MAKING SENSE OF THE FORT; CIVICALLY-ENGAGED SENSORY ARCHAEOLOGY AT FORT WARD AND DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON

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dc.contributor.advisorShackel, Paul Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorMinkoff, Mary Furlongen_US
dc.contributor.departmentAnthropologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-18T06:04:32Z
dc.date.available2015-09-18T06:04:32Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation, I ask the question, what is the best way to understand the history and archaeology of The Fort and other African American communities associated with the Defenses of Washington? The Fort is an African American community that settled on the grounds of Fort Ward in Alexandria, Virginia from the 1860s through the early 1960s. To answer this question, I adopted a civically-engaged, sensory approach to archaeology and established three project goals. First, I use sensory archaeology, historical research, and community memories to explore the origins of The Fort community, its relationship to Fort Ward, and the land surrounding it. Second, I incorporate the archaeology, memory, and history of The Fort community into a broader narrative of the local and national past through shared sensory experiences. Third, I conclude by describing how a sensory approach could be used to understand the experiences of African Americans at other Civil War Defenses of Washington sites. These goals have been developed with the consideration and input from The Fort Ward/Seminary African American Descendant Society (Descendant Society) and the National Park Service (NPS).en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2JW77
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/17121
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchaeologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAfrican American studiesen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHistoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAfrican American Archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCivic Engagementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCivil Waren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSensory Archaeologyen_US
dc.titleMAKING SENSE OF THE FORT; CIVICALLY-ENGAGED SENSORY ARCHAEOLOGY AT FORT WARD AND DEFENSES OF WASHINGTONen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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