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Oral History Project Feature: Bill White
This month we had the opportunity to
speak with archaeologist Bill White. White has been working in Cultural
Resource Management (CRM) for more than 10 years and is the founder and CEO of
Succinct Research,
"dedicated to improving the quality of CRM consulting and consultants
around the world." We spoke about a number of topics related to CRM including present and future opportunities, the CRM
Archaeology Podcast, Succinct Research, and his two most recent publications:
Resume Writing for Scientists
Small Archaeology Project Management
Check out our Oral History Project tab for the digital recording of this interviews.
Resume Writing for Scientists
Small Archaeology Project Management
Check out our Oral History Project tab for the digital recording of this interviews.
Oral History Project Feature: Antoinette Jackson
Dr. Antoinette Jackson is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and director of the USF Heritage Research Lab at the University of South Florida. Last year (2012) she published her first monograph, Speaking for the Enslaved: Heritage Interpretation at Antebellum Plantation Sites. In addition to her professorship, Dr. Jackson currently serves as the National Park Service Regional Ethnographer for the Southeastern Region. During the month of February, Dr. Antoinette Jackson, sat down with us on two occasions to discuss her life, career, and research. Check out our Oral History Project tab for the digital recordings of both of these interviews.
Congratulations!
The Society of Black Archaeologists would like to send a congratulations to Dr. Theresa Singleton for recently receiving the J.C. Harrington Award in the Historical Archaeology at the Society of Historical Archaeology's Annual Conference in Leicester, England this year. The award, established in 1981, is presented annually to a scholar who has demonstrated a "a life-time of contribution to the discipline centered on scholarship." Past Harrington awardees include Drs. James Deetz, Kathleen Deagan, and Charles Fairbanks. Dr. Theresa Singleton is the first African American recipient.
In 1980, Dr. Singleton became the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. with a concentration in Archaeology and has since conducted groundbreaking research in the sphere of African Diaspora Archaeology. She is currently an Associate Professor at Syracuse University completing a publication on slavery in Cuba entitled Behind a wall enclosure: An Archaeology of a Coffee Plantation.
In 1980, Dr. Singleton became the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. with a concentration in Archaeology and has since conducted groundbreaking research in the sphere of African Diaspora Archaeology. She is currently an Associate Professor at Syracuse University completing a publication on slavery in Cuba entitled Behind a wall enclosure: An Archaeology of a Coffee Plantation.
Tribute to Mark Mack
It is with the utmost regret and sorrow that SBA announces the passing of Dr. Mark Mack Friday night, May 11th, 2012 at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. Before making his untimely transition, Mack was involved in a number of ventures including continued research of the W. Montague Cobb Collection and one of DC's largest African American cemeteries at the historic Walter C. Pierce Park. Additionally, he was in the process of developing courses in Nutritional Anthropology, Biological History of the African Diaspora, and The Biology of Inequality even as the University was making plans to cut the Anthropology program.
In life he championed for community-driven research and the proper treatment and respect for ancestral remains, stressing the need for an African American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act comparable to NAGPRA. As curator of Howard University's W. Montague Cobb Laboratory and instructor of Human Osteology, Forensic Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, and Biology and Culture since 1993, Mack trained a number of minority and first-generation students who would go on to become future anthropologists, medical doctors, and dentists
A funeral service will be held at Howard University's Rankin Chapel on Sunday, May 20. The viewing will be held from 1-2pm and the service will immediately follow. If anyone has memories or photos of Professor Mack to share, please forward them to us at sbarchaeologists@gmail.com and we will ensure that the family receives them.
*read the entire tribute written by Justin Dunnavant here.
*photo is of Dr. Mack along with his nephew Kai, daughter Amirah and wife Cindy. Taken May 5th 2012 courtesy of Mary Belcher.
In life he championed for community-driven research and the proper treatment and respect for ancestral remains, stressing the need for an African American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act comparable to NAGPRA. As curator of Howard University's W. Montague Cobb Laboratory and instructor of Human Osteology, Forensic Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, and Biology and Culture since 1993, Mack trained a number of minority and first-generation students who would go on to become future anthropologists, medical doctors, and dentists
A funeral service will be held at Howard University's Rankin Chapel on Sunday, May 20. The viewing will be held from 1-2pm and the service will immediately follow. If anyone has memories or photos of Professor Mack to share, please forward them to us at sbarchaeologists@gmail.com and we will ensure that the family receives them.
*read the entire tribute written by Justin Dunnavant here.
*photo is of Dr. Mack along with his nephew Kai, daughter Amirah and wife Cindy. Taken May 5th 2012 courtesy of Mary Belcher.
Recent News About The Society of Black Archaeologists
- Justin Dunnavant, Ayana Flewellen, and Paula Saunders worked collectively to write a article regarding the establishment of the Society of Black Archaeologists and the organization's vision. Swing on over to the African Diaspora Archaeology Network to read it and let us know what you think.
- Ayana Flewellen along with Justin Dunnavant wrote a blog post regrading previous attempts at creating a organization like SBA for the Society for Historical Archaeology Gender and Minority Affairs Committee blog site. Check it out here.
Oral History Project Feature: Whitney Battle-Baptiste
On March 14 Dr. Battle-Baptiste, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Assistant Professor of Anthropology, gave a public lecture at the University of Florida on her Black Feminist archaeological work at the W. E. B. Du Bois Homesite, Great Barrington, Massachusetts at the University of Florida. Justin P. Dunnavant, a graduate student of anthropology at the university, was able to interview Dr. Battle-Baptiste about her experience in the field of archaeology. Check out our Oral History Project tab for the digital recording of the interview.
CALL FOR PAPERS!
SBA has been INVITED to create a panel for the 2012 Association for the Study of African American Life and History convention in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia by the convention organizers. Excitement! We are currently looking for paper presentations for the panel so please e-mail sbachaeologist@gmail.com if interested.
Checkout the ASALH convention website here: http://asalh.org/annualconvention.html
Checkout the ASALH convention website here: http://asalh.org/annualconvention.html
