Award for Excellence in Service

For the 20th anniversary of the Journal, the Award for Excellence in Service was awarded to Paul Huey and Lois Feister for their dedicated involvment to the Journal for a number of years

What is it? Archaeological Evidence of 19th-Century Agricultural Drainage Systems

Farm drainage was an integral part of the agricultural revloution of the 19th century- a tim during which farmers applied scientific practices to increase the productivity of their farms. As archaeologiests excavate larger portions of the 19th century farmsteads beyond the immediate area surrounding the farmhouse and barns, they will begin to uncover drainage systems more frequently. How do you know you have located a non-tile drainage system? What can drains actually tell you about the farmer and the farmstead? The goal of this paper is to help colleagues save time when working on farm sites by presenting a reference guide to non-tile drains. The guide provides detailed information and cross-sectional diagrams of numerous drains, including a hollow channel stone drain, over 600 feet (200 m) in length from Ithaca, New York. These diagrams can be used by archaeologists for field identifications of agricultural drainage systems. A case study is also included

Book Review of Digging New Jersey\u27s Past: Historical Archaeology in the Garden State by Richard Veit

A book review of Richard Veit\u27s introduction to the hisotrical archaeology of New Jersey

The Archaeology of the Matron’s Cottage:a Household of Female Employees at Sailors’ Snug Harbor,Staten Island, New York

At Sailors’ Snug Harbor (1833 – 1976), a charitable institution for retired seamen located on Staten Island, New York, the Matron’s Cottage housed the unmarried, full-time, female employees. From 1845- 1880, it also housed the Steward and his wife in separate quarters. The women worked as seamstresses, cooks, and washerwomen. The Matron was an educated woman who could keep detailed records and was the director of the female staff. The archaeological evidence at the site of the Matron’s Cottage, together with primary source documents, reveals information on the life of these 19th-century working-class women within their household. To place the living conditions of these working-class women within the context of the conditions of other working-class women, comparisons and contrasts are made with the archaeological data gathered by Mary Beaudry and Stephen Mrozowski at another working-class women’s site, the boarding houses at Boott Mills in Lowell, Massachusetts

Book Review of Myth, Memory, and the Making of the American Landscape , edited by Paul A. Shackel

A review of Paul Shackel\u27s edited volume which focuses on how important historical places have been interpreted to the public and why those interpretations have changed over time

Award For Excellence

For the 40th anniversary year of CNEHA, Pierre Beaudet, once Chair of the Board for 9 years, recieves an Award for Excellence in Service

Book Review of Rockingham Ware in American Culture, 1830-1930: Reading Historical Artifacts , by Jane Perkins Claney, 2004, University Press of New England, Hanover, 184 pages, 48 figures, 14 color plates, 8 tables

A review of Jane Perkins Claney\u27s research on the 19-th century Rockinghamd ware. This was an inexpensive distinctive mottled brown glazed ceramic found in both rural and urban homes

Hoboken Hollow: A 19th Century Factory Workers\u27 Housing Site

No abstract is available at this time