An assemblage deposited at Clare College, Cambridge, England, in 1879–1885 represents the largest archaeologically recovered assemblage from a nineteenth-century Cambridge college. It contains a wide range of material deriving from the corporate collegiate household, including ceramics, glassware, clay tobacco pipes and other materials. This material comprises a mixture of corporate and individual material, which can be interpreted in light of the predominantly young adult male college population, while also shedding light on marginalized groups, particularly women and servants. It also indicates distinctions between collegiate and domestic material culture in Cambridge.

Due to the legislative limits in place during the early nineteenth century women in Finland were unable to operate businesses or hold merchant status. Nonetheless, in certain instances widows assumed responsibility for their deceased husbands’ workshops, retaining the autonomy to either remarry or remain widowed. Women, particularly widows, who oversaw town plots were relatively common, and they employed various strategies to earn their own living. This study aims to unravel the complexities of economic agency among middle-class women in the town of Turku, located in southwest Finland, through an examination of case studies involving four town plots and five women. The research employs an interdisciplinary approach, integrating historical written sources and material culture analysed through the methodologies of microarchaeology. The family backgrounds of the studied women varied, as did the strategies they employed to navigate early nineteenth century society.

Archaeological works carried out by MOLA Headland Infrastructure (MHI), at Huntingdon Railway Station, Huntingdonshire, uncovered structural remains associated with Huntingdon East Station, the new Joint Station on the Huntingdon and Kettering Railway which opened in 1866 and closed in 1959. The remains consisted of part of the engine shed, the signal box, the rail track bed and the tool/goods shed and were consistent with cartographic evidence. The works were part of the wider A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme.

SUMMARY The modernization of fortifications during the early modern period and their spatial development had a profound impact on the structure of the city and the everyday lives of its inhabitants. Using the example of the city of Wrocław/Breslau in Silesia (present-day Poland), we discuss the changes that occurred in the perception of fortifications between the Habsburg period, when the city authorities were responsible for their development, and the Prussian period, when the development of fortifications was a subject to central authority. Drawing on written, iconographic, and archaeological sources, we obtain a comprehensive picture of the process of city prestige-building through investments in fortifications. Additionally, we observe fortifications as a factor that negatively influences spatial development and diminishes the quality of life in the city. Preserved documents allow us to trace the losses incurred by residents and institutions due to the expansion of fortifications.

SUMMARYCeramic production has shaped the industrial and human landscapes of the Gavarres Mountains in northeastern Catalonia. This activity remains important in some places, where it transitions between traditional practices and industrial modes of production. Quart, a town known for its greyware pottery production, is an emblematic centre where artisanal expertise in this ancient manufacture has been upheld as an identity-building value despite increasing industrialization. Our research examines the transformation of production processes through landscape archaeology, material science, archival research, and literature review within a diachronic framework starting in the thirteenth century AD. Our aim is to provide an overview of the pottery production in northeastern Catalonia, using Quart as a case study, as a means to integrate the material culture and industrial development of this area into archaeological studies.

SUMMARY: The impact of tobacco on health is undeniable. It is a significant risk factor for multiple conditions, including oral diseases. There has been little research on pipe smoking and oral disease in the past. We compare caries, calculus, tooth loss, periapical lesions, and periodontal disease between rural 13th–16th century pre-tobacco males from Klaaskinderkerke and 18th–19th century pipe-using males from Beemster (N = 64). Pipe-smokers were more affected by all pathologies. Pipe smoking was a strongly gendered habit and possibly more common in the countryside. This work demonstrates a need to consider the impact of new imported behaviours on health in the past.

SUMMARY HMS Swift was a British sloop of war which sank in Patagonia - South Atlantic Ocean - in 1770. The wrecksite was discovered in 1982 by local divers from Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, and this find originated the development of underwater archaeology in the country. The article presents a comprehensive review of the various research strands addressed throughout many years, and it also reflects on the legacy that the site and the project represents for topics other than archaeology, such as heritage management, museology, and cultural industries.

SUMMARY Now in its sixth edition, this yearly overview of global post-medieval/historical archaeology takes us to Cuba and Puerto Rico in 2022. This edition provides an interesting case study in how the practice of historical archaeology evolved differently within the Caribbean region and addresses key themes, such as colonialism and the evolution of archaeological practice.

SUMMARY The paper looks at changes in the composition of archaeological assemblages from 19th-century Iceland. It contextualises an increase in ceramics with other domestic materials by combining archaeological data with evidence from probate inventories. The study confirms that there was a marked change in domestic materiality in Iceland in the middle of the 19th century and suggests that further research into the origins and effects of this change needs to focus on how things depend on each other and their relationship with altered routines of household members.