post-medieval blackware (EPMB) developed from the medieval English black-glazed pottery type known as Cistercian ware, so called because it was first discovered on Cistercian monastic sites. Blackware was produced in the North of England, the Midlands, and East Anglica, and it is difficult to attribute individual vessels to their place of manufacture. However, it is believed that the few examples from ca. 1608-1624 James Fort features were made just outside of London in Harlow, Essex. Harlow potteries were producing well-turned blackware vessels for London markets by the late 16th century, which were likely transported to London by land, rather than by river. Fabric: EPMB fabrics are fine, dense, hard, and well worked, and contain few obvious inclusions. Upon magnification, quartz and chalk-like inclusions in the fabric are notable. Fabrics are dark reddish-orange to brown in color. Glaze: Lead glazes cover the vessels all over except for the base exteriors, and appear shiny and black from the addition of copper oxides. Glazes under magnification appear to be very dark reddish-brown to black, with mottling from tiny inclusions in the clay. Form: Examples of EPMB from James Fort include mugs and a large, two-handled cup thought to be a posset pot. The vessels are thin-bodied and wheel-thrown, and have vertical strap handles. Decoration: All vessels are decorated with multiple exterior cordons.
is trash Sometimes there’s a hoard or an icon or jewelry and that’s obviously treasure. But the goal of archaeology is increased context about peoples culture, lifestyle, and history, and so that’s the benefit the “treasure” produces. No one is making money off it. It’s going to get studied, information extracted, and displayed in a museum as an educational piece. It’s going to be a poster-image to get further funding for the dig. Event / talk title User name / date
from trash, if trash is defined as the products of human consumption. Trash is a proxy for human behavior. - Dr. Richard Meadow Director of the Peabody Museum’s Zooarchaeology Laboratory Senior Lecturer on Anthropology at Harvard University
is destined to hold a key to the past, then surely it already holds a key to the present. - William Rathje & Cullen Murphy Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage
place will likely lead to awareness of one’s participation in history and in a more-than-human community. From either a social or ecological perspective, the ultimate goal of “doing nothing” is to wrest our focus from the attention economy and replant it in the public, physical realm. - Jenny Odell How To Do Nothing
to study garbage in the abstract, to study garbage without having to handle it physically. But that is not possible. Garbage is not mathematics. To understand garbage you have to touch it, to feel it, to sort it, to smell it. - William Rathje & Cullen Murphy Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage
local laws and personal ethics, report any sites - Context is everything - Forget “value” and be open to what you find - Don’t disturb indigneous sites; don’t disturb religious artifacts; have basic respect and avoid colonial-minded archaeology - Basically hang out with trash no one else really wants, that’s archaeology Low-Stakes Archaeology
to notice things • Grounding yourself mentally & locally • Exploring your surroundings through trash • Asking questions of discarded objects • Welcoming low-stakes archaeology into your life
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