Ongoing and Current Projects
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In the Chesapeake Bay fish project, we use the archaeological remains of fishes from primarily 18th and 19th century sites in Maryland and Virginia to explore how variables such as market pressures, harvesting strategies, and the introduction of non-local taxa affected the ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay. To do so, this project integrates standard methods of zooarchaeological analysis, while simultaneously utilizing more targeted methods such as size estimation through regression analysis and biomolecular approaches (ZooMS, stable isotopes, etc.). By analyzing environmental changes in the past, we hope to demonstrate how these changes resonate and connect with the problems the world confronts today.
Contributing Members: Hayden Bernard, Ryan Kennedy
In partnership with the University of New Orleans (UNO), this project is based on researching New Orleans, Louisiana’s former red-light district, Storyville (1898-1917) and the peoples that lived there, particularly those practicing sex work. Through a combination of material culture analysis and zooarchaeological methods, we aim to reconstruct the lives and diets of historic sex works living in the historic neighborhood.
Contributing Members: Peyton Foti, Ryan Kennedy
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