Outreach and Partnerships The Peabody embraces the PA motto of Non sibi and recognizes that our role in the community goes beyond the classroom and campus. Participation in variety of educational events and partnerships throughout the year helps us bring archaeology and anthropology to the broader community.
Archaeological Society Meetings
The Peabody Institute virtually hosted the monthly meetings of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society’s Eugene C. Winter Chapter, which includes lectures on all topics of archaeology and history. Meetings are held September through May. The lectures are open to all, including faculty, staff, students, and members of the public. September: David Leslie - Paleoindian Occupations along the Farmington River: Southern New England’s Oldest Archaeological Site October: Dr. William Short - Firing Up Lost Secrets: How Iron Was Made In Viking-age Iceland November: Dr. Robert Goodby - The First to See Monadnock Paleoindian Life at the Tenant Swamp Site December: Dr. Jordon Loucks - Archaeology of Ethnicity, Race, and Consumption in New York January: Dr. Calvin Mires - Resurgam! The Archaeology, Heritage, and Living Memory of the 1898 Shipwreck, Portland February: Julie Dana - The Veterans Curation Program: Heroes Preserving History March: Victoria Cacchione - The Rebellious Legacy of Nantucket’s African-American Community: The Ceramics at the Boston-Higginbotham House on Nantucket April: Dr. Stephen Loring - A Voyage to the Caribou House: A consideration of the spiritual dimension embodied in stone tools as perceived in the archaeology of the Far Northeast. May: Alicia Paresi - “A Horrible Quantity of Stuff ”: Archaeological Collections Management and Why it Matters
