... The Society for Historical Archaeology NEWSLETTER NORMAN F. BARKA, Newsletter Editor DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOOY, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 23185 Volume 15 Number 1 March 1982 INDEX help. Please continue to send news of your activities and other pertinent information. page The recent growth of historical i archaeology and SHA has been phenomenal. J. EDITOR'S CORNER.................... 1 C. Harrington, who played a major role in j 1982 SHA/CUA ANNUAL MEETING........ 1 the development of our field, probably never I, J.C. HARRINGTON MEDAL.............. 14 thought he would attend a conference (as in )' J.C. HARRINGTON .••••••••••••••••••• 14 Philadelphia, 1982) where nearly 750 people 1983 SHA/CUA ANNUAL MEETING........ 17 came to hear 325 papers on historical PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW............. 19 archaeology I I SHA COMMITTEES •••••••••••••••••••• 20 The immediate future, however, does not EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ••••••••••• 21 look so bright. Bleak economic conditions LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS •••••••••••••••• 22 and the policies of the Reagan BOOK REVIEWS UPDATE •••••••••••••••• 22 administration are beginning to have adverse FIELD SCHOOLS •••••••••••••••••••••• 24 effects on archaeology and historic REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ••••••••••• 25 preservation. It is essential that SHA UPCOMING CONFERENCES ••••••••••••••• 26 members express their concern to their PAST CONFERENCES ••••••••••••••••••• 26 representatives in Washington. Along these RECENT PUBLICATIONS •••••••••••••••• 27 lines, you are urged to read Marjorie CURRENT RESEARCH ••• ~............... 30 Ingle's Legislative Affairs report in this SPECIAL RESEARCH REPORT •••••••••••• 47 issue of the Newsletter. EDITOR'S CORNER 1982 SHA/CUA ANNUAL MEETINGS As the new Newsletter Editor, I wish to The 15th Annual Meeting of the SOCiety first of all express my appreciation to the for Historical Archaeology and the 13th previous editor, Lester A. Ross. Over the Annual Meeting of the Conference on past five years, Les has developed the Underwater Archaeology were held on 7-10 Newsletter into the finest publication of January 1982 at the University Hilton Hotel, its type in archaeology. He can "retire" Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The meetings with the knowledge that he has done an were hosted by the University Museum and "the excellent job. University of Pennsylvania and sponsored by Parks Canada should also be acknowledged the following: City of Philadelphia, for the, tremendous support it has given to University of Pennsylvania, UniverSity Les and previous Canadian editors over the Museum, National Park Service (Mid-Atlantic past thirteen years. Region), Independence National Historical Special thanks should also go to John L. Park, and the Atwater Kent Museum. John L. Cotter who, for, many years gathered news as Cotter and Robert L. Schuyler were General Current Research Coordinator for the Chairmen for the meeting. Northeast. This was the largest SHA/CUA Annual Meet­ I will do my best to maintain the high ing to date, with a total of 743 official standards and informational value of the registrants. Of this total, 507 were Newsletter. However, the Newsletter will regular registrants and 236 were students. I continue to be successful only with your A few statistics on the origins of the registrants who officially attended the - Artifact Distributions at 'Round­ meeting: mid-Atlantic region (313); South­ about' (18ST271): A Case for Plowzone ea.st (86); New England (75); Midwest (58); Archaeology by John P. McCarthy Plains (15); Southwest (28); Texas (26); (Temple University). California (19); Northwest (8); Alaska (6): - Observations on the Settlement Pat­ Hawaii (2); Canada (52): Europe (5): Latin terning of 17th Century Sites in the America (4). Chesapeake RegiOn by Wayne Clark The Program consisted of 50 Sessions (38 (Maryland Historical Trust) and SHA and 12 CUA) and 325 papers were given. Michael Smolek (Southern Maryland The following listing of papers is provided Regional Preservation Center). for our members who were unable to attend - Toward the Archaeological Study of the conference. It should be noted that Past Landscapes: An Exhortation by this listing follows the program as pub­ Garry W. Stone (St. Mary's City Com­ lished, and includes some papers which were mission) • not delivered, excluding those which were - 'A Fairly Large Village': Settlement last minute substitutions. Pa t terns a t Governor's Land, Near Jamestown, Virginia by Alain C. (1) SHA/CUAJoint Keynote Session: His­ Outlaw (Virginia Research Center for torical Archaeology and the Other Dis­ Archaeology). ciplines - Discovering a 17th Century Village: - Somerville: Archaeology of a Coal Excavations in St. Mary's City, Mining Community by James Deetz (Uni­ Maryland by Henry M. Miller and versity of California, Berkeley). Alexander H. Morrison III (St. - St. Clair: Ethnohistory of a Coal Mary's City Commission). Mining Community by Anthony F. C. - Spatial Distributions at Drayton Wallace (University of Pennsyl­ Hall Plantation by Lynne G. Lewis vania) • (National Trust for Historic Preser­ - Social History of Afro-Americans by vation). Herbert G. Gutman (CUNY). - Landscape as Artifact: Spatial - Archaeology of Afro-Americans by Dimensions of Monticello by Douglas Charles Fairbanks (University of W. Sanford (Thomas Jefferson Me­ Florida. morial Foundation). Society for Historical Archaeology Ses­ (3) CURRENT RESEARCH ON HISTORICAL PROB­ sions: LEMS IN THE 19th CENTURY MIDWEST organized by Frederick W. Lange (2) EXPLORING THE SPATIAL DIMENSION OF HIS­ (Illinois State University). TORIC SITES organized by Henry M. - Old Davidsonville: A Look at Frontier Miller (St. Mary's City Commission). Life in Arkansas (1815-1829) by Shawn SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSLETTER Published Quarterly in March, Juna, October, and Decembar. Subscription Rat.. : Individual Habera $20.00 US Institutional M_ara $40.00 US Newa1etter Editor: Norman F. Barka Special News Editors: lecent Publicationa: Scott L. Carpenter Lelia1ative New.: Marjorie Ingle Current Research Editors: Northeast: Mary C. Beaudry Northweat: Roderick Spralue Canada - Prairie: Peter J. Priess Southea.t: Kathleen A. Dealan Pacif1c West: Paul J. F. Sch.... cher Canada - Western: Donald Steer Gulf State.: Anne A. Fox Southwest: J .... E. Ayres Ceribbean: David R. Watters Midwest: Charles E. Cleland Cenada - Atlantic: Birlitta Wallace Underwater: Robert Grenier Central Plaina: Robert T. Bray Canada - Quebec: Pierre Nadon Northern Plains & Canada - Ontario: Kadi. Kark1ina Mountain States: Gsrvey C. Wond Editorial Addre.s: Society for H1etorica1 Archaeo1olY Newal.tter, Department of Anthropology, Colle.e of William and Mary, Willi.. sbutg, Virlinia 23185 BuBine.. Address: (new .uhcriptions, changes of addres., subscription fulfillment matters): Circulation Department, Society for Historical Archaeo1olY, 1703 New H.. pshire Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20009 Copyright <C> 1982 Soci.ty for Hi.torica1 ArchasololY all rilhta r.~.rved 2 j Bonath (Illinois State University). - New Insights into Glass Container - Interpreting the "Root Cellar" Site Classifications by Ronald W. Deiss and its Relationship to the Eigh­ (Illinois State University). teenth Century Mansion and Forecourt - Summary and Comparison of Seven His­ at Shirley Plantation by Judith A. toric Sites Affected by the FA1-270 Habicht (Harvard University). in the American Bottom Region of - Slave and Tenant Farmers at Shirley Southwestern Illinois by Mark E. Plantation by Genevieve Leavitt Esarey (Illinois State University). (College of William and Mary/Uni­ - Rock Island Arsenal: A Military versity of Arizona). Industrial Complex on the - World War II Shirley by Susan Jolley Mississippi: An Archeological, His­ (University of Delaware). torical, and Architectural Overview - Shirley Plantation: Documentation, by Frederick W. Lange, Titus M. Informants, and the Archaeology by Karlowicz, Henry Moy (Illinois State Theodore R. Reinhart (College of University). William and Mary). - Definition of a Pike County (Illinois) Folk Building Tradition (6) HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY WEST OF THE BLUE by Floyd R. Mansberger (Illinois RIDGE: A REGIONAL EXAMPLE FROM ROCK­ State University). BRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA organized by - The Red House Site (11-St-162): A Lawrence E. Babits (Washington and Lee Small 19th Century Euro-American University). Farmstead by Joseph S. Phillippe - Historic Site Research at the Under­ (Illinois State University). graduate Teaching Institution by - 19th Century Euro-American John McDaniel (Washington & Lee Settlement Processes: Three Illinois University). Examples by Charles R. Smith - History of Rockbridge County As Lived (Illinois State University). and Written by Parker Potter (Brown University). (4) POWER, CLASS AND CONFLICT: NEW - Survey and Sampling Procedures by Jim APPROACHES IN ARCHAEOLOGY organized by Adams (Washington & Lee University). William Askins, Roselle Henn, Jed Levin - Archaeological Interpretation of (CUNY). Western Rockbridge County, Virginia - Archaeology and Class Society by Jed by Michael Gregory (Washington & Lee Levin (CUNY). University) • - Elites and Extinction in Norse - 'Log Cabins' and Other Structures in Greenland by Thomas McGovern (CUNY). the Lower Shenandoah Valley by L. E. - The Changing Role of the Household in Babits, William Cole (Washington & Industrial America by Roselle Henn Lee University). (CUNY) • - Kinship and Land Pattern Usage in - Modes of Production and New England Rockbridge County, Virginia by Henry Farmsteads