Archaeology and history -- New Jersey
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
An analysis of petalas blade caches in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania, 2011
Item — Call number MU Thesis Gra
Identifier: b4175555
Abstract
Caches of argillite bifaces, which are often referred to as petalas blades, have been discovered across much of New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and other Middle Atlantic states. Some of these discoveries are recent; however, many significant finds were made in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Some of the these caches have been previously analyzed; however, many have not. This study employs Geographic Information Systems and detailed analysis of these blades to better...
Dates:
2011
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Benefits and complications of creating a service-learning archaeology project with descendent communities and public schools : a projection of a model to be employed at the Brotherton Reservation, Burlington County, New Jersey, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Han
Identifier: b7929308
Abstract
My philosophy as both a student and an educator is rooted in the belief that it is essential for everybody to be more involved in and knowledgeable about the history present in their own communities. For centuries, the remains of the Brotherton Reservation have existed in the Pinelands, unbeknownst to most New Jersey residents. Creating a community-based service-learning archaeology project at Brotherton involving Indigenous [sic] and local communities, as...
Dates:
2019
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Charles Rau and the Keyport shell heap : understanding New Jersey's first archaeological excavation in its historic context, 2009
Item — Call number MU Thesis McH
Identifier: b2195473
Introduction [excerpts]
This thesis is a historical study of Charles Rau, a curator of archaeology at the National Museum of Natural History, and his archaeological excavation of the Keyport shell heaps. The purpose of this thesis is to examine Rau's role in the history of American archaeology and examine his excavations at the shell heaps in their historical contenxt. While Rau was widely known during his life, it appears that the perceived importance of his work has diminished over the years among historians...
Dates:
2009
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Pre-contact archaeology at the William Trent House: a site-specific analysis and regional synthesis of Native American occupation in Trenton, NJ, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Ada
Identifier: b7930094
Abstract
In 2019, Monmouth University's summer achaeological field school was conducted at the William Trent House in Trenton, NJ in collaboration with Hunter Research, Inc. This project supplemented earlier work by Hunter Research. These investigations revealed a robust prehistoric component that remains largely intact beneath layers of historic fill. An analysis of Native American material recovered from disturbed fills and natural soils reveals a primarily Late Archaic - Transnational Period...
Dates:
2019
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
The Clark-Watson site : an archaeological exploration of colonial Perth Amboy, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Cav
Identifier: b7929034
Abstract
Perth Amboy is a city with a rich and significant history that often gets overshadowed by its famous neighbors, New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston. Its original occupancy stretches back thousands of years to the Native populations who dominated New Jersey territory up until the Contact period. By the seventeenth century, Perth Amboy was populated by Scottish, English, and Dutch immigrants who formed Perth Amboy into the city we know today. This thesis is an analysis of the artifact...
Dates:
2019
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Through the window glass : an analysis of 19th-Century flat glass from the Morven Greenhouse, Princeton, New Jersey, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Hel
Identifier: b7929086
Abstract
Flat glass samples were obtained from six individual layers from the Morven Greenhouse excavations by Hunter Research in Princeton, New Jersey. The glass was used to assess the validity of previous window glass thickness dating techniques and to propose a similar dating model for this site and perhaps the broader region. Three conclusions were made because of this analysis; first, glass can have a bigger role in historical archaeology than it currently has, and that glass can tell a large...
Dates:
2018
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives