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SUMMARY:Archaeology Lunch and LEARN
DESCRIPTION:About the series\nOn any Montpelier excavation, lunch time is when the real work gets done. It’s when the whole team sits together, shares a meal, and talks about archaeology. Lunch and LEARNs are Montpelier’s effort to keep this tradition going: bringing a weekly, casual conversation or lecture about archaeology, from the comfort of your own home.\nAll lectures are by Montpelier staff or colleagues, and topics range from discussing our research, methodology, changes we are making with our programs, or how to identify different artifacts.\nView past Archaeology Lunch and LEARNs ( https://digitaldoorway.montpelier.org/project/archaeology-lunch-and-learn/ ).\n\nWednesday, June 17, 2026 at noon\nJerome Bias–Woodworking and Healing–Revealing the Story of Black Lives through Heritage Woodworking | REGISTER\nOn June 17th, Jerome Bias, Historian, Cook, woodworker, and Heritage professional will join us in a discussion of woodworking and Black American expertise. Jerome will talk about how he ties the lived experiences of the enslaved to the material objects that are typically present in historic house museums–the window sashes, door trim, paneling–all made by skilled artisans who were enslaved based on legal system where people could purchase another group of people based on skin color. Jerome will discuss how working with wood bears witness to the lives of enslaved and allows their experiences to be made whole. Jerome will also discuss plans for the trade workshop Montpelier he is running in September of this year.\n\nWednesday, July 22, 2026 at noon\nRevolutionary Blacksmiths–How the Blacksmith shop by the Temple shaped Revolutionary War-era Montpelier | REGISTER\nJoin Matt Reeves for a discussion of our latest research on our analysis of the Revolutionary War-era ledger books for the Blacksmith Shop. We will explore the items being made at the Blacksmith Shop, the people who frequented the shop (and Montpelier) and the place of Montpelier in the regional economy. Matt will provide an annotated discussion of the Story Map we have produced on the ledgers, see https://arcg.is/1um0083\n\nWednesday, August 12, 2026 at noon\nFaunal remains at Overseers House: Analysis of the Meat-Based Diet from the Overseer’s House | REGISTER\nJoin Kristen Leigh Hickey as she talks about her research into the faunal assemblage at Montpelier’s early 19th century overseer site. The Montpelier Archaeology Department’s 2019, 2020, and 2022 field seasons produced thousands of animal bone fragments from the early 19th century Overseer’s House Site. Very little historical or archaeological research to date has been published on plantation overseers. This knowledge gap is due, in part, to the unpleasant nature of the topic itself: overseers operated as the cruel hinge between plantation owners and enslaved communities. While this research is painful, it serves an important role in laying bare deeply entangled plantation landscapes, negotiations of status, and the violence-for-profit that contributed to the founding of this country.\nThis project focuses on the identification and analysis of those animal bones excavated from the Overseer’s House Site at Montpelier. Animal bones offer physical evidence of the types of animals that were eaten and the butchery methods used to process them; these bones also stand as witness to the animal husbandry labor performed by enslaved African Americans. My findings suggest that the food remains that were deposited at the Overseer’s House share similarities with the assemblages deposited near the mansion and those deposited near the quarters of enslaved people. These findings situate the overseer as an in-between entity who greatly benefited from the foodways that were created and fueled by enslaved people. This project is one of the only existing studies on the diets of overseers, producing important data for future research across and beyond the Montpelier landscape.\n
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