Digging into Archaeology Archive
Tag: historical archaeology
A Shining Light During America’s Darkest Era: The Parker Academy
Along the banks of the Ohio river, lives a deep history of human occupation. Known famously for its integral and symbolic nature, the river that flows into the Mississippi gave…
A Lost Community, A Forgotten History: Rediscovered through Community Archaeology
Would you believe me if I told you that Islam was present in America before the U.S. constitution was written? What about two Muslim brothers from Morocco helped Columbus navigate…
Why I Believe in Archaeology
My name is Craig Stevens. I recently graduated from American University with a degree in anthropology. Since high school I’ve been very interested in American history, specifically colonialism and its…
The Archaeology of Roanoke: The Lost Colony
The details of the stories and histories of the first American colonies may or may not be familiar depending on how much American history you have consumed since high school.…
Archaeology and the Homeplace: A Historical and Personal Excavation
I’m here today to talk about the ways that community archaeology hits home – for me, quite literally. My dissertation has focused on my own family’s Homeplace, a farmstead in…
