Beyond the Mansion: How the Archaeology Program at a Plantation Museum Changed so Many Lives

Summary

Between 1988 and 2009, the Hermitage Archaeology Program trained students of archaeology, anthropology, history, and education. Summer after summer, as the excavation units were laid, the wheelbarrows lined up, the shovels and trowels counted and distributed, we were always excited about what was to come. I learned about who I was as an archaeologist, as a scholar of slavery and the African Diaspora, and a Black Feminist Archaeologist. This short reflection paper is to share some thoughts and memories of how a small archaeological family, born on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee, was the beginning of a movement in the field of African American archaeology that will never be forgotten.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2018   •
• The Past, Present, and Future of Archaeological Research at The Hermitage: Legacies of Larry McKee and Sam Smith

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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PaperId(s): 1074