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DOCUMENT Citation Only Rhianna Bennett.

As a social science, archaeology utilizes disciplines within science, mathematics, and technology to answer questions about human behavior and our shared cultural heritage. With its interdisciplinary nature, archaeologists and educators over the last few decades have sought to promote archaeological lessons in K-12 classrooms. The presentation, "Deviating from the Standard: The Relationship between Archaeology and Public Education" uses the state of Georgia as a case study to examine the past,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Theresa McReynolds Shebalin.

Archaeologists committed to public outreach are typically motivated by the hope that helping individuals appreciate how archaeology contributes to understanding the past will in turn encourage citizen stewardship of the archaeological record. Archaeologists working with children in particular have the best chance of making an impact in this area since their audiences can in turn act upon and help spread messages of site preservation and other matters of archaeological ethics for many years to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sydney A. Pickens.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeology in the Community:15 Years of Archaeology Service", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2021, Archaeology in the Community (AITC) and the American Society for Overseas Research (ASOR) partnered to create an archaeology-based curriculum that would fill the curricular void in ancient African history in public schooling, bridge the knowledge gap in Nubian Studies research between academics and...