Richard Veit
Biographic Data
| ID | 162108 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Veit |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Veit |
| SIGNATURE | VEIT R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monmouth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7455-8360 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
New Perspectives in Cemetery Studies
J. C. Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology
Medicine, Reproduction, and Women's Health at the Orange Valley Plantation, Jamaica
This article explores the role of hospitals constructed for enslaved people in pre-emancipation Jamaica as inherently conflicted spaces, where health care was provided to the sick and injured while, at the same time, the horrific system of human bondage was reproduced. Hospitals for the enslaved were sites of conflict in terms of their vision, their practices, and the materia medica they employed. We explore these practices and argue that the res…
Investigating the Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield
“Research Notes” allow scholars to share their works in progress and solicit feedback from others in the New Jersey history community. All are welcome to contribute—simply send submissions for inclusion in future issues to the editor, Melissa Ziobro, at [email protected]
Investigating the Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield
This article explores ongoing efforts to investigate the Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield—the last major military confrontations in New Jersey during the Revolutionary War—in advance of the 250th anniversary of the American War for Independence
Burlington Biographies
Richard Veit reviewing Burlington Biographies: A History of Burlington, New Jersey, Told Through the Lives and Times of Its People, by Robert L. Thompson
Robert J. Walker
How can you not love a book that begins with the famous phrase “a dark and stormy night” (1)? This volume on the history and archaeology of the Robert J. Walker, a US Coast Survey steamship that fell victim to a tragic accident, off Atlantic City in 1860, is much more than the story of one of the numerous vessels lost on the Atlantic seaboard during the nineteenth century. It is a history of the US Coast Survey, an archaeological investigation of…
Robert L. Schuyler (1941–2023)
When the Community Is the Classroom
A Conversation with Robert L. Schuyler
The Archaeology of Northern Slavery and Freedom
James Delle’s recent contribution to the University Press of Florida’s series on the American Experience in Archaeological Perspective does an excellent job of drawing together many of the key sources on the archaeology of African American life in the North. It is a useful contribution to the burgeoning literature on this subject and an important reference for anyone wanting to know more about what archaeology has revealed about this critical top…
Not Unmindful of the Unfortunate”
Joseph Bonaparte and the Jersey Devil
Archaeological excavations at Cedar Bridge Tavern in Barnegat, New Jersey resulted in the recovery of a four reale coin minted by Joseph Bonaparte while King of Spain. This article examines the coin in its historical context, with particular emphasis on a legendary encounter between Bonaparte and the Jersey Devil
Forgotten in Life, Celebrated in Death
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Funerary Hardware and Material Culture from the Historic Cemetery (ca. 1702–1859) of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia
Status Creation and Maintenance among the Delaware Valley Elite
New Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones
From the earliest memorials used by Native Americans to the elaborate structures of the present day, Richard Veit and Mark Nonestied use grave markers to take an off-beat look at New Jersey’s history that is both fascinating and unique. New Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones presents a culturally diverse account of New Jersey’s historic burial places from High Point to Cape May and from the banks of the Delaware to the ocean-washed Shore, to explai…
A Problematic Mississippian Pipe from the William Vaux Collection
William Samson Vaux, Esq., was an enthusiastic nineteenth-century collector of minerals, artifacts, and coins. Passionately interested in the sciences, particularly archaeology and geology, he amassed an unparalleled collection of Native American artifacts that he later donated to the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Today these finds are housed by Bryn Mawr College. Included in the collection is a noteworthy Mississippian effigy pipe. C…
Built on Christian Principles”
Numismatic Archaeology of North America
Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic
This collection provides a broad overview of the historical archaeology of African American life from the early 18th to the mid-20th century in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and southeastern New York"...Provided by publisher
New Bottles Made with My Crest”
Bottle seals or crests are one of the more intriguing categories of artifacts recovered from historic archaeological sites. These small blobs of glass were applied to the necks or shoulders of bottles. They were embossed with initials, shields, and other insignia. They bear dates, as well as the initials and names of individuals and families, taverns, vineyards, schools, retailers, and military units. Archaeologists seriating blown glass bottles …
Rich Man Poor Man, Pioneer, Thief
Norman F. Barka 1938–2008
J. C. Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology
Historical Archaeology of Religious Sites and Cemeteries
Resolved to Strike Out a New Path”
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Funerary Hardware and Material Culture from the Historic Cemetery (ca. 1702–1859) of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia
Not Unmindful of the Unfortunate”
Social Status and Landscape in a Nineteenth-Century Planned Industrial Alternative Community
Patriots, Tories, Inebriates, and hussies
To modern suburbanites, life on a farm may seem hopelessly boring or, alternatively, charming and idyllic. Excavations at the Abraham Staats House in New Jersey’s Raritan Valley, just upriver from New Brunswick, provide a revealing glimpse of the dynamic and contentious lives of 18th- and 19th-century farmers. The Staats family, part of the early 18th-century Dutch migration to the Raritan Valley, saw their lives transformed by the Revolutionary …
Forgotten in Life, Celebrated in Death
A Problematic Mississippian Pipe from the William Vaux Collection
William Samson Vaux, Esq., was an enthusiastic nineteenth-century collector of minerals, artifacts, and coins. Passionately interested in the sciences, particularly archaeology and geology, he amassed an unparalleled collection of Native American artifacts that he later donated to the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Today these finds are housed by Bryn Mawr College. Included in the collection is a noteworthy Mississippian effigy pipe. C…
Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic
This collection provides a broad overview of the historical archaeology of African American life from the early 18th to the mid-20th century in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and southeastern New York"...Provided by publisher
New Bottles Made with My Crest”
Bottle seals or crests are one of the more intriguing categories of artifacts recovered from historic archaeological sites. These small blobs of glass were applied to the necks or shoulders of bottles. They were embossed with initials, shields, and other insignia. They bear dates, as well as the initials and names of individuals and families, taverns, vineyards, schools, retailers, and military units. Archaeologists seriating blown glass bottles …
Rich Man Poor Man, Pioneer, Thief
Norman F. Barka 1938–2008
Keeping Edison’s Secrets
Rethinking the Mengkom-Mixing Bowl
Salvage excavations at the Johannes Luyster Farm (28Mo261) revleade extensive archaeological depostis reflecting three centuries of life on a Dutch-American farm. These deposties, when taken in conjunction with the architecture of the house and surviving primary documents, provide a glimpse of the changing lifestyles of the Jersey Dutch during the 19th century. Although the Luysters maintained some aspects of their ethnic heritage, they also part…
Experimental Uses of Shell Tools
This article presents a preliminary study concerning the functional uses of Northern Quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria), or hard-shelled clam tools. A series of experiments were conducted with tools manufactured from shell. These were worked on specific materials using a cutting motion for different durations of use. The artifacts were then analyzed for observable usewear characteristics for comparative purposes
Who's Been Drinking on the Railroad? Archaeological Excavations at the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Lakehurst Shops
Archaeological excavations at the former shops of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, in Lakehurst (28-Oc-138), uncovered several large bottle caches within a 19th-century railroad maintenance facility. These caches, situated in clandestine locations within the plant, apparently reflect a considerable amount of on-the-job alcohol consumption by railroad workers. This surprising discovery and its implications for understanding turn-of-the-century …
John Solomon Teetzel and the Anglo-German Gravestone Carving Tradition of 18th Century Northwestern New Jersey
Rethinking the Mengkom-Mixing Bowl
Salvage excavations at the Johannes Luyster Farm (28Mo261) revleade extensive archaeological depostis reflecting three centuries of life on a Dutch-American farm. These deposties, when taken in conjunction with the architecture of the house and surviving primary documents, provide a glimpse of the changing lifestyles of the Jersey Dutch during the 19th century. Although the Luysters maintained some aspects of their ethnic heritage, they also part…
Historical Archaeology
Historical Archaeology: Back from the Edge. Pedro Paulo A. Funari. Martin Hall. and Sian Jones. eds. New York: Routledge, 1999. 350 pp
Herbert C. Kraft (1927‐2000)
He continued working on various archaeological
Social Status and Landscape in a Nineteenth-Century Planned Industrial Alternative Community
Keeping Edison’s Secrets
Cheap and Tasteful Dwellings
Norman F. Barka 1938–2008
J. C. Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology
Patriots, Tories, Inebriates, and hussies
To modern suburbanites, life on a farm may seem hopelessly boring or, alternatively, charming and idyllic. Excavations at the Abraham Staats House in New Jersey’s Raritan Valley, just upriver from New Brunswick, provide a revealing glimpse of the dynamic and contentious lives of 18th- and 19th-century farmers. The Staats family, part of the early 18th-century Dutch migration to the Raritan Valley, saw their lives transformed by the Revolutionary …
Resolved to Strike Out a New Path”
Historical Archaeology of Religious Sites and Cemeteries
Rich Man Poor Man, Pioneer, Thief
New Bottles Made with My Crest”
Bottle seals or crests are one of the more intriguing categories of artifacts recovered from historic archaeological sites. These small blobs of glass were applied to the necks or shoulders of bottles. They were embossed with initials, shields, and other insignia. They bear dates, as well as the initials and names of individuals and families, taverns, vineyards, schools, retailers, and military units. Archaeologists seriating blown glass bottles …
Built on Christian Principles”
Numismatic Archaeology of North America
Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic
This collection provides a broad overview of the historical archaeology of African American life from the early 18th to the mid-20th century in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and southeastern New York"...Provided by publisher
A Problematic Mississippian Pipe from the William Vaux Collection
William Samson Vaux, Esq., was an enthusiastic nineteenth-century collector of minerals, artifacts, and coins. Passionately interested in the sciences, particularly archaeology and geology, he amassed an unparalleled collection of Native American artifacts that he later donated to the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. Today these finds are housed by Bryn Mawr College. Included in the collection is a noteworthy Mississippian effigy pipe. C…
New Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones
From the earliest memorials used by Native Americans to the elaborate structures of the present day, Richard Veit and Mark Nonestied use grave markers to take an off-beat look at New Jersey’s history that is both fascinating and unique. New Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones presents a culturally diverse account of New Jersey’s historic burial places from High Point to Cape May and from the banks of the Delaware to the ocean-washed Shore, to explai…
Status Creation and Maintenance among the Delaware Valley Elite
Joseph Bonaparte and the Jersey Devil
Archaeological excavations at Cedar Bridge Tavern in Barnegat, New Jersey resulted in the recovery of a four reale coin minted by Joseph Bonaparte while King of Spain. This article examines the coin in its historical context, with particular emphasis on a legendary encounter between Bonaparte and the Jersey Devil
Forgotten in Life, Celebrated in Death
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Funerary Hardware and Material Culture from the Historic Cemetery (ca. 1702–1859) of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia
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