Advocacy and Archaeology

Kelly M. Britt, PhD, RPA is Assistant Professor of Urban Archaeology at Brooklyn College whose research focuses on community-based historical archaeology of urban spaces. She completed her PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University in 2009 and spent seven years at FEMA as their Regional II Archaeologist before joining Brooklyn College.

• List of Tables/Figures/MapsForewordMargaret PurserPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. PANYC: The Why, The Then, and The NowJoan H. GeismarChapter 2. “Cursed Be He that Moves My Bones”: The Archaeologist’s Role in Protecting Burial Sites in Urban AreasElizabeth D. Meade and Douglas MooneyChapter 3. Digging Truth: Archaeology and Public Imagination in Shockoe BottomAna EdwardsChapter 4. Seneca Village Interpretations: Bringing Collaborative Historical Archaeology and Heritage Advocacy to the Forefront and OnlineMeredith B. Linn, Nan A. Rothschild, and Diana diZerega WallChapter 5. Right to the City: Community-Based Urban Archaeology as Abolitionist HeritageKelly M. BrittChapter 6. “Think Like an Historical Archaeologist”: Moving Beyond the Primary Source Document in K-12 EducationElizabeth MartinChapter 7. “DIVERS[]S” and the Political Legacies of an "Experience-Exhibition"María Fernanda Ugalde and O. Hugo BenavidesChapter 8. American Apotheosis: Confronting Exceptionalism in the (Re)Production of National IdentityDiane F. GeorgeConclusion: CommentaryChristopher N. MatthewsIndex