SHA Blog » Economics http://www.sha.org/blog Society for Historical Archaeology Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:13:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Friday Links: What’s new in Historical Archaeology http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/friday-links-whats-new-in-historical-archaeology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=friday-links-whats-new-in-historical-archaeology http://www.sha.org/blog/index.php/2012/01/friday-links-whats-new-in-historical-archaeology/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:34:17 +0000 Terry Brock http://www.sha.org/blog/?p=730 Continue reading →]]> It’s time to see what’s happening in Historical Archaeology once again. This week, our photo is from Valerie Hall, a graduate student at Illinois State University, of her children at SHA’s Public Archaeology Day, looking at the display from the Jefferson Patterson Maryland Archaeology Lab. You can read her post about their visit here! 

But now, it’s on to the links. As always, please share your links in the comments below!

Headlines

Conservators are working to preserve Civil War era graffiti in a former war hospital in Virginia.

The Society for Historical Archaeology was pleased to present Award of Merit to Historic St. Mary’s City this year.

Fiona Reynolds discusses the value and importance of cultural heritage to the economy, and government’s responsibilities to it.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation archaeologists have uncovered the Dyotville Glass Works (nice videos of their excavations).

DePaul students excavate at a home that was a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Resources

Looting Heritage is a new website that tracks and maps reported looting sites across the globe.

The Blogs

The Plowzone asks some questions about historical archaeology and New Humanism.

The MSU Campus Archaeology Program has released a new online exhibit.

Middle Savagery describes the physical effects of a long season out in the field.

Mount Vernon’s Mystery Midden’s Luke Pecoraro discusses the importance of clothing, and its representation in the historical and archaeological record.

And finally, a video about the Texas A&M Program in Nautical Archaeology, featuring some graduate research:

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