Presenting Archaeology to the Public Digging for Truths

by Jameson, John H., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780761989097
• ISBN10: 0761989099
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-04
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

In the face of increasing public interest and demand for information, archaeologists are collaborating with historians, museum curators, and exhibit designers to devise the best strategies for translating archaeological information to the public. This book opens doors for public involvement. It highlights successful case studies in which specialists have provided with the opportunity and necessary tools for learning about archaeology. Little Big Horn, Sabino Canyon, Monticello, and Poplar Forest are just a few of the historical sites featured.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	7	(2)
Foreword	9	(2)
John H. Jameson, Jr.
John E. Ehrenhard
Introduction: What This Book Is About	11	(10)
John H. Jameson
Part One: Background	21	(42)
Presenting the Past: A Frame work for Discussion	23	(12)
Peter G. Stone
The Archaeological Site as an Interpretive Environment	35	(10)
Parker B. Potter, Jr.
Locating Truths on Archaeological Sites	45	(9)
Parker B. Potter, Jr.
Nancy Jo Chabot
Generalized Versus Literal Interpreation	54	(9)
Stanley South
Part Two: Strategies That Work	63	(36)
Successfully Integrating the Public into Research: Crow Canyon Archaeological Center	65	(8)
Margaret A. Heath
The Role of Public Participation: Arizona's Public Archaeology Program	73	(11)
Teresa L. Hoffman
Sites Without Sights: Interpreting Closed Excavations	84	(15)
Karen Lee Davis
Part Three: Interpreting Archaeology in Cities	99	(46)
The Past Through Tomorrow: Interpreting Toronto's Heritage to a Multicultural Public	101	(13)
Karolyn E. Smardz
Ancient and Modern United: Archaeological Exhibits in Urban Plazas	114	(16)
Sherene Baugher
Diana Dizerega Wall
The Evolution of Interpretation: The Charleston Place Site	130	(15)
Nicholas Honerkamp
Martha A. Zierden
Part Four: Interpreting Archaeology at Museums, Parks, and Sites	145	(111)
Public Archaeology at Cahokia	147	(9)
William R. Iseminger
Interpreting Cultural Resources: Hatzic Site	156	(10)
David Pokotylo
Gregory Brass
Putting People Back into the landscape: Sabino Canyon	166	(11)
Stephanie M. Whittlesey
Mary Farrell
Archaeology and Interpretation at Monticello and Poplar Forest	177	(16)
Barbara J. Heath
The Interpretation of Slavery: Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Colonial Williamsburg	193	(12)
Mark D. Bograd
Theresa A. Singleton
Museum in the Making: The Morven Project	205	(17)
Rebecca Yamin
Archaeological Preservation: Drayton Hall	222	(12)
Meggett B. Lavin
Interpreting Archaeology at Little Bighorn	234	(9)
Douglas D. Scott
The Archaeology of Billy the Kid	243	(13)
David T. Kirkpatrick
Bibliography	256	(22)
About the Contributors	278	(6)
Index	284