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 LArchaeologie Urbaine aux Etas-Unis,
Archaeologiques, Numeros 3-4, LAssociation 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 Citys 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.
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.
Masters 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. Masters 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.