Stop Collaborate and Listen TD is Back with a Brand New Edition

A quick refresher from part one of the TD marked pipe saga - Clay tobacco pipes with the mark TD are a ubiquitous item at historical archaeology sites dating from the mid-18th through the 20th century. While at one point the mark represented a specific maker, it later became a mark synonymous with clay tobacco … Continue reading Stop Collaborate and Listen TD is Back with a Brand New Edition

You Down with Old TD? Yeah, You Know Me!ย ย 

 TD Marked Tobacco Pipes That Is!  Clay tobacco pipes are a hallmark of historical archaeology. Grandma smoked, the enslaved smoked, the elite smoked, children smoked, just about everyone smoked. Smoking was one of Americaโ€™s favorite pastimes, and there are plenty of pipes left in the archaeological record to prove it. Tobacco pipes were not only … Continue reading You Down with Old TD? Yeah, You Know Me!ย ย 

Put That in Your Pipe and Smoke It: Tobacco & Politics in the 1700s

Colonial American.ย  Think about that term.ย  What does it mean to you?ย  It refers to citizens of the American colonies prior to the Revolution.ย  In the minds of many of us in the present-day United States, however, it might denote a unique American identity, probably because our own identities as Americans are firmly set and … Continue reading Put That in Your Pipe and Smoke It: Tobacco & Politics in the 1700s