Lasting Legacies of the Hermitage Archaeology Program

Author(s): Kevin E. Smith

Year: 2018

Summary

With nearly 30 years of hindsight now available, my brief three years as archaeological field assistant at the Hermitage from 1988-1990 not only started what would become lifelong friendships with Larry McKee and Sam Smith, but also had significant and lasting impacts on how I approached the Middle Tennessee landscape, fieldwork, labwork, archival research, and archaeology in general over my career. Here, I will reflect on my personal "take away" from the distinctive methodological and philosophical approaches of McKee and Smith and offer my perception of how those influences emerged in the development of my own approach to investigating and interpreting the agrarian landscape of Middle Tennessee from late prehistory (ca. AD 1000) through the early 20th century.

Cite this Record

Lasting Legacies of the Hermitage Archaeology Program. Kevin E. Smith. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441928)

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Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 444