Ivor Noel Hume
Historical Archaeology A Comprehensive Guide for Both Amateur and
Professionals To The Techniques and Methods Of Excavation Historical Sites,
c) 1968 Alfred Knopf, 1974.


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>   1. Classic Reference Works for Lab Analysis?
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> Date:    Tue, 4 Feb 2014 13:13:01 -0800
> From:    John Chenoweth <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Classic Reference Works for Lab Analysis?
>
> Dear
> HistArch,
>
> In your
> opinions, what are the classic must-reads for historic material culture
> identification
> and analysis? What are the lab-related articles you always assign your new
> employees or students and keep handy yourself when working on finds?
>
> I'm
> compiling a list to which my lab students can refer  and thinking about
> what I require
> them to read as introductions to historic-era lab work.
>
>
>
> For
> instance, for an 18th-19th c. site:
>
> The MCD
> section of:  South,
> Stanley. 1977 Method and Theory in Historical Archaeology. New York:
> Academic
> Press.
>
> At
> least the British Ceramics section of: Noel Hume, Ivor 1970 A Guide to
> Artifacts of Colonial America. New York: Knopf.
>
> Binford,
> Lewis R. 1978 [1961] A New Method of Calculating Dates from Kaolin Pipe
> Stem
> Samples. In Historical Archaeology: A Guide to substantive and
> theoretical contributions. R.L. Schuyler, ed. Pp. 66-67. Farmingdale, NY:
> Baywood.
>
> and
>
> Jones,
> Olive R.
>             1971    Glass Bottle Push-Ups and Pontil Marks.
> Historical Archaeology 5(1):62-73.
> Kenmotsu,
> Nancy
>             1990    Gunflints: A Study. Historical Archaeology
> 24(2):92-124.
> Miller,
> George L.
>             2000    Telling Time for Archaeologists. Northeast
> Historical Archaeology 29:1-22.
> Miller,
> George L., and Catherine Sullivan
>             1984    Machine-Made Glass Containers and the End of
> Production for Mouth-Blown Bottles. Parks Canada Research Bulletin 171.
> Sussman,
> Lynne
>             1997    Mocha, Banded, Cat's Eye, and Other
> Factory-Made Slipware. Boston: Council for Northeast Historical
> Archaeology.
> Wells,
> Tom
>             1998    Nail Chronology: The Use of Technologically
> Derived Features. Historical Archaeology 32(2):78-99.
>
> Light,
> John D--A Field Guide to the Identification of Metal. Historical
> Archaeology.
>
> Priess,
> Peter J--Historic Door Hardware Historical Archaeology.
>
>
>
> What
> else?  What about for other time periods?
>
> Off- or
> on-list responses appreciated! Thanks!
> John
>
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> John
> M. Chenoweth
> Assistant
> Professor of Anthropology
> University
> of Michigan-Dearborn
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