Narratives of Change over Time at Strawbery Banke

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Strawbery Banke Museum is a 10-acre outdoor history museum that explores change over time in a waterfront neighborhood. The museum has recently officially expanded its period of interpretation to begin with early Indigenous history and continue through the present day. This expanded focus offers visitors various opportunities to learn about the Indigenous people of New Hampshire, past and present, as well as the current and future threats of sea level rise, alongside the people who resided in the neighborhood’s historic houses from c. 1695 through the 1950s. This presentation will explore how collaborative work and archaeological research has complemented oral histories and descendant community knowledge in the context of reconstructed features like the new addition of an Abenaki wigwam and museum exhibits like “People of the Dawnland” and “Water Has a Memory.”

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SHA 2022 General Sessions   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2022

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