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Missed Opportunities: Engaging Adults at Public Archaeology Days

October 10, 2012
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Last week, Melissa Timo’s excellent blog discussed how the second annual celebration of National Archaeology Day is taking place at a time when public education and outreach in archaeology is…

“I Remember, I Believe”: A Documentary

August 16, 2012
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“I Remember, I Believe” is a video documentary that tells the story of the Avondale Burial Place. This unmarked burial ground was discovered by the Georgia Department of Transportation during…

Critical Heritage, African Diaspora Archaeology and the Moment When My Eyes Were Opened.

July 16, 2012
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I am a blogger. Blogging has become an extension of how I process complex thoughts and ideas. Composing a blog entry is like creating a work of art, allowing me…

Too Historic To Fail

June 14, 2012
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Have you had an opportunity to read the latest chapter in the depressing Carter’s Grove saga? Carter’s Grove, for those beyond the Mid-Atlantic, is a mid-18th-century James River plantation house…

A Mixed Methods Approach to Digital Heritage in Rosewood, Florida

May 9, 2012
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The use of digital technologies for cultural heritage work is a rapidly expanding field of research and engagement (Kalay et al 2007). The array of digital techniques presents a bewildering…

The Montpelier/Minelab Experiment: An Archaeological Metal Detector Training Course

March 26, 2012
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In March 2012, 12 metal detectorists were invited to James Madison’s Montpelier to attend a week-long metal detecting program to learn how archaeologists and the metal detector community can work…

Making Historical Archaeology Visible: Community Outreach and Education

March 21, 2012
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If there’s one thing that the controversies surrounding the Diggers and American Digger reality shows have taught us, it’s that the general American public still does not know how to…

Knowing What We Don’t Know: Challenging the Conventional Narrative in Search of Virginia’s Colonial Plantation Landscapes

February 22, 2012
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For all that archaeologists and historians have learned from studying plantations in southeastern Virginia, there is a remarkable amount we still do not know. Much of this gap exists under…

CHAT 2011 and contemporary archaeology in the US

January 16, 2012
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In November of 2011, I went to Boston University to present at the “Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory” conference (CHAT). This is an annual conference that has some history…

Considering Public Archaeology in the Long Run: Capacity Building, Sustainability, and (sometimes) Closing Things Down

December 25, 2011
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The last decade has seen a huge growth in writing about public archaeology – of all sorts. Happily, much of the recent writing has moved beyond the very descriptive, somewhat…