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Outreach Highlights. . .Archaeological Field School 2009: At the Trowel’s Edge
Up to their necks in history, as they were, you might have avoided interrupting the students and faculty from the UMass Amherst Archaeological Field School at work in their summer digs in and around the old Frary House in Historic Deerfield this past summer. That would have been a mistake, especially for anyone interested in the colonial legacy of the Connecticut River valley. Reaching out from the depths of an excavation pit is central to what the program is about, noted Quentin Lewis, field director for the 2009 Field School and UMass Amherst doctoral candidate, as a steady stream of tourists filed by on a fine August morning. “Answering questions and describing what we’re doing connects us to the community, and makes it more personal,” said Lewis. “But it also calls on our ability to reflect on and interpret what we are doing on the spot, and to form a narrative.” |
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