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The PAF periodically hosts a write up about a local, Philadelphia-area, archaeological discovery. Please send your ideas for a Philadelphia-area Artifact of the Month to phillyarchaeology@gmail.com
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July 2018
J.B. Who art thou?: An Unknown Potter’s Slipware Cup
April 2018
‘Buttoned Up’:
Worked Animal Bone and Antler Artifacts
March 2018
Cats in the Past:
Archaeological evidence of feline epidemic disease in early America
February 2018
Mortuary Decoration:
A 19th-Century, African American Example From Philadelphia
January 2018
Glass Whimsies By Philadelphia’s Dyottville Glass Workers
February 2017
Archaeology Supports African American History
As American History
November 2016
Hot Out of the Oven:
Earth Oven Technology at the I. P. Morris Site in Philadelphia
(River Chronicles 1, 2016)
September 2016
Lost and Found:
Signet Ring Lost before 1789, Found 2014
April 2016 – Artifact of the Month
Early Philadelphia Graffiti
March 2016 – Artifact of the Month
Slip Decorated Pans and Indian Pudding in Early Philadelphia Kitchens
February 2016- Artifact of the Month
What is a ‘Cupping Glass’?
October 2015 – Artifact of the Month
Success to the Triphena!
September 2015 – Artifact of the Month
Storyboarding Archaeology Month in Philadelphia
August 2015 – Artifact of the Month
Christmas in the Summer!
An Early 20th Century Ornamental Light Bulb
July 2015- Artifact of the Month
Clews “States Border” (“America and Independence”) Plate, ca. 1826-1834
June 2015 – Artifact of the Month
Shining a Light on ‘Light in the Past’:
Illumination in Virtual Archaeological Site Reconstructions
as an Example of Experimental Archaeology
April 2015 – Artifact of the Month
Coinage Across the Colonies
March 2015 – Artifact of the Month
Tropical Philadelphia
February 2015 – Artifact of the Month
Colonoware in Philadelphia
January 2015 – Artifact of the Month
NATIVE AMERICAN HEARTHS: Ancient Native Culture along the Delaware
September 2014 – Artifact of the Month
Life Before Plastic!
August 2014 – Artifact of the Month
Cemetery Stones with Many Lives
July 2014 – Artifact of the Month
Christmas in July??
Not Abominable Snowmen, but Snow Babies!
June 2014 — Artifact of the Month
The Buried Past Along Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia
April 2014 — Artifact of the Month
Political Pottery
March 2014
Ushering in Spring – A Bell Glass or Garden Bell
February 2014
Digital Model of the Perkins-Dennis Farm Barn
January 2014
History’s Hotplate! — Portable Earthenware Furnaces
November 2013
Man Does Not Live By Bread Alone, There is Also Candy!
September 2013
Health and Well-Being in 19th Century Fishtown
August 2013
Symbols of Motherhood: Breast Pipe and Nursing Bottle
July 2013
Politics in the Home: the LIBERTY tumbler
June 2013
Award Winning, 3D model of the James Dexter House Archaeological Site
May 2013
“Champion’s Rest” Saloon Token
March 2013
Redware from the Hillegas Pottery
February 2013
French Musket Lock
January 2013
Ceramic Whistles — A Long-Sounding Call of Childhood
December 2012
Betsy Ross’ Pitchers?
November 2012
Cannon Shot (??) Discovered at Independence Park
September/October 2012
Eat As You Learn; Learn As You Eat
November 2011
Warding Off Evil with Whimsy
September 2011
Mastodon Tooth Found at Franklin Court
August 2011
Uncle Sam Spanish American War Souviner Pin
July 2011
American flag whiteware teacup
June 2011
Incised Two-Hole Slate Gorget (ca. 800-1550 A.D.)
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