The Horse Skulls Hidden in the Dance Floors of Ireland
Old houses in Ireland often have horse skulls buried beneath the floors, but folklorists and archaeologists disagree on exactly why.
Losing Our Marbles
For decades kids across the world played with marbles, creating their own games and slang. So why did such a popular game go suddenly extinct?
Frontier America in a Collection of Tin Cans
For Jim Rock, tin cans were as important as shards of ancient pottery. Each can told a story of nineteenth and twentieth century life in America.
The Irish Were Way Ahead of the Soda Water Trend
Soda water is a popular beverage now, but it was once considered a cure, among other things.
What Two Tea Parties From the Past Can Tell Us About 19th-Century Domesticity
How domesticity varies by class.
How Forensic Techniques Aid Archaeology
Scientific methods such as the DNA testing are associated with forensic science, but they are just as useful for archaeology as for criminology.
The Genealogy Factor: Graveyards & Gravestones
This is the first in a series of columns by Genealogy Roadshow host Josh Taylor about doing genealogical research on JSTOR.
Privies: Vaults of the Past
Privies were the standard urban and rural toilet right into the 20th century in the U.S.
Reading the Landscape
For the past two months, I have been on a researching road trip through the West and Southwest—Colorado, ...