Archaeological Collections as Education for Multiple Audiences: The Moore-Hancock Farmstead
Author(s): Katelyn Kitch
Year: 2025
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This is an abstract from the "Many Voices in the Repository: Community-Based Collections Work" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
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The Moore-Hancock Farmstead, a historic-age mid-19<sup>th</sup> century log cabin structure and associated buildings located in central Austin, Texas, has been the subject of archaeological investigations since the early 1990s. Though the collections produced by this work sat on repository shelves for decades, they have recently been used to supplement educational efforts at several levels. The artifact collections were rehabilitated and re-inventoried by UT Austin undergraduate students in spring of 2024 as part of a curation course. Students then delved deeper into the site’s history as they designed and built an exhibit for display at the site during a summer 2024 internship. Finally, the exhibit itself informs visitors from many communities, including descendants and new archaeologists working at the site. This multi-level approach to educational outreach showcases the potential of archaeological collections to help build knowledge across a wide range of audiences, topics, and perspectives.
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Archaeological Collections as Education for Multiple Audiences: The Moore-Hancock Farmstead. Katelyn Kitch. Presented at The 90th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2025 ( tDAR id: 510063)
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Abstract Id(s): 51849