The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2019

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology," at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology

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  • Admiring the Hush Arbor: Confronting Slavery in the American South (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael B Thomin. Tristan J Harrenstein.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In March 2017, the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) North Central regional office created a new public program called "Admiring the Hush Arbor." A hush arbor was a meeting place, usually secret, that took place outdoors where enslaved African-Americans practiced religious traditions and served as a framework...

  • Archaeogaming: A Different Approach to Public Archaeology (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Coy J. Idol. Katherine D. Thomas.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Archaeogaming is multidisplinary approach to understanding the intersection between archaeology and video games. Our work in this field has been directed towards using it to create a new avenue for reaching out to the public. As part of this new avenue, archaeogaming provides an opportunity to reach different groups...

  • Archaeology, Education, and Heritage Management in Bates County, Missouri (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Ann M. Raab.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. For the past ten years, archaeological research in rural Bates County, Missouri has uncovered the hidden histories of the unique Civil War landscape located on the Missouri/Kansas border. Through an examination of farmsteads in the path of the destruction of General Order No. 11, as well as the site of the first...

  • ArcheoChallenge: Incentivizing Archeological Awareness and Tourism in National Parks (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Emily Dietrich. Dawn Bringelson.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The National Park Service (NPS) has two main incentive-based tourism programs: The Passport and Junior Rangers.  Both of these offer guests souvenirs of their experiences in parks, and have successfully harnessed the psychology of collecting to foster enthusiasm and support for NPS resources, places, and stories.  The...

  • Connecting Rivers, Sea, & Land: Panhandle Maritime National Heritage Area (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Della A Scott-Ireton. Sorna Khakzad. Michael B Thomin.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Florida history is firmly connected to its maritime landscape. A number of interpreted shipwreck trails, maritime museums, and archaeological resources along major rivers connect Northwest Florida’s land to its waterways and coastal areas. Although this region’s history plays an important part in the development of...

  • DIG! Goes to College: Experiential Learning in the College Classroom (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Elizabeth Cook.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Archibald Blair Site at Colonial Williamsburg, used for DIG!: Kids, Dirt, and Discovery since 2015, offered as many research questions as it did opportunities for participants to engage in experiential learning. Through a stroke of luck, the National Institute of American History and Democracy (NIAHD) at the...

  • DIG! on Summer Vacation: Experiential Learning On-Site at Colonial Williamsburg (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Meredith M. Poole.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2015 Colonial Williamsburg introduced a participatory excavation, DIG! : Kids, Dirt, and Discovery, that is on course to engage more than 20,000 visiting children (ages 5-16) by the end of its fourth season. Making creative use of this museum’s archaeological and institutional resources, DIG!, offered on a...

  • Digging into the Collections: Mining Repositories for New Research Potential (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jessica L. Nelson.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. After decades of increased archaeological work thanks to the Archaeological and Historical Preservation Act, the existing corpus of archaeological material available for study is larger than ever.  As storage costs rise and space in designated repositories becomes more scarce, we need to take advantage of the wealth...

  • Educating The Public About Archeological Excavations (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Suzanne Spencer-Wood.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Public education is important to promote understanding of archaeology. Excavations I have directed since 1972 have both educated students and welcomed visits and participation of local adults and children who became interested in the hands-on experiential learning involved in excavations. Media publications, including...

  • Engaging Communities in Archaeology on Private Property in Urban Neighborhoods: The Search for the First (1825-1829) Fort Vancouver, Vancouver, Washington (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Amy Clearman.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Inspired to explore ways to increase the relevancy of archaeology to the public, I investigated ways in which archaeological and anthropological theory and methods can be used to engage with a community. Collaboration with residents of two Vancouver, Washington neighborhoods resulted in a search for archaeological...

  • History Be Dammed: The Bridges of Bull Shoals Reservoir. Creative Mitigation Project by Louis Berger U.S., Inc. for the Missouri Department Of Transportation (MoDOT) Historic Preservation Division (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Kathryn L. Wilkins.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. MoDOT Historic Preservation division contracted with Louis Berger to develop a creative mitigation plan for the bridges of Bull Shoals. The programmatic agreement included an historical narrative, interpretive plan, and media plan to serve as mitigation for the rehabilitation of Theodosia Bridge and replacement of...

  • "I Swore I’d Never Step Foot in that House": Public Archaeology and the University as a Site of Former Enslavement (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only David M. Markus. Amber J Grafft-Weiss.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In Summer 2018, Clemson University began excavations at Fort Hill Plantation, the former home of statesman John C. Calhoun and university namesake Thomas Clemson, situated in the heart of the university campus. The expressed purposes of this excavation were to train students in field archaeology while locating the...

  • Insights from Metal-Detecting and Subsurface Testing: Education, Collaboration, and Experiential Learning at Custaloga Town (36ME57), Pennsylvania. (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only LisaMarie Malischke. Edward Jolie. Anne Marjenin. Patrick Severts. Jay Toth.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Per a request in 2016 of the Seneca Nation of Indians, Mercyhurst University has been conducting archaeological field training at Custaloga Town, a Seneca-Delaware village known from historical documents for its 1750s-60s occupation. Established by the Delaware leader Custaloga, the site is located on French Creek...

  • Living Museums in the Sea: Learning from the Past, Looking towards the Future (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Kirsten M. Hawley. Charles D Beeker. Matthew Maus. Samuel I. Haskell.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Living Museums in the Sea (LMS) is a conservation model dedicated to promoting the study and protection of submerged cultural resources while encouraging ecological resiliency, public outreach, and tourism through the establishment of marine protected areas. Indiana University (IU), in collaboration with local and...

  • The Mill Swamp/Ralph J. Bunche Community Center Restoration Project (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah A. Grady.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In July 2017, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) partnered with the Mill Swamp community, both located in Edgewater, Maryland, in an effort to restore and preserve the history of their historic Rosenwald type school.  Since 1970, after integration, this building had served the Mill Swamp commnity as...

  • New Smyrna Celebrates: Planning, Partnerships, and Public Participation in Local Heritage (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah Bennett.

    This is an abstract from the "The Public and Our Communities: How to Present Engaging Archaeology" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The City of New Smyrna Beach, Florida celebrated its 250th anniversary in June 2018. New Smyrna contains archaeological evidence that traverses the late 18th-century British colonial era and spans into the 20th-century. The community, however, overwhelmingly undervalues and underappreciates this heritage. In order to...