Historical Archaeology
Volumes 1-20(2)
1967-1986
Index
Compiled by Olive R. Jones
Introduction
Four goals were kept in mind while preparing this index.
1) It had to be accurate, that is, not send you to Volume 3 when it should have been Volume 13.
2) It had to be completed within a reasonable length of time. The perfect, all-inclusive index that is not finished does no one any good.
3) It had to provide sufficient detail to access over 2700 pages of text but not so much detail that the index was overloaded with insignificant references.
4) It did not have to answer all search inquiries put to it.
Searches may be made in four places, the author index, publications reviewed list, the subject index, and the table of contents list. The subject index is designed to be used in conjunction with the table of contents list. Each subject heading or sub-heading is followed by the volume number, printed in bold face, followed by a colon and page numbers for that topic. Using the volume and page numbers one can find, in the table of contents list, the date of publication, article title, author, and date of site or material for the subject entries. Each article was examined for: location of site, type of site, broad themes, types of artifacts, tools of the trade, date of site or material, and miscellaneous material. For each of these a working vocabulary drawn from the journal itself and from the programs of the annual meetings provided guidance on the topics, types of sites, and artifacts of concern to members of the society.
Locations of sites. When an article was based on work done at a specific site this location is noted. Comparative material from other sites mentioned in the text has not been indexed, nor have origins of artifacts. Locations are listed by country. Entries found in the subject index are:
- Africa
- Canada
- Chile
- Great Britain
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Mexico Montserrat
- Morocco
- The Netherlands
- Peru
- Santo Domingo
- Spain
- United States (listed by state)
Types of sites. Terms used are generally based on those given in the text of the article. Note that multiple component sites such as fur trade posts, military sites and urban sites could also contain churches, cemeteries, stores or houses. In some instances it has been convenient to index a site by its cultural or political affiliation-for example, Afro-American, Native North American, Dutch, French, Spanish and Swedish colonial. The political affiliation varies in date so much from one area of the continent to another, however, that these categories were used sparingly and only when the author of the article used them. Obvious exclusions, because they are so numerous, are English colonial, Canadian, American, and Hispanic. The locations and dates of sites can be used to interpret their colonial and post-colonial affiliations. Entries found in the subject index:
- Afro-American sites
- Basque sites
- blacksmith shops
- campsite
- canal sites
- cemetery sites
- Chinese in North America
- church sites
- Dutch colonial sites
- farm sites
- farming communities
- fish processing sites
- French colonial sites
- fur trade sites
- gardens and gardening
- greenhouses
- hotel sites
- house sites
- industrial sites
- jail sites military sites
- mining sites
- mission sites
- Mormon sites
- Native North American sites
- plantation sites
- Portuguese colonial sites
- printing shop sites
- privy sites
- roads
- Russian colonial sites
- Spanish colonial sites
- store, retail
- Swedish colonial sites
- tavern sites
- town sites
- underwater sites
- urban sites
- waterfront sites
- wells
Broad themes. These cover a mixture of topics of a more general and thematic nature. Entries found in the subject index:
- activity areas, identification of
- alcohol consumption
- archaeologists
- construction techniques
- consumption patterns
- coopering industry
- cultural adaptation
- cultural resource assessment
- cultural resource management
- demographics
- ethnicity
- farming practices
- faunal analysis
- foodways
- funding excavations
- gardens and gardening historical archaeology
- industrial archaeology
- landscape
- legislation
- medical practices
- metrology
- patterns, South's artifact
- public archaeology
- razing
- research design
- research models
- restoration and archaeology
- settlement patterns
- socio-economic status
- trade networks
- underwater archaeology
Types of artifacts. These have been organized by material or function, depending on general practice. Architectural details of building parts such as chimneys, cellars, kitchens, and of construction methods have not been indexed because so much of historical archaeology deals with these topics. Artifacts, brief descriptions of, includes all types of artifacts but not in sufficient detail to be included in the individual sections. Entries found in the subject index are:
- arrastras
- artifacts, brief descriptions of
- axes
- ballast
- beads
- bricks
- building hardware
- casks
- ceramics
- coins
- faunal analysis
- fishing equipment
- glass
- Jew's harps
- linoleum marbles
- mortar
- Native North American artifacts
- vnickel silver
- pictographs
- pipes, clay tobacco
- printers' type
- ship construction
- tiles
- tin cans
- tools
- toys
- weaponry
- wearing apparel
Tools of the trade. These are techniques and equipment used to facilitate surveying, excavation and analysis. Entries found in the subject index:
- architectural recording
- bibliographies
- cartography
- classification
- computer applications in archaeology
- photography dating techniques
- documentary research
- drawings
- field techniques
- metallurgy
- conservation techniques
Dates of sites. The dates of sites or artifacts are one of the key interests in historical archaeology and yet they are extremely difficult to put in an index. Sites and artifacts do not conveniently date to tidy 50-year intervals and dates apply to many of the topics listed in the index. The dates of sites or materials have been put in the table of contents list where the actual dates given in the articles can be stated and where they can be easily accessed for any topic of interest. In cases where the date appears in the title the information has not been repeated.
Miscellaneous material. Entries found in the subject index include the following:
- Harrington, J. C., Medal in Historical Archaeology memorials
- National Register of Historic Places
- Society for Historical Archaeology
My grateful thanks to all who helped in the preparation of this index.
