Education Archives - Society for Historical Archaeology

Working with the Halcyon Collection, Part 1

August 4, 2020
Collections and Curation

Well hello there, fellow archaeology grad student or other interested reader! In this three-part blog series, I will be providing practical advice for using archaeological collections for your PhD dissertation,…

Archaeologists Working with High School Students

July 15, 2019
Public Education and Interpretation

By Patricia Samford, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum Several years ago, I told a colleague that I was working with a group of high school students,…

Interpretive Sins

July 11, 2018
Communications

by Tristan Harrenstein Interpretation is scary to many people, and I understand why. We put ourselves out there and when it goes wrong it can really go wrong. We talk about…

Spotlight on #SHA2016 Workshops

November 2, 2015
SHA Conference

The SHA’s annual conference offers many activities and opportunities for professional development. One such is the collection of workshops offered to attendees on the Wednesday before the conference kicks off.…

Archaeology Education at a Crossroads

by Sarah E. Miller This post began as a lesson in acronyms to explain SHA’s commitment and involvement with the AEC and NCSS. I’ll get to those in a minute,…

Open Minds, Clearer Signals – Metal Detectorist and Archaeologist Cooperation Takes Another Step

April 10, 2013
Current Topics in Historical Archaeology
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The following post discusses the first metal detecting workshop open to the general public, directed by the Montpelier Archaeology Department this Spring. The post was co-authored by Dr. Matthew Reeves,…

Archaeology Education Clearinghouse and the National Council for the Social Studies Conference, Seattle, WA

Under the collaborative umbrella of the Archaeology Education Clearinghouse (AEC), representatives from the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA), Society for American Archaeology (SAA), and Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), came together…