DAACS :: Research

he primary goal of the Archive is to promote comparative research and sharing of the results by a growing group of scholars. This page provides links to conference papers and other unpublished manuscripts that use archaeological data from DAACS. New research is added on a regular basis so please check back for updates.

f you have a manuscript that you would like to share with the DAACS user community, email us at webmaster@daacs.org.




	Surveillance and Production on Stewart Castle Estate: A GIS-base Analysis of Models of Plantation Spatial Organization.(PDF: 5.3M.) By Lynsey Bates B.A. Honors Thesis with Highest Distinction, Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia.



	Strategic consumption: Archaeological evidence for costly signaling among enslaved men and women in the eighteenth-century Chesapeake (PDF: 22M.) By Jillian E. Galle, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia, May 2006.

	Strategic consumption: Archaeological evidence for costly signaling among enslaved men and women in the eighteenth-century Chesapeake (PDF: 104K.) By Jillian E. Galle, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, April 2006. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

	Slides for Strategic consumption: Archaeological evidence for costly signaling among enslaved men and women in the eighteenth-century Chesapeake (PDF: 5.8M.) By Jillian E. Galle, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, April 2006. San Juan, Puerto Rico.



	Studies of Colonoware Variability in Virginia and South Carolina (PDF: 1.4M. Print on 11 x 17" paper or view PDF at 150%) By Leslie Cooper and Karen Smith, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Scientific Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, November 2005. Columbia, South Carolina.

	How can Bayesian Smoothing Help Decipher the Occupational Histories of Late-eighteenth Century Slave Quarters at Monticello? (PDF: 281K. Print on 11 x 17" paper or view PDF at 150%) By Fraser D. Neiman and Karen Smith, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Scientific Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, April 2005. Salt Lake City, Utah.

	Site Characterization: The Definition of Archaeological Sites using Plowzone Excavation Data (PDF: 528K. Print on 11 x 17" paper or view PDF at 150%) By Derek Wheeler and Sara Bon-Harper, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Scientific Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, April 2005. Salt Lake City, Utah.



	Methods in the Analysis of Slave-occupied Plowzone Sites at Monticello (PDF: 1.2M. Print on 11 x 17" paper or view PDF at 150%) By Sara Bon-Harper and Derek Wheeler, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Scientific Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, April 2004. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.



	Model Consumers? Clues to Ceramic Acquisition at Slave Quarter Sites in the Greater Chesapeake (PDF: 1.8M. Print on 11 x 17" paper or view PDF at 150%) By Beatrix Arendt, Jillian Galle and Fraser Neiman, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Scientific Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, April 2003. Denver, Colorado.



	An Elemental Approach to Ceramic Stylistic Analysis (PDF: 107K) By Jillian Galle and Fraser D. Neiman, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meetings. January 8-12, 2002. Mobile, Alabama.

	Following the Yellow Brick Road: The DAACS Munsell Color Range System (PDF:93K) By Beatrix Arendt and Jesse Sawyer, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meetings. January 8-12, 2002. Mobile, Alabama.

	The Digital Archaeological Archive of Chesapeake Slavery and Internet Technologies (PDF: 109K) By Jillian Galle and Fraser Neiman, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Presented in the symposium What Can Electronic Publication Do for American Archaeology at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings. April 18-22, 2002. New Orleans, Louisiana.



	The Importance of Data Structuring for Extracting Relevant Information (PDF: 111K) By Greg Brown, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Presented at the Digital Archaeological Archive of Chesapeake's Slavery Steering Committee Workshop. The International Center for Jefferson Studies, Charlottesville, Virginia. October 6, 2000.

	Lessons I Have Learned While Developing the Utopia Database (PDF: 88K) By Garrett Fesler, James River Institute for Archaeology Presented at the Digital Archaeological Archive of Chesapeake's Slavery Steering Committee Workshop. The International Center for Jefferson Studies, Charlottesville, Virginia. October 6, 2000.

	The Data are in the Details: Thoughts on the Utility of the Digital Archaeological Archive of Chesapeake Slavery (PDF: 125K) By Barbara J. Heath, Poplar Forest Presented at the Digital Archaeological Archive of Chesapeake's Slavery Steering Committee Workshop. The International Center for Jefferson Studies, Charlottesville, Virginia. October 6, 2000.

	Trends in the Study of Early American Slavery of Potential Interest to Archaeologists (PDF: 85K) By Philip D. Morgan, Johns Hopkins University Presented at the Digital Archaeological Archive of Chesapeake's Slavery Steering Committee Workshop. The International Center for Jefferson Studies, Charlottesville, Virginia. October 6, 2000.

	Working Across Disciplines: Understanding Slave Life and Culture (PDF: 74K) By Dianne Swann-Wright, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Presented at the Digital Archaeological Archive of Chesapeake's Slavery Steering Committee Workshop. The International Center for Jefferson Studies, Charlottesville, Virginia. October 6, 2000.

	Issues and Questions in African-American History (PDF: 108K) By Lorena Walsh, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Presented at the Digital Archaeological Archive of Chesapeake's Slavery Steering Committee Workshop. The International Center for Jefferson Studies, Charlottesville, Virginia. October 6, 2000.