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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Like individual people, no two communities are alike. Successful public history museums focus on building trust with and reaching out to the communities whose stories they share. But conflicts still arise, especially when an institution has in the past played a role in that community's historical erasure. This paper explores...
Beyond the Church: Rebuilding Trust with and within the First Baptist Church Descendant Community (2025)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology of Chesapeake Landscapes in Transition", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2020, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation began excavating the site of the original First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, one of the nation’s oldest extant Black congregations. From the beginning, the project has been a partnership with the current First Baptist Church congregation, many of whom are descendants...
LEARNing with Archaeology at James Madison’s Montpelier: Engaging with the Public and Descendants through Immersive Archaeological Programs (2016)
At James Madison’s Montpelier, the LEARN program (Locate, Excavate, Analyze, Reconstruct, and Network) provides visitors with an immersive, hands-on experience in the archaeological process. The week-long LEARN expedition programs for metal detecting, excavation, laboratory analysis, and log cabin reconstruction offer participants an in-depth view of how Montpelier examines, interprets, and preserves its archaeological heritage. This paper examines the efficacy of these programs in communicating...
Using DNA To Connect Living People To Enslaved Ironworkers At Catoctin Furnace (2025)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Come, Tell Us How You Lived: 50 Years of Research at Catoctin Furnace, Maryland", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In August 2023, “The Genetic Legacy of African Americans from Catoctin Furnace” was published in Science, demonstrating that it is possible to wed the power of massive direct-to-consumer ancestry databases with ancient DNA technology by using the first reliable approach for identifying...