Public Archaeology (Other Keyword)

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Explorations of Public Space at the Site of Panquilma (2015)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Zachary Critchley.

This work discusses and explores the results of excavations performed in the public sector of the site of Panquilma, located in the Lurin Valley on the central coast of Peru. It was a complex multicomponent community dating to the Late Intermediate Period, which has been divided into three sectors based on use. The first sector, containing three ramped pyramids, was used for ritual and administrative purposes. This work provides an examination of what is known about the uses of the public areas,...

Exploring Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Archaeology (2000)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Maria Ramos. David Duganne.

Harris Interactive was commissioned by a coalition of archaeological organizations in June of 1999 to conduct a study among the American public to understand their perceptions, knowledge, and attitudes about archaeology. The overall purpose of this study is to gain insight on the American public's views and understanding of archaeology. The overall purpose of this study is to gain insight on the American public's views and understanding of archaeology. The information that is provided in this...

Exploring Strategies for Talking to the Public: Learning from 10 Years of the Florida Public Archaeology Network (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kassie Kemp.

The last 10 years of outreach and education has allowed staff from the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) to experiment with many different strategies for discussing archaeology with the public. Through this experience we have become better aware of the ways to effectively communicate archaeological concepts and garner an appreciation for our archaeological and historic heritage. This presentation will provide some basic strategies and outline specific programming that we have found...

Extreme Public Archaeology : Excavating the 1645 Boston Latin School Campus Along Boston's Freedom Trail (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah Johnson. Joseph M. Bagley.

Boston is a city celebrated for its history. With millions of heritage tourists bringing billions of dollars to the city annually, it is significant and rare for Boston to add additional attractions to its assemblage of historic sites along and around its famous Freedom Trail. In the summer of 2015, a team of volunteers excavated one of the "lost" Freedom Trail sites, the 1645 Boston Latin School campus, exposing and expanding the sites history to visitors and residents alike. This paper...

Features (2010)

IMAGE Stephanie Barrante. Jessica Hughes. Victoria Hawley. Donna Ochenrydeb.

Images illustrating architectural and other features uncovered at Fort St. Joseph from 2002 to 2010.

Festival-arkæologi. Arkæologi som kilde til moderne kulturhistorie (2007)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Anna Severine Beck. Lasse Sørensen. L. Albris. L. Albris.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...

Field Laboratory (2010)

IMAGE Stephanie Barrante. Victoria Hawley. Jessica Hughes.

Images depicting various laboratory activities during the 2006-2010 field seasons.

Field of Dreams: Archaeology and Education Hermitage Style (2018)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Elizabeth J. Kellar.

The Hermitage archaeology program fulfilled the dreams of many, from the children enrolled in the education program and the Earthwatch volunteers to the dozens of summer archaeology interns, many who now professional archaeologists working across the country. The archaeological research program at The Hermitage was critical to understanding the social and working lives of enslaved individuals, their interaction with the Jacksons, and The Hermitage landscape. Yet, one of the true legacies of...

Field Schools as Public and Applied Archaeology (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only F. Scott Worman. Anastasia Steffen. William Wedenoja.

Field schools serve the vital functions of training students in basic research methods and introducing them to the realities of field-based investigations. Beyond that, they typically have been a venue for faculty to pursue their own research agendas. In this paper I present information about two field schools, one in Jamaica focused on community-engaged public archaeology, and a second in New Mexico emphasizing cultural resource management (CRM) as applied archaeology. I evaluate the strengths...

Finding Some Good in the Bad and the Ugly: Critical Views and Lessons-Learned from Public Archaeology and Outreach Programs (2019)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John P McCarthy.

This is an abstract from the "Finding Some Good in the Bad and the Ugly: Critical Views and Lessons-Learned from Public Archaeology and Outreach Programs" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Presentations and publications about public archaeology and outreach programming are often mostly self-congratulatory and gloss-over problems and unintended consequences. This panel of brief presentations and open discussion brings a more reflexive and...

Finding the Mikveh: Using technology to confirm oral histories at an early 20th century site in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (2015)

DOCUMENT Citation Only E. Nadia Kline.

During the summer of 2014, a group of archaeologists, volunteers, and students excavated at a former house site at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH. Archaeological excavation was undertaken with the goal of locating a mikveh (Jewish ritual bath) in the basement. Physical evidence of this important component of Jewish community life and ethnic identity was undocumented, and the only proof of its existence was from oral histories. A former resident of the house still living in Portsmouth...

Foodways at the Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class at Hollywood Plantation (2018)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jodi Barnes.

Archaeological research uncovered the remains of an ell kitchen, a smokehouse, and a cellar at Hollywood Plantation in southeast Arkansas. These spaces provide intimate information about foodways or the shared ways that people thought about, procured, distributed, preserved, and consumed foods in the 19th and 20th century. In this paper, I will discuss the ways the archaeology of foodways is used as a tool for public engagement and a lens into the intersectionality of gender, race, class at a...

A Forgotten Town on a Forgotten Road: The Archaeology of Pine Barrens Heritage at the Storied Cedar Bridge Tavern (2015)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard Veit. Sean McHugh. Adam Heinrich.

New Jersey’s Pinelands (aka the Pine Barrens) is the largest preserved natural space in the Boston-Washington megalopolis. Fabled as the home of the Jersey Devil, endless pine forests, lost ghost towns, cranberry bogs, and "Pineys," the region has long drawn the attention of writers, researchers, and folklorists. Many of these authors have emphasized the distinctive way of life present in the region. This paper brings the archaeological lens to bear on the Pinelands. Have the Pinelands long...

Fort St. Joseph 1.0: Creating a Comprehensive Information Management Scheme for the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project (2010)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Erin Claussen.

This thesis documents the effort to curate digital information associated with the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project, which has been generated over the past decade of investigation of the site of Fort St. Joseph, an 18th century mission, garrison, and trading post complex located in present-day Niles, MI. A review of literature on the subject of archaeological curation and collections management was undertaken to inform the approach to execution of this project, which included the creation...

The Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project

PROJECT Michael Nassaney.

The Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project is a collaboration between Western Michigan University and the City of Niles, MI to investigate, interpret, and preserve the physical remains of the site of Fort St. Joseph, a mission, garrison, and trading post complex occupied from 1691 to 1781 by the French then British. Since its inception, the Project has cultivated a robust program of public archaeology to involve and invest the community in the preservation of the site and more generally, the...

Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project Logo (2009)

IMAGE Randy Peyser.

Logo developed for the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project. Incorporates feathers into the French fleur-de-lis, symbolizing the multi-faceted interactions and negotiations between Native and European peoples that took place in the context of the fur trade at Fort St. Joseph. Blue and red are representative of the colors of the French flag.

Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project: 2000 Letter Report (2000)