Ordnance is NOT an artifact. It is BUNCH of artifacts. Grammatically,
ordnance is a collective noun, meaning that it refers to a collection of
individual things. At least, I was taught that by Miss Pearce, my high
school English teacher ca. 1937l
ebj
On 6/11/2015 11:03 AM, Ann Raab wrote:
> 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'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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