Happy Friday Obots! Today we will feature two archaeologists.
First up:
Dr. Agbe-Davies is an historical archaeologist with research interests in the plantation societies of the colonial southeastern US and Caribbean, as well as towns and cities of the 19th and 20th century Midwest, with a particular focus on the African diaspora.
She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania after completing a dissertation examining locally-made clay tobacco pipes from rural and urban sites in and around Jamestown, Virginia. Prior to that, she was a staff archaeologist for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s Department of Archaeological Research, and even earlier, an undergraduate at the College of William and Mary.
Archealogical Team Leader, Anna Agbe-Davies, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Before coming to Carolina, she was an assistant professor in the anthropology department at DePaul University. Her current research projects include buy viagra japan excavation and community collaboration at the sites of New Philadelphia, Illinois, and the Phyllis Wheatley Home for Girls on the south side of Chicago.
Read this interview with Dr. Agbe-Davies regarding minorities in the Archaeology field:
Conservations: Archaeology and the Black Experience
Dr. Cheryl White is one of few archeologists to explore Maroon sites in Suriname and Jamaica. As a member of the Maroon Heritage Research Project, she traveled deep into the jungles of Suriname and dug up pottery and other artifacts to form theories on the lives of earlier Maroons.
She fluently speaks the languages of the Ndyuka and Saramaka (Suriname Maroons) and is currently authoring a book on Maroon archeology. She is also looking into possibilities to develop an archeological institute in Suriname.
Read an extensive interview with Dr. White about her work here.