Papers by Ethan Dickerman
The RH Pamphlet Collection, 2022
Rural Humanities is an Andrew W. Mellon supported initiative in public and engaged humanities tha... more Rural Humanities is an Andrew W. Mellon supported initiative in public and engaged humanities that uses the tools of the humanities to critically approach, learn from, make visible, and support the realities of rural America, particularly in Central-Western New York: its histories, cultures, challenges, and futures. Funded by the Rural Humanities initiative, Exemplary Project Grants showcase Cornell student projects and collaborations from the Spring Seminar, specifically those works in the in public and digital humanities. Ethan Dickerman is an M.A student at the Cornell Institute for Archaeology & Material Studies focusing on historical archaeology in the American northeast. Images created by Ethan Dickerman.
New York State Archaeology Association, Summer Newsletter, 2021
Thesis Chapters by Ethan Dickerman
Unpublished Cornell University Master's Thesis, 2022
Germantown’s Maple Avenue Parsonage (circa 1767) is situated on the eastern bank of the Hudson Ri... more Germantown’s Maple Avenue Parsonage (circa 1767) is situated on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, approximately 110 miles north of New York City. This thesis explores the remains of a 10-foot by 14-foot structure identified in the southwestern front yard of the property. The site of the front yard structure consists of numerous ceramic vessels, glass vessels, and building material assemblages. This thesis explores the structure’s age and how the former residents expressed their identities through a three-stage analysis of the site’s building materials, ceramic vessels and their contexts, the site and Germantown’s history, 18th-century consumer trends, and American-German cultural practice in Pennsylvania. Following these examinations, this thesis provides several strong interpretations of the dwelling’s age and the social and consumer practices of people who lived at the site in the 18th century.
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Thesis Chapters by Ethan Dickerman