{"title":"Life Lines of Industry: excavation and exploration of the 18th century Walbottle Moor Waggonway","authors":"Kimberley Gaunt, L. Turnbull, C. Christie","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2022.2156833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2022.2156833","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The North East of England has been a hub of mining activity throughout its recent history due to the abundance of large coal deposits in the region. The coal trade and the associated technologies developed by the collieries of Northumberland and Durham were a driving force behind some of the innovations of the Industrial Revolution. Waggonways of the region, as vital routes of commerce, became key testing grounds for civil engineering principles that would go on to influence the world. The excavation of William Brown’s Walbottle Moor Waggonway by Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd in 2019 has provided insights into the construction of one such lifeline of industry. Excavated evidence combined with the documentary and cartographic sources has provided an opportunity to look in-depth at this waggonway. The phases of use, from construction to decommissioning, and the evolution of waggonway technologies in the region have been explored and engineering specific to the complex topography of the area is revealed. These revelations include the multiple phases of the waggonway, which indicate that an initial temporary trackway was used in the construction of the earthwork features along the line – a feature which is unique for the eighteenth century.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"57 1","pages":"41 - 57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46019910","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}
{"title":"Hair combs and their social and symbolic significance in Early Modern Portugal","authors":"Jéssica Alexandra Martins Teixeira Iglésias","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2023.2182250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2023.2182250","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY: The aim of this paper is to present and discuss the meaning and use of hair combs in Early Modern Portugal (16th–18th centuries), having as a case study the objects found in the convent of São Francisco located in Castelo de Vide, in Portugal. These artefacts were used as a public demonstration of cultural and personal wealth, taste, and could possess apotropaic characteristics. They mark the desire to communicate social status, accumulated monetary wealth, faith, social beliefs, prophylactic functions, and it is also possible to understand their diachronic significance in their extended use through time. The combs were made using different raw materials, though the ones presented here are tortoiseshell. They exhibited the use of elements of European taste but were manufactured from exogenous materials, courtesy of Portuguese overseas endeavours, and affected by accompanying transformations in tastes and fashion.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"57 1","pages":"29 - 40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42572413","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}
A. Margetts, G. Dawkes, D. Goodburn, L. Allott, Stacey Adams, A. Dowsett
{"title":"What ‘incomparable Jewells Havens, and sure harbours are’: the remains of late 16th century Dover harbour and their wider significance","authors":"A. Margetts, G. Dawkes, D. Goodburn, L. Allott, Stacey Adams, A. Dowsett","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2023.2166442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2023.2166442","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY During excavations undertaken for the Dover Western Dock Revival Scheme, Kent, UK, Archaeology South-East (ASE; UCL Institute of Archaeology) encountered substantial remains associated with the development of the port of Dover. Despite natural limitations, especially in the form of silting from the River Dour and longshore drift, Dover has historically been a strategic location in which to maintain a port. The remains presented here comprise a nationally significant waterfront revealed during the revival scheme; that is, the Tudor engineering commonly attributed to Sir Thomas Digges, overseen by the Privy Council and commissioned by Elizabeth I.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"57 1","pages":"177 - 198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45667634","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}
{"title":"The introduction of the turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in early modern Sweden – historical and zooarchaeological evidence of husbandry and consumption","authors":"Emma Maltin, H. Jakobsson","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2022.2163736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2022.2163736","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY In this paper we describe how and why turkeys were introduced to Sweden during the 16th century, and how the bird spread to different social groups in the 17th century. We present data from unpublished financial records and provide a compilation of all archaeological findings of turkeys from the geographical area of present-day Sweden. The results show that turkeys, first imported by Duke Karl of Sweden in the 1580s, had spread to the Swedish nobility by the 1610s. During the first decades of turkey husbandry in Sweden, turkeys were items of conspicuous consumption, used to show off during elite dinners and as gifts to peers and subsequently also to subordinates. During the 17th century, the bird was adopted by the urban upper middle class. Early modern Swedish turkeys were small, and likely less affected by selective breeding when compared to modern heritage-breed turkeys.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"57 1","pages":"1 - 28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47342929","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}
{"title":"Of hearth and home: the material biography of an Irish cabin","authors":"Stephen A. Brighton, Andrew J. Webster","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2023.2182249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2023.2182249","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY The authors blend archaeological data with ethnographic, archival, and historical accounts to tell the story of a post-Famine stone cabin in County Cork, Ireland that was inhabited between 1860 and 1915. Research reveals the stories of the two families that once lived in the cabin and connects them to broader issues of land ownership, politics, and social dynamics. These issues came to a head in 1915, when one family was evicted from the property and the cabin was set ablaze. Artefacts found in situ speak to the complexities of everyday life and reveal localized expressions of identity and belonging.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"57 1","pages":"125 - 142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44911203","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}
{"title":"Lemon Valley, St Helena: an East India Company and British Colonial landscape in the South Atlantic","authors":"A. Pearson, Ben Jeffs","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2022.2156835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2022.2156835","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY This article presents the results of an historical and archaeological survey of Lemon Valley, in the South Atlantic island of St Helena. The valley was periodically used by 16th-century mariners during the early years of the Age of Discovery and permanently settled by the English East India Company from the 1660s. The survey reveals a palimpsest landscape which preserves extensive military and civilian ‘plantation’ remains. Together, these provide a rare insight into the character and evolution of the English settlement of the island from the late 17th century, through to the abandonment of the valley in the mid-20th century.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"57 1","pages":"58 - 81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41550520","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}
{"title":"When everyone was called John: a statistical analysis of Post-Medieval letter graffiti at historic sites in the UK","authors":"M. J. Champion","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2022.2156314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2022.2156314","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY This article examines the post-medieval letter graffiti present at historic sites in the UK, and carries out a statistical analysis of the markings across multiple sites, with a view to determining authorship and intent. The data from the graffiti inscriptions is also examined within the wider social history context of naming traditions within the UK and elsewhere, and concludes that a measurable and distinct gender bias is present amongst the historical graffiti that has wide reaching implications with regard to concepts of gendered space and social norms.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"57 1","pages":"82 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44982421","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}
{"title":"Post-medieval fieldwork in Britain, Ireland and the Channel Isles in 2021","authors":"Stephanie Ostrich","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2022.2120724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2022.2120724","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"56 1","pages":"268 - 397"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42950662","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}
{"title":"Archaeological research and heritage management of a British shipwreck in Argentina - the legacy of HMS Swift (1770)","authors":"D. Elkin","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2022.2120718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2022.2120718","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY HMS Swift was a British sloop of war which sank in Patagonia - South Atlantic Ocean - in 1770. The wrecksite was discovered in 1982 by local divers from Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, and this find originated the development of underwater archaeology in the country. The article presents a comprehensive review of the various research strands addressed throughout many years, and it also reflects on the legacy that the site and the project represents for topics other than archaeology, such as heritage management, museology, and cultural industries.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"56 1","pages":"225 - 248"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49404927","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}
Sarah Newstead, E. Tourigny, Odlanyer Hernández de Lara, Paola A. Schiappacasse
{"title":"Global post-medieval/historical archaeology: Cuba and Puerto Rico","authors":"Sarah Newstead, E. Tourigny, Odlanyer Hernández de Lara, Paola A. Schiappacasse","doi":"10.1080/00794236.2022.2120728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2022.2120728","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY Now in its sixth edition, this yearly overview of global post-medieval/historical archaeology takes us to Cuba and Puerto Rico in 2022. This edition provides an interesting case study in how the practice of historical archaeology evolved differently within the Caribbean region and addresses key themes, such as colonialism and the evolution of archaeological practice.","PeriodicalId":43560,"journal":{"name":"Post-Medieval Archaeology","volume":"56 1","pages":"398 - 407"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44218668","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}