract are attached.
> >
> > This forum will be of interest to more than just those who specialize in
> > battlefield research. Any who work in areas where historic conflicts have
> > occurred, and who might deal with UXO during research or when contacted
> by
> > an interested member of the public would also derive benefit.
> >
> > Please send me any thoughts or comments at the below contact information.
> > If you have stories about the handling of such finds (good or bad),
> please
> > feel free to share them with me in advance of the conference.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Carl
> >
> > ----
> > Dr. Carl G. Drexler
> > Arkansas Archeological Survey
> > SAU Research Station
> > [log in to unmask]
> > (870) 235-4230
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date:    Wed, 10 Jun 2015 22:47:30 +0000
> > From:    "Veit, Richard" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: SHA Cemeteries Session, Papers Wanted
> >
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > I am hoping to organize a session for the 2016 SHA conference on the
> > archaeology of cemeteries and commemoration.  It is tentatively titled:
> >
> > “Spirits of the Dead”: Historical Archaeologies of Cemeteries and
> > Commemoration
> >
> > The title is drawn from a poem of the same name by Edgar Allen Poe.  The
> > session is dedicated to current research on the archaeology of cemeteries
> > and commemoration.  Paper should highlight new research and/or new
> > perspectives on mortuary archaeology.  Papers dealing with gravemarkers,
> > commemoration, cemetery landscapes, and the archaeology of memory are
> > particularly welcome.
> >
> > If you are interested in participating please contact me off list.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Rich Veit
> >
> > Richard Veit, Ph.D., RPA
> > Professor of Anthropology and Chair
> > Department of History and Anthropology
> > Monmouth University
> > West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898
> > 732-263-5699
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date:    Wed, 10 Jun 2015 22:08:59 -0700
> > From:    Gwyn Alcock <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: UXO Forum at SHA 2016
> >
> > Histarch doesn&#39;t allow attachments, at least not of the email sort.
> >
> > Gwyn Alcock
> > Riverside, Calif.
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > End of HISTARCH Digest - 9 Jun 2015 to 10 Jun 2015 (#2015-104)
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