http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/chat-2011-and-contemporary-archaeology-in-the-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chat-2011-and-contemporary-archaeology-in-the-us Society for Historical Archaeology Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:12:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/chat-2011-and-contemporary-archaeology-in-the-us/#comment-212 Contemporary Archaeologies | SHA Blog Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:56:10 +0000 http://www.sha.org/blog/?p=197#comment-212 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/chat-2011-and-contemporary-archaeology-in-the-us/#comment-14 Terry Brock Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:07:00 +0000 http://www.sha.org/blog/?p=197#comment-14 Daniel, I'm not sure how applicable contemporary archaeology is to CRM, since there is the 50 year rule to consider. I think contemporary archaeology tends to deal more with the very recent past, or the currently ongoing: in some ways its dealing with current issues through archaeological methods: The Garbage Project being the most famous example. In that sense, they are a bit different...but not much. Paul Mullins just added a new post that parses this out a bit more: http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/02/contemporary-archaeologies/ Daniel, I’m not sure how applicable contemporary archaeology is to CRM, since there is the 50 year rule to consider. I think contemporary archaeology tends to deal more with the very recent past, or the currently ongoing: in some ways its dealing with current issues through archaeological methods: The Garbage Project being the most famous example. In that sense, they are a bit different…but not much. Paul Mullins just added a new post that parses this out a bit more: http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/02/contemporary-archaeologies/

]]> http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/chat-2011-and-contemporary-archaeology-in-the-us/#comment-12 Daniel Martin Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.sha.org/blog/?p=197#comment-12 I like your thoughts on this subject; I had not heard of  Contemporary Archaeology as distinct from Historic Archaeology before. I work in CRM and so being able to distinguish between the various diagnostic criteria of manufacture has been very useful to me to determine eligablity. Is it 75 or 50 years old? Sadly that is often the only question I get to formally ask; but sometimes there is a lot more to look at and think about outside of that particular box. I recently looked at a rural homestead in which the earliest material just missed the 50 year mark but at which the entire refuse history of 60 years was spread out in a series of linear piles sequentially down a hillside for about 500 feet. It ran from an coal and wood stove to a discard floppy disc computer. I like your thoughts on this subject; I had not heard of  Contemporary Archaeology as distinct from Historic Archaeology before. I work in CRM and so being able to distinguish between the various diagnostic criteria of manufacture has been very useful to me to determine eligablity. Is it 75 or 50 years old? Sadly that is often the only question I get to formally ask; but sometimes there is a lot more to look at and think about outside of that particular box. I recently looked at a rural homestead in which the earliest material just missed the 50 year mark but at which the entire refuse history of 60 years was spread out in a series of linear piles sequentially down a hillside for about 500 feet. It ran from an coal and wood stove to a discard floppy disc computer.

]]> http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/chat-2011-and-contemporary-archaeology-in-the-us/#comment-9 Paul Mullins Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:36:00 +0000 http://www.sha.org/blog/?p=197#comment-9 Next year's CHAT conference web page is at  http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk/news.htm  Next year’s CHAT conference web page is atÂ
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