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Eastern Pequot Archaeological Field School
Department of Anthropology
Historical Archaeology Master’s Program
Eastern Pequot Archaeological Field School
Anthropology 485 (Summer 2013)
One section of department’s “field school” rubric
Ongoing for eight summers since 2003
North Stonington, Connecticut
Course description and objectives
Teach standard archaeological field methods
Study Indigenous cultural and community
persistence within and responses to colonialism
Collaborate with Native American community
members to ensure that archaeological work meets
their needs
Involve students in community-engaged scholarship
and learning
Eastern Pequot Archaeological Field School
Stephen W. Silliman
Professor of Anthropology, Graduate Program Director
UMass Boston
Judith F. Zeitlin (participant for CESI grant)
Professor of Anthropology, Department Chair
UMass Boston
Katherine Sebastian Dring
Tribal Councilor
Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation
Brenda Geer
Tribal Councilor, Corresponding Secretary
Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation
J. Cedric Woods
Institute for New England Native American Studies, Director
UMass Boston
Eastern Pequot Archaeological Field School
Project goals
Maintain current level of community engagement
Involve tribal community members in fieldwork
Seek Tribal Council approval for project components
Participate in cultural and social events involving
students and community members
Integrate community preferences into archaeological
practice and student training
Eastern Pequot Archaeological Field School
Project goals
Maintain current level of community engagement
Involve tribal community members in fieldwork
Seek Tribal Council approval for project components
Participate in cultural and social events involving
students and community members
Integrate community preferences into archaeological
practice and student training
Develop new kinds of community engagement
Design public/private website for more sustained
conversations and better pedagogical anchor…
Before, during, and after field course
Involving students and community members
Mainly within private virtual collaborative space
Eastern Pequot Archaeological Field School
Anticipated project outcomes
Design and launch course website for Summer 2013
or shortly thereafter
Continue to involve Eastern Pequot community
members in fieldwork, planning, and interpretation
Further train Eastern Pequot tribal members in
archaeological techniques and offer course credit
Provide students with perspectives and tools for
achieving positive outcomes for communities
Demonstrate to students (and the archaeological
community) why community engagement makes
research better
Advance academic research on colonialism,
indigeneity, and the politics of heritage
Eastern Pequot Archaeological Field School
Hopes for workshop
Consider other Web 2.0 collaborative options to
make most informed decision
Discover new venues, relationships, and outcomes
possible with community engagement
Discuss relationship between scholarship, community
work, and activism/advocacy
Better connect with other faculty members pursuing
a diversity of community-engagement projects