The Gehring site: An Analysis of the historical artifacts found on the site

Jessica Robart

Senior Project 2010

• France

• England

• United States

• Ninian Edwards

• Creation of Madison County and Edwardsville

• Illinois becomes a state in 1818

• Col. Benjamin Stephenson

• American Industrial Development 1840-1870

• Early Modern Era 1870-1920

• Location• Munson and Harn 1963• Previous excavations• Problems

SIUE Field School ca. 1970 (courtesy Sid Denny)

1815 GLO

Recorded sites

Whiteside Property

Gehring Site

Klingemann house on Bluff Road ca. 1897

• Phase I survey

• Phase II survey

• Analysis

• Identification

• Measurements

• Pearlware

• Whiteware

Glazed and Unglazed Varieties

• Importance of the site

• Dating the Site

• Current state of the Gehring site

• Further investigations in 2010

First and foremost I would like to thank all of my teachers. I would like

to thank Dr. Julie Holt for all her help and guidance throughout my

time at SIUE. I would like to think Michele Lorenzini for her expertise

in Historic archaeology, maps, and artifact analysis. Thanks to Dr.

Vogel for all of his help. Thanks to my family for all their support

throughout my college career. A last but not least thanks to all my

field school partners who put in long hours and hard work collecting

artifacts and excavating the site. Thanks to all my fellow students

who made the lab an entertaining place to be. Without all of these

wonderful people my project would not have been possible.

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other” A.Lincoln