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Publications about Archaeology in Alexandria

Publications | Theses

In addition to the publications and monographs available through Alexandria" Archaeology Publications and the consultant reports which are also available through Alexandria Archaeology, many articles on archaeology in Alexandria have been published in books and journals. These have been written by staff, students, volunteers, and consultants. All of these can be found in the library of Alexandria Archaeology, where they can be read by appointment. Some may be available at your local library, or through interlibrary loan.

Publications

Barbash, Walter V. And Timothy J. Dennée

1993 The First Lager Brewery in America, American Breweriana Journal, January - February 1993

Barr, Keith L., Pamela J. Cressey and Barbara H. Magid

1994 How Sweet it Was: Alexandria's Sugar Trade and Refining Business, in Historical Archaeology of the Chesapeake, Paul A. Shakel and Barbara J. Little, editors. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. and London.

Bromberg, Francine

1991 Archaeology in Alexandria: Fort Ward Revisited, Historic Alexandria Antiques Show Catalogue, Alexandria, Virginia.

Cressey, Pamela J.

1995 Setting the Scene, in The Archaeology of 19th Century Virginia. Theodore R. Reinhart and John H. Sprinkle, Jr., editors. Council of Virginia Archaeologists. Special Publication of the Archaeological Society of Virginia.

1994-present. Alexandria Artifacts. A weekly newspaper column in The Alexandria Gazette Packet.

1990 L’Archaeologie Urbaine aux Etas-Unis, Archaeologiques, Numeros 3-4, L’Association des archaeologues du Quebec, Quebec, Canada.

1987 Community Archaeology in Alexandria, Virginia, Conserve Neighborhoods, No. 69, National Trust for Historic Preservation Washington, D.C.

1984 Remembering the Alexandria Canal, Fairfax Chronicles, Vol. 8, pp. 1-3.

1981 The Alexandria Urban Archaeology Project: An Integrative Model for Systematic Study, Conservation, and Crisis, Anthropological Careers, T. Landman, editor, Anthropological Society of Washington, D.C.

1980 An Enduring Afro-American Neighborhood: An Archaeological Perspective from Alexandria, Virginia, Black Heritage, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 1-10.

1979 Historical Archaeology and the Alexandria Urban Archaeology Project, Fairfax Chronicles, Vol. 3, No. 1.

1978 The City as a Site: The Alexandria Model for Urban Archaeology, in Conference on Historic Site Archaeology Papers 1978.

Cressey, Pamela J. and Keith L. Barr

1989 The Right Way to Dig at Home, Preservation News, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C.

Cressey, Pamela J. and John F. Stephens

1982 The City-Site Approach to Urban Archaeology in Alexandria, Virginia, in Archaeology of Urban America: The Search for Pattern and Process, R.S. Dickens, Jr., editor. Academic Press, New York.

Cressey, Pamela J., Barbara H. Magid, Steven J. Shephard, and John F. Stephens

1982 The Core-Periphery Relationship and the Archaeological Record in Alexandria, Virginia, in Archaeology of Urban America: The Search for Pattern and Process, R.S. Dickens, Jr., editor. Academic Press, New York.

Creveling, Donald K.

1987 Archaeological Investigations at Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria History, Vol. VII, pp. 30-48.

Magid, Barbara H.

2008 “ Robert H. Miller, Importer: Alexandria and St. Louis,” Ceramics in America, editor Robert Hunter, Chipstone Foundation, Volume 8.

2006 “ Commemorative Wares in George Washington's Hometown,” Ceramics in America, editor Robert Hunter, Chipstone Foundation, Volume 6.

2005 “Sugar Refining Pottery from Alexandria and Baltimore,” Ceramics in America, editor Robert Hunter, Chipstone Foundation, Volume 5.

2004 “A New Look at Old Stoneware: The Pottery of Tildon Easton,” Ceramics in America, editor Robert Hunter, Chipstone Foundation, Volume 4.

2000 Water, Water Everywhere: Collections Management for Wet Sites, North American Archaeologist, Volume 21, Number 1.

1996 An Archaeological Perspective on Alexandria's Pottery Tradition, Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winter 1995-96.

1990 Representative Ceramics from the Alexandria Archaeology Collection, Historic Alexandria Antiques Show Catalogue, Alexandria, Virginia.

1989 Artifacts, Advertisements and Archaeology: Studying Alexandria's Merchants, in The Potomac: Headwaters of the Constitution, Proceedings of the Northern Virginia Studies Conference 1986, Fairfax, Virginia.

1988 Evolution of a Successful Proposal: Alexandria Archaeology, in The Fine Art of Federal Grantsmanship for Museums, Nancy J. Parezo and Germaine Juneau, editors. American Association of Museums, Resource Report 7, Washington, D.C.

1982 Alexandria Archaeology: Evidence of the China Trade, in the 27th Annual Washington Antiques Show Catalogue, Washington, D.C.

Magid, Barbara H. and Bernard K. Means

2003 “In the Philadelphia Style: The Pottery of Henry Piercy,” Ceramics in America, editor Robert Hunter, Chipstone Foundation, Volume 3.

Magid, Barbara H. and Carol Snow

1991 Buried in Storage: The Alexandria Archaeology Collections Management Project, Technical Leaflet, History News, Vol. 46, No. 5.

Shephard, Steven J.

2006 Reaching for the Channel: Some Documentary and Archaeological Evidence of Extending the Alexandria Waterfront. The Alexandria Chronicle, Spring, 1-13.

2006 The Quaker Burying Ground in Alexandria , Virginia : A Study of Burial Practices of the Religious Society of Friends. Co-author with F. W. Bromberg. Daring Experiments: Issues and Insights about Utopian Communities, T. Van Buren, editor. Historical Archaeology 40(1):57-88.

1999 Urbanization: Nineteenth Century Change, Twentieth Century Archaeology. In The Archaeology of 19th-Century Virginia, T. R. Reinhart and J. H. Sprinkle, Jr., editors. Special Publication Number 36, Archaeological Society of Virginia .

1995 Urbanization: Nineteenth Century Change, Twentieth Century Archaeology, in The Archaeology of 19th Century Virginia, Theodore R. Reinhart and John H. Sprinkle, Jr., editors. Council of Virginia Archaeologists. Special Publication of the Archaeological Society of Virginia.

1994 The Resurrection of the Alexandria Canal Tidal Lock and the Role of the Canal in the City’s Past and Present, in Canals and American Cities: Assessing the Impact of Canals on the Course of American Urban Life, R. C. Carlisle, editor. Canal History and Technology Press, Easton, Pennsylvania.

1986 Status Variation in Antebellum Alexandria: An Archaeological Study of Ceramic Tableware, in Socio-economic Status and Consumer Choices: Perspectives in Historical Archaeology, edited by Suzanne Spencer-Wood. Plenum Publishing Col, New York.

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Theses

The following theses and dissertations have been written on topics relating to archaeology in Alexandria.

Arden, Lynn

1980 The Deterioration and Treatment of Excavated Organic Materials from the 500-Block of South King Street, Alexandria Virginia. M.A. Thesis, Department of Museum Studies, The George Washington University. University Microfilms, Intl., Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Blomberg, Belinda

1988 Free Black Adaptive Responses to the Antebellum Urban Environment: Neighborhood Formation and Socio-economic Stratification in Alexandria, Virginia, 1790-1850. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, American University. University Microfilms, Intl., Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Cressey, Pamela J.

1985 The Alexandria Virginia City-Site: Archaeology in an Afro-American Neighborhood, 1830-1910. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa. University Microfilms, Intl., Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Deines, Ann

1994 The Slave Population in 1810 in Alexandria, Virginia: A Preservation Plan for Historic Resources. Master’s Thesis, Department of American Studies, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Myers, Suzita

1982 Alexandria Salt-glazed Stoneware: A Study in Material Culture 1813-1876. Master’s Thesis, University of Maryland.

Shephard, Steven J.

1985 An Archaeological Study of Socioeconomic Stratification: Status Change in 19th Century Alexandria, Virginia. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. University Microfilms Intl., Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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