An Archaeology of a Multiracial Community

This Thursdays at Four discussion features Paul Shackel on American archaeology and civic engagement.

Paul Shackel is Director of the University of Maryland’s Center for Heritage Resource Studies. He received a 3-year NSF Research award that allowed him to train undergraduates in archaeology and explore the historic town of New Philadelphia, IL, the earliest known town founded and registered in a state by a freed African American in the antebellum United States. The development of civic engagement activities became an important part of this archaeological program.

This talk is cosponsored by the IAS Heritage Studies Collaborative and the MNHS/UMN Heritage Partnership. It is free and open to the public.