Organized Session, Workshop or Roundtable Title
Archaeology: It was Then ... it is Now, and Forever
Participation Type
Organized Session
Participant Type
Multi-presenter
Organized Session, Workshop or Roundtable Abstract
This session was convened by the Southern Anthropological Society.
Organizer
Robert F. Maslowski, SAS Convener
Type of Session
Paper
Presentation #1 Title
Plantation Archeology and Industrial Slavery in Western Virginia
Presentation #1 Abstract
Slave based agriculture and the salt industry were two of the most important economic pursuits in the early history of Western Virginia. The results of archeological excavations at the the Jenkins Plantation on the Ohio River, the Reynolds home and slave cabin at the Marmet Lock Replacement Project on the Kanawha River and the Glenwood Estate in west Charleston are discussed and compared. Plantation slavery differs from the industrial slavery of the salt manufactures in that many of the slaves in the salt industry were leased on a yearly basis from eastern plantations. Industrial slaves were also paid for over production. Some leases specified jobs that slaves were not permitted to do. While most of the leased slaves came from eastern plantations, court records indicate that local plantation owners like George Summers, owner of the Glenwood and Walnut Grove Plantations on the Kanawha River, also leased slaves to local salt makers.
At-A-Glance Bios- Participant #1
Archeologist US Army Corps of Engineers (Retired). Adjunct, Humanities Program, Marshall University South Charleston Campus.
Presentation #2 Title
“Archaeology Right Now!” Bringing live, local archaeology into the online classroom.
Presentation #2 Abstract
While market forces in higher education require instructors to reach increasing numbers of students, best practices in pedagogy encourage instructors to provide a maximally engaged learning experience. The development of online learning environments provides the opportunity to reach more and different students in different localities through technology. However, these same technologies risk leaving students shut out from the more dynamic and local classroom, laboratory and field experiences. This paper will address this educational problematic by discussing the potential for online courses to use technology to engage students in multi-sited, collaborative learning, specifically through an archaeological excavation. Students of archaeology have available to them two distinct experiences: the classroom lecture (seated or online), and the traditional field school. Can these two different learning sites and learning communities become connected? Can we bring the learning opportunities that are present in a field school to the online archaeology student, and can we at the same time enrich and better assess the learning experience for the field school student? Furthermore, can we better engage all of our students through the use of available technology, a language today’s students know well? This paper will address these questions through the example of “Archaeology Right Now”, initiated in Summer 2015 by instructors at Wake Tech Community College in cooperation with the William Peace University Archaeological Field School. This paper will discuss the successes and challenges of the Archaeology Right Now program as an educational collaboration designed to engage a broader public.
At-A-Glance Bios- Participant #2
Cheryl DiBartolo, M.B.S., lives in the Charlotte, North Carolina area and is currently an adjunct faculty member at Rowan Cabarrus Community College, Wayne County Community College, and Wake Technical Community College. She studied anthropology at the University of Kentucky as an undergraduate and completed graduate work in anthropology and museum studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and in sociology at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Her primary academic interests are in archaeology and educational technology.
Presentation #3 Title
The Three Tenses in Historical Preservation: Preserving the Past in the Present for the Future – a case study in a mid-Ohio Valley town
Presentation #3 Abstract
Small towns across the United States are struggling for survival with economic opportunities increasingly drawing their citizens to larger urban communities. Huntington, West Virginia, was a vital centre for the distribution of coal, by river and rail. Today, a ‘rusting’ town, as are many in the Mid-West and the South. Huntington is trying to redefine itself, attract new development, and revitalize its community. The question, how to do it all while preserving its physical historic heritage, its unique character? The presentation will offer some historic background on the city, that is, context, and how the community is trying to balance development with preservation. Communities in neighbouring states have provided some useful insights. Feedback from participants in similar circumstances, across our SAS region, is very strongly encouraged, and most welcome. Friends helping friends.
At-A-Glance Bios- Participant #3
Dr. Freidin received his D.Phil. in Archaeology from the University of Oxford (Keble College) in 1981, his Diploma in European Archaeology from the University of Oxford (Keble College) in 1975, and his A.B. from Georgetown University (Washington DC) in 1973. He is a member of the Register of Professional Archaeologists and the Council for West Virginia Archaeology. His research interests are Eastern Woodlands prehistory; Late Prehistoric and Contact Period archaeology in the eastern USA.
Keywords
African American, Archaeology, History, Learning, North America, Pedagogy, Technology
Start Date
4-9-2016 8:30 AM
End Date
4-9-2016 10:00 AM
Plantation Archeology and Industrial Slavery in Western Virginia
Big Sandy Conference Center - Tech Room 03
Slave based agriculture and the salt industry were two of the most important economic pursuits in the early history of Western Virginia. The results of archeological excavations at the the Jenkins Plantation on the Ohio River, the Reynolds home and slave cabin at the Marmet Lock Replacement Project on the Kanawha River and the Glenwood Estate in west Charleston are discussed and compared. Plantation slavery differs from the industrial slavery of the salt manufactures in that many of the slaves in the salt industry were leased on a yearly basis from eastern plantations. Industrial slaves were also paid for over production. Some leases specified jobs that slaves were not permitted to do. While most of the leased slaves came from eastern plantations, court records indicate that local plantation owners like George Summers, owner of the Glenwood and Walnut Grove Plantations on the Kanawha River, also leased slaves to local salt makers.