Laura J Galke
Biographic Data
| ID | 3065706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura J Galke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura J |
| FAMILY NAME | Galke |
| SIGNATURE | GALKE L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Ceramics: Colonoware
Who's the bomb? George's mom! haunting biographies of George Washington
Narratives of America’s first president, George Washington, are influenced by the social climate in which they are created. Fatherless from the age of eleven, the nature of his widowed mother’s impact upon his character development is a topic of considerable interest in many of these stories: is Mary Washington’s parenting an example to emulate or was George successful despite her efforts? Portrayals of Mary shift over time in response to broader…
Ceramics: Colonoware
Tressed for Success: Male Hair Care and Wig Hair Curlers at George Washington’s Childhood Home
Intensive excavations at George Washington’s childhood home in Virginia uncovered colonial evidence of black barbering in the form of over 200 wig hair curlers, some with residues of hair powder and hairpins. The family’s 1738–74 investments in wigs, a crucial accessory of gentlemen, are documented only through archaeology, despite extensive research on Washington family history. These male hairdressers maintained the wigs of the Washington men a…
Hair-dressing residues on wig hair curlers from George Washington's boyhood home, a FTIR–ATR and SEM–Edax analysis
Small Finds, Space, and Social Context: Exploring Agency in Historical Archaeology
The George Washington Foundation Department of Archaeology has combined a number of excavation and artifact-recovery techniques with a deliberate approach to artifact research and analysis in the laboratory to enhance interpretations of past behaviors. This article describes the elements of this approach and provides a case study involving the numerous 18th-century wig hair curler fragments found at the boyhood home of George Washington. The hist…
The Mother of the Father of Our Country: Mary Ball Washington's Genteel Domestic Habits
The year 1743 brought hardship to the Washingtons as their family patriarch, Augustine, passed away unexpectedly. At that time, a young George Washington inherited the family’s home plantation in Fredericksburg, known today as Ferry Farm. Augustine’s will stipulated that George’s mother, Mary Ball Washington, manage the plantations of their four young boys until they came of age. Between 1743 and 1772, Mary enjoyed the personal agency that widowh…
Colonowhen, Colonowho, Colonowhere, Colonowhy: Exploring the Meaning behind the Use of Colonoware Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century Manassas, Virginia
Perspectives on the Use of European Material Culture at Two Mid-To-Late 17th-Century Native American Sites in the Chesapeake
This article examines the assemblages of two Contact period Native American sites: Posey (c. 1650-1700) and Camden (c. 1680-1710). While the collections from these two sites share many similarities, their analysis revealed that occupants of the Posey site had far greater proportions of European material goods than their counterparts at the Camden site. The amount of European artifacts at each site was scant at best, but Posey residents used Europ…
Did the Gods of Africa Die? A Re-Examination of a Carroll House Crystal Assemblage
The discovery of an African-American ritual cache within the eighteenth-century Carroll House provides an example of a West African-derived nkisi ( minkisi pl). While the exact meaning behind the inclusion of each artifact is not fully understood, the items within the cache are consistent with other documented African minkisi. In this paper, I consider how the images present on previously-excavated ceramic fragments from one of the Carroll House …
Did the Gods of Africa Die? A Re-Examination of a Carroll House Crystal Assemblage
The discovery of an African-American ritual cache within the eighteenth-century Carroll House provides an example of a West African-derived nkisi ( minkisi pl). While the exact meaning behind the inclusion of each artifact is not fully understood, the items within the cache are consistent with other documented African minkisi. In this paper, I consider how the images present on previously-excavated ceramic fragments from one of the Carroll House …
Colonowhen, Colonowho, Colonowhere, Colonowhy: Exploring the Meaning behind the Use of Colonoware Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century Manassas, Virginia
Perspectives on the Use of European Material Culture at Two Mid-To-Late 17th-Century Native American Sites in the Chesapeake
This article examines the assemblages of two Contact period Native American sites: Posey (c. 1650-1700) and Camden (c. 1680-1710). While the collections from these two sites share many similarities, their analysis revealed that occupants of the Posey site had far greater proportions of European material goods than their counterparts at the Camden site. The amount of European artifacts at each site was scant at best, but Posey residents used Europ…
Small Finds, Space, and Social Context: Exploring Agency in Historical Archaeology
The George Washington Foundation Department of Archaeology has combined a number of excavation and artifact-recovery techniques with a deliberate approach to artifact research and analysis in the laboratory to enhance interpretations of past behaviors. This article describes the elements of this approach and provides a case study involving the numerous 18th-century wig hair curler fragments found at the boyhood home of George Washington. The hist…
Who's the bomb? George's mom! haunting biographies of George Washington
Narratives of America’s first president, George Washington, are influenced by the social climate in which they are created. Fatherless from the age of eleven, the nature of his widowed mother’s impact upon his character development is a topic of considerable interest in many of these stories: is Mary Washington’s parenting an example to emulate or was George successful despite her efforts? Portrayals of Mary shift over time in response to broader…
Hair-dressing residues on wig hair curlers from George Washington's boyhood home, a FTIR–ATR and SEM–Edax analysis
The Mother of the Father of Our Country: Mary Ball Washington's Genteel Domestic Habits
The year 1743 brought hardship to the Washingtons as their family patriarch, Augustine, passed away unexpectedly. At that time, a young George Washington inherited the family’s home plantation in Fredericksburg, known today as Ferry Farm. Augustine’s will stipulated that George’s mother, Mary Ball Washington, manage the plantations of their four young boys until they came of age. Between 1743 and 1772, Mary enjoyed the personal agency that widowh…
Did the Gods of Africa Die? A Re-Examination of a Carroll House Crystal Assemblage
The discovery of an African-American ritual cache within the eighteenth-century Carroll House provides an example of a West African-derived nkisi ( minkisi pl). While the exact meaning behind the inclusion of each artifact is not fully understood, the items within the cache are consistent with other documented African minkisi. In this paper, I consider how the images present on previously-excavated ceramic fragments from one of the Carroll House …
Perspectives on the Use of European Material Culture at Two Mid-To-Late 17th-Century Native American Sites in the Chesapeake
This article examines the assemblages of two Contact period Native American sites: Posey (c. 1650-1700) and Camden (c. 1680-1710). While the collections from these two sites share many similarities, their analysis revealed that occupants of the Posey site had far greater proportions of European material goods than their counterparts at the Camden site. The amount of European artifacts at each site was scant at best, but Posey residents used Europ…
The Mother of the Father of Our Country: Mary Ball Washington's Genteel Domestic Habits
The year 1743 brought hardship to the Washingtons as their family patriarch, Augustine, passed away unexpectedly. At that time, a young George Washington inherited the family’s home plantation in Fredericksburg, known today as Ferry Farm. Augustine’s will stipulated that George’s mother, Mary Ball Washington, manage the plantations of their four young boys until they came of age. Between 1743 and 1772, Mary enjoyed the personal agency that widowh…
Colonowhen, Colonowho, Colonowhere, Colonowhy: Exploring the Meaning behind the Use of Colonoware Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century Manassas, Virginia
Small Finds, Space, and Social Context: Exploring Agency in Historical Archaeology
The George Washington Foundation Department of Archaeology has combined a number of excavation and artifact-recovery techniques with a deliberate approach to artifact research and analysis in the laboratory to enhance interpretations of past behaviors. This article describes the elements of this approach and provides a case study involving the numerous 18th-century wig hair curler fragments found at the boyhood home of George Washington. The hist…
Hair-dressing residues on wig hair curlers from George Washington's boyhood home, a FTIR–ATR and SEM–Edax analysis
Ceramics: Colonoware
Tressed for Success: Male Hair Care and Wig Hair Curlers at George Washington’s Childhood Home
Intensive excavations at George Washington’s childhood home in Virginia uncovered colonial evidence of black barbering in the form of over 200 wig hair curlers, some with residues of hair powder and hairpins. The family’s 1738–74 investments in wigs, a crucial accessory of gentlemen, are documented only through archaeology, despite extensive research on Washington family history. These male hairdressers maintained the wigs of the Washington men a…
Who's the bomb? George's mom! haunting biographies of George Washington
Narratives of America’s first president, George Washington, are influenced by the social climate in which they are created. Fatherless from the age of eleven, the nature of his widowed mother’s impact upon his character development is a topic of considerable interest in many of these stories: is Mary Washington’s parenting an example to emulate or was George successful despite her efforts? Portrayals of Mary shift over time in response to broader…
Ceramics: Colonoware
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