The Shaker Dig: Community Archaeology in Shaker Heights, OH

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

For the last four summers the Shaker Historical Museum in Shaker Heights, OH, has been sponsoring a community-based archaeological day camp experience for school-aged children. Through excavations at two local historical sites within the city, the participants of our program have learned the importance of archaeology, history, and preservation in their own communities, making them better stewards for the past. In this paper I introduce the program and the archaeological work we have accomplished highlighting techniques that worked for us, the limitations of working with children, and the positive effects of this program on both participants and the community at large. I explore notions of hybridity in public archaeology (Moshenska 2017), of how we can work with the public and conduct archaeological research that benefits everyone.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25665