Archaeological Sources for Atlantic History

November 4-5, 2000

Saturday, November 4

Introduction
Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University

Session I: The Forms of Historical Archaeology

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

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

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

Session II: Culture Contacts

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

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

Sunday, November 5

Session III: West Africa during the Era of the Atlantic Trade: Archaeological Perspectives

Christopher DeCorse, Syracuse University
Theresa Singleton, Syracuse University

Session IV: Historical Archaeology: Atlantic Dimensions
Charles Orser, Illinois State University