Members of the list will be interested in this forth-coming volume from a friend: Historical Archaeology in the Twenty-First Century
Lessons from Colonial Williamsburg, edited by Ywone D. Edwards-Ingram and Andrew C. Edwards. University Press of Florida.
from the publisher:
This volume is the first to offer an in-depth look at historical archaeology, public history, and reconstruction in Williamsburg through a comprehensive range of sites, topics, and analyses. Uniquely combining a historical landscape and a large town museum complex, Colonial Williamsburg has deeply influenced the discipline for 100 years through one of the nation’s longest continuously running archaeological conservation programs.
Historical Archaeology in the Twenty-First Century illuminates the town’s history as an early capital of the Virginia Colony and home to the College of William & Mary. In the 1700s, Williamsburg was a center of political, cultural, and commercial life where people of African, European, and Native American descent interacted regularly. The case studies in this volume cover topics including animal husbandry, the oyster industry, architectural reconstruction, window leads, and an apothecary’s display skeleton. Contributors draw attention to the interactions between enslaved and free communities as well as African American burial practices.
Using exemplary approaches and methodologies, this volume addresses key concerns in the field such as amplifying voices of the African diaspora, the development of ethically sound inclusive archaeologies, the value of environmental analyses, and the advantages of virtual models. The research highlighted here provides state-of-the-art examples of how historical archaeology can be used to inform, engage, and educate.
My own work on a possible potter's field where the enslaved (including W&M’s) might be buried may also be of interest in this regard:
https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/opinion/va-vg-ed-oped-myers-enslaved-mw-0703-20210702-3drvipiw7jc3bi37e7sbf4uyqi-story.html
And later this month W&M’s Lemon Project will sponsor a Zoom talk on the use of cadaver dogs to locate forgotten burials, something the College is likely to do since, as my article suggests, we’ve not been able to locate a burial ground on campus yet.
I’ll let the list know when details become available .
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Terry L.. Meyers, Chancellor Professor of English, Emeritus, The College of William and Mary, in Virginia, Williamsburg 23187
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