Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00794236.2021.1969144
Verónica Velasquez
SUMMARY Among the elements found on tin-glazed ceramics of Iberian tradition recovered from archaeological excavations in Mexico City are the potters’ marks painted on the surface of the vessels. These were commonly placed on the external and internal surface of serving ware pertaining to the 17th and 18th centuries. Archaeological research on maiolica from Mexico has insufficiently addressed the significance of the marks in terms of changes in the pottery industry and culture within the colonial environment. Drawing from historical sources and archaeological samples the research of such elements allowed to observe changes that occurred inside the maiolica industry and the status of potters, and will argue that the marks are elements that embody the ideological realm. In the particular case of Mexico, these marks embody notions of the doctrine of ’blood purity’ that permeated the craft.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00794236.2021.1972666
Rebekah L. Planto
SUMMARY As a rare surviving example of a 17th-century Virginian house, Bacon’s Castle is often glossed as an isolated architectural artefact, and a backdrop for historical events and ghost stories alike. Yet, the complex life-history that lends it this evocative, distributed character remains underexplored. Likewise, building deposits – like those rediscovered during ongoing reassessment of Bacon’s Castle’s archaeological collection – elicit excitement when associated with ‘magic’ or ‘ritual,’ while their specific contexts and unique materiality go unexamined. Drawing on Peircean semeiotics and assemblage theory, I propose a holistic, contextual archaeology of building deposits from recent historical sites – particularly pluralistic or contested spaces, like colonial plantations.
{"title":"Revealing matters: an archaeology of building deposits from the Bacon’s Castle site, Surry County, Virginia","authors":"Rebekah L. Planto","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2021.1972666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2021.1972666","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY As a rare surviving example of a 17th-century Virginian house, Bacon’s Castle is often glossed as an isolated architectural artefact, and a backdrop for historical events and ghost stories alike. Yet, the complex life-history that lends it this evocative, distributed character remains underexplored. Likewise, building deposits – like those rediscovered during ongoing reassessment of Bacon’s Castle’s archaeological collection – elicit excitement when associated with ‘magic’ or ‘ritual,’ while their specific contexts and unique materiality go unexamined. Drawing on Peircean semeiotics and assemblage theory, I propose a holistic, contextual archaeology of building deposits from recent historical sites – particularly pluralistic or contested spaces, like colonial plantations.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"55 1","pages":"211 - 249"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45197480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00794236.2021.1966244
G. Lucas, J. Jónsson, K. Martin
SUMMARY: A discussion of trade in the North Atlantic during the 17th and 18th centuries is explored through the movement of commodities from mainland Europe to Iceland, specifically pottery vessels. The paper reconstructs the journeys of three cooking pots from different places in northern Germany and Denmark and along the way, attempts to situate these journeys within the social and cultural contexts through which they pass. In tracking these object itineraries, it is argued that the pots are caught up in fragmented spaces, where the varied material properties of the objects change in significance. In this way, our paper attempts to both revive and reinvent an economic dimension to historical archaeology, to conjoin terrestrial and maritime archaeology, and finally to stimulate more work on the early modern period for this region.
{"title":"Pots for socks. Commodity itineraries in the North Atlantic during the 17th and 18th centuries","authors":"G. Lucas, J. Jónsson, K. Martin","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2021.1966244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2021.1966244","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY: A discussion of trade in the North Atlantic during the 17th and 18th centuries is explored through the movement of commodities from mainland Europe to Iceland, specifically pottery vessels. The paper reconstructs the journeys of three cooking pots from different places in northern Germany and Denmark and along the way, attempts to situate these journeys within the social and cultural contexts through which they pass. In tracking these object itineraries, it is argued that the pots are caught up in fragmented spaces, where the varied material properties of the objects change in significance. In this way, our paper attempts to both revive and reinvent an economic dimension to historical archaeology, to conjoin terrestrial and maritime archaeology, and finally to stimulate more work on the early modern period for this region.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"55 1","pages":"194 - 210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45766173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00794236.2021.1966241
Kirsty Ackland
SUMMARY The ceramics assemblage from Penhow Castle is one of the largest from South Wales. This study provides characterisation and quantification of a selection of the early post-medieval ceramics assemblage from the site to aid the interpretation of the manor. Following this, further context to post-medieval ceramics in South Wales is given, illustrating the changing fashions and supply networks which occur with the onset of the 16th century. It highlights the declining socio-economic status of the site within the region but suggests that the occupants were continuing to emulate the practices and fashion of the social elite post-15th century.
{"title":"Penhow Castle, Gwent: a study of its early post-medieval ceramics and position within the South Wales region","authors":"Kirsty Ackland","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2021.1966241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2021.1966241","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The ceramics assemblage from Penhow Castle is one of the largest from South Wales. This study provides characterisation and quantification of a selection of the early post-medieval ceramics assemblage from the site to aid the interpretation of the manor. Following this, further context to post-medieval ceramics in South Wales is given, illustrating the changing fashions and supply networks which occur with the onset of the 16th century. It highlights the declining socio-economic status of the site within the region but suggests that the occupants were continuing to emulate the practices and fashion of the social elite post-15th century.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"55 1","pages":"137 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43363239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00794236.2021.1969145
Ben Wigley
SUMMARY Bioarchaeological analysis of human remains from St Hilda’s Church cemetery, South Shields was undertaken to investigate ancestral diversity in post-medieval Britain. Methodological evaluations argue that when diversity is explored through phenotypic traits, biological affiliations are best investigated through dental morphology due to its resistance to exogenous influences, whereas cranial form appears to be increasingly influenced by environmental and cultural factors in the post-medieval period. A novel quantitative model was developed for a within-group analysis of dental morphology assessed through the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System, successfully identifying an ancestral outlier. An osteobiographical narrative for this individual, combining osteological and historical data with social theory, suggests that personhood is malleable and multifaceted. Ancestry is therefore most appropriately understood as one aspect of identity which also included sex, occupation, social status and linguistic affiliation.
{"title":"An Evaluation of Ancestral Diversity in 19th-Century South Shields","authors":"Ben Wigley","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2021.1969145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2021.1969145","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY Bioarchaeological analysis of human remains from St Hilda’s Church cemetery, South Shields was undertaken to investigate ancestral diversity in post-medieval Britain. Methodological evaluations argue that when diversity is explored through phenotypic traits, biological affiliations are best investigated through dental morphology due to its resistance to exogenous influences, whereas cranial form appears to be increasingly influenced by environmental and cultural factors in the post-medieval period. A novel quantitative model was developed for a within-group analysis of dental morphology assessed through the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System, successfully identifying an ancestral outlier. An osteobiographical narrative for this individual, combining osteological and historical data with social theory, suggests that personhood is malleable and multifaceted. Ancestry is therefore most appropriately understood as one aspect of identity which also included sex, occupation, social status and linguistic affiliation.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"55 1","pages":"266 - 292"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47027245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00794236.2021.1972584
R. Crozier, A. Cameron, Bruce J. Mann, E. Ashcroft, R. Wood
SUMMARY This paper describes the analysis of a small assemblage of fragmentary human remains discovered during renovations in a residential property in Aberdeen City, Scotland. Two sets of cranial remains display clear evidence for dissection/autopsy activities; a craniotomy and a trephination. Radiocarbon dating places them in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, arguably contemporary with the passing of the Anatomy Act of 1832. Drawing together evidence from osteological analysis, radiocarbon dating, historical sources and the context of discovery, it is argued that the assemblage may have been generated by ‘resurrectionist’ activities associated with the clandestine acquisition of cadavers for anatomical dissection.
{"title":"Osteoarchaeological evidence for medical dissection in 18th to 19th century Aberdeen, Scotland","authors":"R. Crozier, A. Cameron, Bruce J. Mann, E. Ashcroft, R. Wood","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2021.1972584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2021.1972584","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY This paper describes the analysis of a small assemblage of fragmentary human remains discovered during renovations in a residential property in Aberdeen City, Scotland. Two sets of cranial remains display clear evidence for dissection/autopsy activities; a craniotomy and a trephination. Radiocarbon dating places them in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, arguably contemporary with the passing of the Anatomy Act of 1832. Drawing together evidence from osteological analysis, radiocarbon dating, historical sources and the context of discovery, it is argued that the assemblage may have been generated by ‘resurrectionist’ activities associated with the clandestine acquisition of cadavers for anatomical dissection.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"55 1","pages":"159 - 175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42627982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00794236.2021.1969143
Paweł Duma
SUMMARY This article contains a detailed discussion of clay pipe finds from five execution sites located in Silesia, Poland. The assemblage is dominated by pipes from the 18th century with a small percentage of examples from the 17th and 19th centuries. Mainly Dutch pipes were identified in the analysed group, pipes manufactured in a local workshop, and several examples of pipes made by a different technique. This assemblage stands out because of the context of its discovery – at former execution sites – and the socio-economic interpretations we can made due to the association of the pipes with this unusual context.
{"title":"Clay tobacco pipes found on former execution sites in Silesia, Poland","authors":"Paweł Duma","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2021.1969143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2021.1969143","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY This article contains a detailed discussion of clay pipe finds from five execution sites located in Silesia, Poland. The assemblage is dominated by pipes from the 18th century with a small percentage of examples from the 17th and 19th centuries. Mainly Dutch pipes were identified in the analysed group, pipes manufactured in a local workshop, and several examples of pipes made by a different technique. This assemblage stands out because of the context of its discovery – at former execution sites – and the socio-economic interpretations we can made due to the association of the pipes with this unusual context.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"55 1","pages":"176 - 193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45457761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00794236.2021.1972589
Laura Burnett, R. Webley
The work of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) has been highlighted in this journal since 2005 and an introduction to the organisation can be found in previous reports. In 2019, 16,319 objects dating to the post-medieval and modern periods were recorded by the PAS in 13,454 records. This represented 20% of all objects recorded; a 9% increase in objects but a slight decrease in proportion from 2018, reflecting more recording in general. The major functional categories (calculated by object) were currency (coins and tokens) (42%), dress accessories (21%), arms and armour (6%), trade equipment (including jettons) (9%), vessels (4%), animal (including equestrian) equipment (3%), household fittings (4%), tools and utensils (2%), and entertainment and leisure (2%). In the report for 2015 we noted a change in guidance whereby the PAS was being more selective in recording material dateable after 1540, and the reasons for it. Of course, more recent artefacts of local importance continue to be recorded by the Finds Liaison Officers (FLOs), as do items of Treasure. From the above statistics it appears this change in guidance is not having a major impact on the quantities of post-medieval finds recorded, suggesting it just codified existing practice. As ever, many finds recorded in 2019 are both noteworthy and provide potential for further research, both into the objects and their context, and a few are highlighted and discussed here.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00794236.2021.1896221
W. Forsythe, R. Mcconkey, C. Breen
SUMMARY As a key component of Ireland’s agricultural and marine economy, salt was a much prized and vital commodity for the trade of the nation. Yet, archaeological evidence for salt-working is surprisingly sparse particularly for early periods; leading to its neglect as a focus for thematic study. This paper presents the first systematic survey of the archaeological remains associated with salt production in Ireland, considering a range of expressions and their implications. Beyond the material evidence, salt can be considered a proxy for understanding the wider commercial and social processes affecting the country in the post-medieval period.
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