Archaeology Lunch and LEARN
About the series
On 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.
All 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.
View past Archaeology Lunch and LEARNs.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at noon
Documentary Resources for African American Research at Montpelier: What Survives, and What Doesn’t? | REGISTER
Join Montpelier Senior Historian Hilarie Hicks talk about her research into the enslaved community at Montpelier. Although the documentary record is incomplete concerning the people the Madisons enslaved at Montpelier, there’s more to work with than you might expect. Montpelier’s Senior Research Historian Hilarie M. Hicks will look at what kinds of documents still exist, how we use them for research, and what they reveal about the lives of individual enslaved people. She will also discuss some of the biographies she has written for Montpelier’s Naming Project.
