Interpretive Papers and Documents

Interpretive papers and other documents related to the Colonial Encounters project. Contact us to add other papers or documents to this list.

  • Galke, Laura
  • 2015   American Ethnogenesis, c. 1680-1760: Commemorating William and Mary.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • Hatch, D. Brad
  • 2015   Morgan Jones Pottery and the Maintenance of Community Relationships in the Early Modern Potomac Valley.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • Heath, Barbara
  • 2015   African Bondage in the Potomac Valley: Evidence from the Colonial Encounters Dataset.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • Horning, Audrey
  • 2015   Alcohol and Colonial Encounters in the Lower Potomac.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • King, Julia A.
  • 2015   Lawyers, Guns, and Money.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • Lucas, Michael
  • 2015   "Northern Indians" and Material Culture Exchange in the Early Modern Chesapeake.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • Mansius, Mary Kate
  • 2015   Exploring the Presence of Native American Made Objects Found at English Colonial Sites.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • McCague, Elizabeth
  • 2015   Coins and Tokens of the Potomac River .   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • McMillan, Lauren K.
  • 2015   The Social-Symbolic Significance of the Local Pipe Trade in the Potomac River Valley.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • Muraca, David, and Melanie Marquis
  • 2015   Exploring the Materiality of Mourning in Colonial Chesapeake.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • Rimer, Esther
  • 2015   Buckles: Fasteners of Regional Ties.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • Rivers Cofield, Sara
  • 2015   Small Finds, Big Picture: Artifacts of the Colonial Chesapeake as Bait for the Tobacco Trap.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • Schweickart, Eric, and Barbara Heath
  • 2015   Brass, Iron, and Leather: Saddles, Bridles, and Horse Culture in the late 17th- and early 18th-century Chesapeake.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD
  • Strickland, Scott M.
  • 2015   Reconstructing Early Colonial Potomac Architecture.   Paper presented at 2015 Mid-Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Ocean City, MD

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