an archaeological field project at the historic Elihu Akin house in South Dartmouth, MA
Monday, June 15, 2009
Monday: ON SITE ALL DAY
This morning is cloudy, and this afternoon (especially around noon) there is only a 30% chance of a shower, so we are meeting on site all day. Dress appropriately for being/working outside during a shower or drizzle (rain coat, umbrella).
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.