Integrating Public Archaeology and Technology to Convey the History of the Mt Tabor AME Zion Church and Its Community

Summary

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

The Mt Tabor AME Zion Church is located in Mt Holly Springs, Pennsylvania and is a standing log cabin structure that dates to 1871. There is an active descendant African American community around the Mt Tabor AME Zion Church that is proud of their heritage and would like to tell their story. The main goal of this project is to interpret survey data from the church property to the public in the most comprehensive manner possible. This is done using technology such as geophysical survey, 3D scanning, and 3D printing, paired with traditional techniques of excavation, archival research, and an oral history. By combining innovative techniques (geophysics and 3D scanning,) with traditional methods of archaeological testing, archival research, and oral history this research will collaborate with the Mt Tabor community to preserve and interpret the history of the Mt Tabor church and its landscape. The results of this research will be displayed in this presentation.

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): 25354