Conserving, Expanding, and Sustaining Critical Archaeology in the Digital Age: Moving the Archaeology in Annapolis Program Forward

Madeline E. Laub; Adam Fracchia

Conserving, Expanding, and Sustaining Critical Archaeology in the Digital Age: Moving the Archaeology in Annapolis Program Forward

Author(s): Madeline E. Laub; Adam Fracchia

Year: 2020

Summary

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The Archaeology in Annapolis (AiA) project was started in 1981 by Dr. Mark Leone and has used critical archaeology to understand the history of Annapolis, Maryland. The project has expanded to Maryland’s Eastern Shore including Wye House, Wye Hall, and the Hill Community in Easton. In addition to the ground-breaking scholarship and data generated, the legacy of this program lies in the professional archaeologists trained through this program.

The AiA program seeks to ensure that the archaeological material and data are preserved and accessible to a wider audience. Currently, the project is preparing the archaeological collections for curation. The project is also standardizing the collections and creating an interactive database and website for the public and researchers that highlights the importance of this project’s work and contextualizes the sites within a larger narrative. This paper discusses the early stages of the curation process and the building of an interactive database.

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Conserving, Expanding, and Sustaining Critical Archaeology in the Digital Age: Moving the Archaeology in Annapolis Program Forward. Madeline E. Laub, Adam Fracchia. 2020 ( tDAR id: 457158)