When the Community Becomes the Classroom: A Decades Long Partnership with the Parker Homestead-1665

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Beyond the Classroom: Campus Archaeology and Community Collaboration" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The Parker Homestead in Little Silver, NJ, housed the Parker family from 1665-1995. It is the perfect setting for thoughtful conversations about Elusive and Enduring Freedoms. For example, the site sits just 20 miles from the famed Monmouth Battlefield, in a county that saw plenty of other skirmishes and complex relationships amongst Patriots, Loyalists, and those in between. The original owners were Quakers, which leads to fascinating and important discussions of the history of slavery. At the Homestead, generations of students from nearby Monmouth University have learned this history and embarked on experiential projects that teach them best practices in archaeology and public history. This paper examines the relationship between the Homestead and the University as a model which enriches both the student experience and the public’s understanding of a significant site, while also providing invaluable support to the all-volunteer team that runs it.

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• Beyond the Classroom: Campus Archaeology and Community Collaboration   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2022

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