an archaeological field project at the historic Elihu Akin house in South Dartmouth, MA
Monday, April 27, 2009
AHAP2009 approved
I am pleased to announce that the Akin House Archaeology Project has received a State Archaeologist's Permit for our 2009 season. The Permit is issued by the State Archaeologist's Office at the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
Christina J. Hodge received her PhD in historical archaeology in 2007 and MA in archaeological heritage management in 2000, both from the Department of Archaeology at Boston University. She is a Senior Curatorial Assistant at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, where she has worked since 1997. Dr. Hodge currently lectures in the Harvard Department of Anthropology, where she team-directs the Harvard Yard Archaeology Project; the Harvard Extension School Museum Studies Program; and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Division of Continuing Education, where she directs the Akin House Archaeology Project. Dr. Hodge's research areas include the colonial and postcolonial archaeology of New England, material culture studies, public archaeology, and the curation of museum collections. Dr. Hodge can be reached at c1hodge[at]umassd[dot]edu.