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of Virginia Antiquities' Jamestown Rediscovery Site Web Pages

Archaeological Sources for Atlantic History, 1500-1800

November 4-5, 2000

A Workshop of

The International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, 1500-1800

Program

Saturday, November 4

SESSION 1: 9:30 am
Forum Room, Lamont Library

Introduction
Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University

The Forms of Historical Archaeology

Archaeological Theory and the Chesapeake World
Fraser D. Neiman, Monticello Foundation/University of Virginia

Texture and Contexts: Archaeological Perspectives on European Colonies in the North Atlantic
Mary C. Beaudry, Boston University

Bones, Documents, and the Starving Time at Jamestown
Joanne Bowen, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

12:30 pm: Luncheon, Great Space, Robinson Hall

SESSION 2: 2:00 pm

Culture Contacts

An Archaeology of Social Space: Jamaica
James Delle, Franklin and Marshall College

The Rest of the Story: An Archaeological Perspective on the Contact Period
Charles R. Ewen, Eastern Carolina University

5:00-7:00 pm: Reception, Great Space, Robinson Hall

Sunday, November 5

SESSION 3: 9:30 am

West Africa during the Era of the Atlantic Trade: Archaeological Perspectives
Christopher DeCorse, Syracuse University
Theresa Singleton, Syracuse University

SESSION 4: 11:00 am

Historical Archaeology: Atlantic Dimensions
Charles Orser, Illinois State University

12:30 pm: Luncheon, Great Space, Robinson Hall

All Workshop sessions will take place in the Forum Room of Lamont Library at Harvard University.


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