Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology Annual Report

Annual Report 2017

Robert S. Peabody

Museum of Archaeology

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(July 1, 2016 –June 30, 2017)

THE PEABODY VISION I

n 1901, Robert S. Peabody (Class of 1857) established the institution that now bears his name with three goals in mind: to provide space for Phillips Academy student groups, to promote the study of archaeology and anthropology at Phillips Academy, and to foster archaeological research. Our twenty-first century vision for the Museum has remained true to Robert Peabody’s original idea: a teaching museum dedicated to the faculty and students of the Academy.

CONTENTS COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

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COLLECTIONS STEWARDSHIP 8

OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIPS 12 SPECIAL EVENT 13 SUPPORTING THE MISSION 14

On The Cover Highlights from the year History on the Half Shell - Oyster tasting event with Rowan Jacobsen showcasing collections from the Boylston Street Fishweir site.

Independent Project student Ryan O’Meara explores ancient pottery making technology.

Archival photograph from the Richard “Scotty” MacNeish collection now accessible, made possible through a generous donation from the Oak River Foundation.

Collaborative Learning The Peabody Museum widely supported coursework across disciplines during fiscal year 2017. Museum educators taught 28 lessons, serving 30 faculty members and 1,381 students (this number includes students who visited the museum with multiple classes).

[1] Term Long Courses - Three term long classes were taught at the Peabody: in the fall Marcelle Doheny taught her senior elective Race & Identity in Indian Country, drawing heavily on Peabody collections and personnel; Ryan Wheeler taught Human Origins, a multidisciplinary science elective; and during the winter Donny Slater taught his history elective Maya Cosmos.

[2] Pueblo Potters Share Their Work with Andover - Dominique Toya (Pueblo of Jemez), Nancy Youngblood (Santa Clara Pueblo), Maxine Toya (Pueblo of Jemez), Chris Youngblood Cutler (Santa Clara Pueblo), and Mia Toya (Pueblo of Jemez) spent the week of May 21, 2017 on campus sharing their passion for Pueblo pottery with Peabody Museum work duty students and students in two sections of Thayer Zaeder’s ’83 studio ceramics course.

The potters spent considerable time during and after class working with students in making several small vessels using traditional Puebloan materials and techniques, culminating in a series of outdoor firings.

[3] Human Origins - Led by Peabody director Ryan Wheeler, this course highlights the important and complex events that make up the last seven million years of human evolution. An important goal is for students to develop a critical understanding of key concepts in human evolution, including the theory of biological evolution, the differences and similarities between various hominin species, the “creative explosion” of human cognition, the concept of race and its place in scientific research and discourse, and the role of archaeology and paleoanthropology in construction of our knowledge of the past.

[4] Independent Project: Pottery and Temper - During winter and spring terms Ryan O’Meara ’17 investigated ancient pottery making technology, with a particular focus on temper—additives to clay that help with making pottery vessels, firing survivability, and use life after firing. Much of the student IP focused on collecting and using native clay sourced from West Newbury, MA, and then experimenting with firing vessels made using a variety of traditional tempers, including sand, crushed shell, and decomposed granite, as well as untempered clay. The almost innumerable variables have presented some real challenges, but also open a tiny window into pottery making thousands of years ago.

[5] New History “Dips” - The History department has implemented significant changes to the 9th grade curriculum.

One of the new features of the curriculum is the inclusion of “dips” or week long periods where students can delve

more deeply into a subject. Both the Education and Collections sections at the Peabody have collaborated with the History department to offer a multi-day intensive investigation of trade networks in the New World. The focus of the week is to learn how to read objects as primary sources and to look for patterns and similarities between cultures.

The cultures that students will be focusing on are the Hopewell, Pueblo, Maya, and Moche.

[6] Rain in the Face Headdress - Courtney Masotti ’17 and Whitney Garden ’17 spent the spring term working with history and social sciences instructor, Marcelle Doheny, and Curator of Collections Marla Taylor to conduct an independent project entitled “The Truth Behind the Headdress of Chief Rain in the Face.” They explored the provenance and history behind a single object in the Peabody’s collection, a headdress that allegedly belonged to Chief Rain-in-the-Face of the Lakota. They presented their results during the May 2017 Massachusetts Archaelogical Society meeting and their work has been added to the permanent accession file about this object.

[7] Adventures in Ancient China - In June 2017 Peabody director Ryan Wheeler and Anne Martin-Montgomery of Philadelphia, director of Chinese for Families, a Mandarin-as-second-language educational program, ran a reconnaissance trip in preparation for a new Learning in the World program. Adventures in Ancient China will take student travelers to some of China’s most significant archaeological and cultural sites. Travelers will visit at least eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites, encounter objects from the past in some of China’s best museums, delve into regional cuisines, and experience heritage tourism like a local. Highlights include the terra cotta army of China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang, the Bronze Age wonders of the Shu culture of Sichuan, and Buddhist landscapes and art at Longmen Grottos and the sacred mountain Mt. Emei, with an overnight stay at a Buddhist monastery.

[8] Thursday Study Hours - In collaboration with the Academic Skills Center, the Peabody hosted Thursday night quiet study hours from 5:00-9:15pm through the year.

Students are welcomed to the Peabody each week with snacks and a quiet environment to study individually or with a tutor. A total of 174 students took advantage of these study hours with an average stay of 1.4 hours. During the 2017-2018 school year, the program will be expanded with four student proctors and access to the Peabody library.

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Key Figures Intensive Student Participation 101

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Student Participation in Academic Classes 2016-17

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These numbers represent students involved in work duty, participants in Peabody-led trips, Ceramic studio students, Independent Projects, as well as those in the term-long courses of Human Origins, Race and Identity, and Maya Cosmos.

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Faculty Participation at the Peabody this fiscal year

Art Thayer Zaeder, Therese Zemlin

Biology Willa Abel, Andrea Bailey, Tom Cone, Catherine Kemp, Meredith Rahman, Keith Robinson, Trish Russell

Computer Science Nick Zufelt

English Flavia Vidal, Sarah Driscoll

History and Social Science

Marcelle Doheny, Damany Fisher, Emma Frey, Tom Fritz, Chris Jones, Elizabeth Monroe, Meg Paulson, Abigail Perelman, Erika Prince, Noah Rachlin, Marisela Ramos, Donald Slater

Physics

Clyfe Beckwith, Caroline Odden, Travis Magaluk

Religion & Philosophy Tom Hodgson, Kurt Prescott

Spanish

Mark Cutler

Collections Stewardship

Recognizing that the Peabody Museum’s collaborative learning offerings at Andover and beyond are anchored in our significant collections we have begun an ambitious project to improve both physical and intellectual control over our holdings. This includes cataloging of the collections, online access, opportunities for scholars and researchers, and a focus on the Museum’s work duty program.

[1] Research, Scholar Visits, and Loans - In FY 2017, the Peabody hosted nine research visits and responded to forty one inquiries regarding our collections. For example, Dr. Paulette Steeves, visiting lecturer at UMass Amherst, visited to re-examine material collected by Richard “Scotty” MacNeish in the Tehuacan Valley of Mexico. Dr. Steeves argues that indigenous peoples were present in the Americas as early as 60,000 years ago. Dr. Bill Green, director of the Logan Museum of Anthropology at Beloit College, reached out to uncover the origin of twenty six objects in their collection that originated at the Peabody. After researching and exchanging dozens of pages of archival material, Dr. Green has reconstructed the story around these artifacts. An article in Illinois Archaeology will summarize his work.

sachusetts using social network analysis. Dr. Kirakosian published some of her previous research using Peabody collections in the 2015 issue of the Bulletin of the History of Archaeology: http://bit.ly/2yQAd4x

[2] Peabody Library Project - One of the Museum’s most significant resources is the library collection, containing some 9,000+ books, journals, and reference volumes.

Mary Beth Clack continued as our contract librarian, checking and updating catalog entries, especially for series where the existing catalog did not list any details about the individual volumes. This work will continue into 2017-2018 and will make our holdings more accessible to faculty, students, and Museum personnel.

[4] Adopt a Drawer Program - The Peabody Museum launched a fundraising promotion called Adopt A Drawer that invites donors to support the cataloging of one of more than 1,700 artifact storage drawers at the Peabody. Work duty students and interns are heavily involved in the cataloging work. Donors receive updates on the cataloging, including before and after photos, as well as acknowledgement in our online catalog. Click here to view the Adopt A Drawer promotional video produced by the Polk-Lillard Electronic Imaging Center.

[3] Linda S. Cordell Memorial Research Award - The Cordell Award Endowment was established in 2013 in honor of the late Linda S. Cordell, eminent archaeologist of the American Southwest and member of the Peabody Advisory Committee (PAC). Linda was Senior Scholar at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, recipient of the A.V. Kidder Medal for eminence in American Archaeology, and a valued member of the Peabody Advisory Committee.

Two awards were made in 2016-2017: Katie Kirakosian received her PhD from UMass Amherst in 2014 and is currently adjunct faculty at several schools in Rhode Island. Her project focuses on archival materials from Warren Moorehead, Douglas Byers, and Frederick Johnson to continue her dissertation research and prepare a book on the history of archaeology in Mas-

John Campbell is a PhD candidate at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. His research at the Peabody includes a re-examination of collections from the Dennysville site in Maine, as well as several other sites in New Brunswick. His dissertation research is focused on protohistoric and contact period Wabanaki peoples in Maine and the Canadian Maritimes.

For more on the Linda S. Cordell Memorial Research Award see our blog: http://bit.ly/22pgzV5

As of June 30, 2017, generous donors have adopted Fifty seven artifact storage drawers. These drawers hold material ranging from paleolithic sites in New England to Chaco Canyon in New Mexico; from the Tehuacan Valley of Mexico to the homestead of a formally enslaved woman in Andover. Sixteen of these drawers – over 700 artifacts!

– have been fully cataloged and appear in the Peabody’s online catalog: http://peabody.pastperfectonline.com/

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Collections Stewardship Archaeology Collections: 500,000+ Ethnographic Collections: 2,200+ Images: 46,000+ Archives: 400+ linear feet Library: 9,000+ books Geographic Scope: 5,092 sites and locations in 38 countries, with principal collections from the United States and Canada

Collections Stewardship (cont’) [5] Work Duty 2016–2017 - Work duty at the Peabody is a major point of interaction with the institution. During fiscal year 2017, thirty two students performed their work duty with the Peabody collections department, with over 85% of them choosing to return the following term. Collectively, the students provided 475 hours of work over the school year. Their primary tasks included inventorying artifacts for reboxing, assisting with archival management, and preparing objects for use in classes.

A student quote from Cameron Gillis ’17 on what work duty taught him: Archaeology is more than digging up famous old relics like you see in the Indiana Jones movies, it’s uncovering a lot more than that to better understand a past lifestyle or culture.

[6] Volunteers - Volunteers help collections staff with a variety of collections projects from inventorying the collection to pest management to preparing artifacts for classes.

Projects this year include: completing a full inventory of the Peabody’s basketry collection, continued pest management treatment, and researching archaeological collections for blog entries.

[7] NAGPRA - The Peabody has been in the forefront of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) compliance since the inception of the act in the 1990s. Peabody collections include ancestral human remains and funerary objects from 112 sites in twenty eight states. Collections have been affiliated with sixty tribes, though the Peabody houses ancestral remains from forty four sites considered to be Culturally Unidentified under the NAGPRA act and rule. Major consultations resulting in affiliation of human remains and funerary objects include the Pecos Pueblo (New Mexico), Etowah (Georgia), and Maine sites. Requests for repatriation and consultation with tribes continue today.

We published two notices in the Federal Register this fiscal year that included remains of individuals, funerary objects, and objects of cultural patrimony from Pecos Pueblo, New Mexico and the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. To learn more about our consultations with the White Earth Band listen to this podcast (https://podcast. andover.edu/2017/03/03/episode-05-the-road-to-repatriation/).

[8] Archives Project - A generous gift from the Oak River Foundation, Peoria, Illinois supported the temporary appointment of archivist Irene Gates. Irene carried out a full collections survey and created sixty five collection level catalog records – thirty three of which are now available via our online collections catalog. She wrapped her arms around the archives of previous director Richard “Scotty” MacNeish and processed ninety two linear feet of material.

You can see the finding aid for MacNeish’s material here (https://papeabody.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/macneishpaperspdffindingaid2017.pdf). In total, Irene has processed 140 linear feet of material, developed three finding aids, and written policies and procedures. Her work has directly benefited the accessibility of collections, the efficiency of current museum functions, and our transparency as an institution. The Peabody is pleased to announce that the Oak River Foundation has stepped up again and provided additional funding for Irene to return and spend another year in the Peabody archives! This second year will facilitate processing the remaining 150 linear feet of material as well as addressing the photographic and map collections.

[9] Box Us In - In July of 2016, 1,500 custom archival boxes were delivered to initiate the Peabody’s collections rehousing project. They have been used by staff, students, and volunteers to replace the old wooden drawers that have supported our collection for decades. By July 2017, 105 drawers have been rehoused into 182 boxes. The pace of this project is set to substantially increase with the addition of a Temporary Inventory Specialist who will join the Peabody in August 2017. These boxes were made possible by a grant from the Abbot Academy Fund, continuing Abbot’s tradition of boldness, innovation, and caring.

Campus and Alumni Events

The Peabody Museum participates in and hosts a variety of events during the academic year. These include Family Weekend, Grandparents’ Day, Reunion Weekend, visits by prospective students and their families, tours, classes, signature events for the Andover community, and a number of visits with local public and private schools. In 2016-2017 we provided these opportunities to 1,878 individuals.

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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 a variety of educational events and partnerships throughout the year helps us bring archaeology and anthropology to the broader community.

[1] Over twenty five 5th grade students and teachers from Bancroft Elementary School came to the Peabody Museum for a visit. Using the Shattuck Farm mock excavation lesson, Lindsay Randall taught students how to read objects as primary sources, while Marla Taylor taught them how to throw the atlatl. This allowed students to begin to make inferences and complex connections about what they were viewing.

[5] Lindsay Randall, Joe Bagley (Boston City Archaeologist) and a team of volunteers participated in the Friends of the Public Garden’s annual Making History on the Common. This event is open by invitation to all Boston third, fourth, and fifth grade classes. Over 650 students came by the archaeology tent to learn about flint knapping, cross mending vessels, and how to make their own clay pot using reproduction native tools to decorate it.

[2] Lindsay Randall represented the Peabody Museum at the 10th annual Archaeology Fair held at the Museum of Science in Boston. Numerous archeologists from across Massachusetts and New England converge on the Museum of Science with hands on activities for kids and adults of all ages. Lindsay brought the museum’s LEGO archaeology activity and the pseudomorph detective game – two of the biggest attractions at the Fair.

[6] The Peabody Museum hosts the monthly meetings of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society-NE Chapter (now the Eugene C. Winter Chapter), which include lectures on all topics of archaeology and history. Meetings are held September through May, weather permitting. The lectures are open to all, including faculty, staff, and students.

[3] Students and teachers from Brookwood School came to the Peabody Museum to kick off their “Steep Week.”

During Steep Week students immerse themselves in an intensive program related to an area of interest. The group worked with Lindsay Randall examining modern trash to create a biography of an individual, looked at both prehistoric and historic mock sites to learn to read patterns of human activities before braving light rain to learn to throw atlatls, an ancient hunting tool.

[4] For the second year, Dr. Bethany Jay, professor of history at Salem State University collaborated with Lindsay Randall to run a graduate class, Preserving the Past: Using Archaeology to Teach History. The class continues to focus on how archaeology can be used in middle and high school classrooms as a way to talk about minorities who are often left out of the historical record. Each day was focused on a different minority group such as Native Americans, women, enslaved people, and free blacks. The lessons units shared each day are ones that the Peabody uses frequently with students and faculty of Phillips Academy. Dr. Nate Hamilton was generous to lend his time and expertise to the class, allowing the students to participate in a real excavation at the Rebecca Nurse Homestead.

[7] For the first time, the Peabody Museum had a booth in the exhibit hall at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Peabody staff members were on hand to field questions about the museum collections, online resources, publications, and the Linda Cordell Memorial Research Award. The conference was in Vancouver, British Columbia, which has a large First Nations population and we were able to visit some wonderful galleries, museums, and restaurants that presented First Nations culture, art, and cuisine, while we connect with our peers.

[8] Journal of Archaeology and Education - The Journal of Archaeology and Education is a peer-reviewed, openaccess journal dedicated to disseminating research and sharing practices in archaeological education at all levels.

In 2017 archaeologists Meg Conkey, Dan Sandweiss, Ryan Wheeler, and Nancy Gonlin founded JAE. The journal is hosted at the University of Maine’s Digital Commons website and is edited by Nan Gonlin. To read the current issue or submit an article, visit the JAE homepage: http:// digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/jae/

Special Event History on the Half Shell with Rowan Jacobsen In November 2016 the Peabody hosted a signature event featuring author and oyster connoisseur Rowan Jacobsen. Rowan led attendees through a guided tasting of oyster varieties provided by Island Creek Oysters and was on hand to sign copies of his new book The Essential Oyster. Oyster shells from several sites in the Peabody collection were on exhibit, including some massive shells from the Boylston Street Fishweir.

Peabody staff with Rowan Jacobsen in front of the Boylston Street Fishweir exhibit on display for this special event.

Supporting The Mission The Peabody Museum is a world-class teaching museum and unparalleled educational resource for Phillips Academy and the community. All gifts to the Peabody support the museum’s core programs and benefit Andover students in immediate and tangible ways.

We gratefully acknowledge the following donors who generously supported the museum’s enterprise during FY2016–2017 through gifts to both operations and endowment.

ORGANIZATIONS Massachusetts Archaeological Society The Oak River Foundation INDIVIDUALS Donald B. Abbott and Elizabeth B. Abbott Dr. Robert K. Abbott and Susannah Abbott, P’12, ’13 Jessica D. Acosta-Chavez ’06 Leila O. Adell ’05 (ANONYMOUS) William C. Agee ’55 and Elita Taylor Agee, P’88 Nathalie Taft Andrews ’59 Daniel Arrigg Koh ’03 and Amy Sennett Paula A. Atwood ’68 Stephen K. Bache ’75 Sharon Beckwith, GP’17, ’19, ’21 Anthony C. Beilenson ’50* and Dolores Martin Beilenson Harold R. Benson, Jr. ’48 and Maria Vincenza Quaegnali Benson Joshua C. Bienfang ’89 Linda N. Blanken ’11 Charles D. Boddy, Jr. ’80 and Anne M. Donahue-Boddy F. Alger Boyer, Jr. ’87 and Alice G. F. Boyer David Braslua and Yain Y. Braslau Brenda H. Bryan and David K. Bryan, P’18 Leslie G. Callahan III ’68 and Barbara Keenan Callahan Louisa D. Chafee ’09 A. Bruce Cleveland ’61 and Beth R. Cleveland, P’11, ’17 Meg Conkey James L. Demetroulakos, M.D. ’78 and Pam Demetroulakos, P’19 Shaun S. Donahoe ’62 Susan U. Donahue ’73 and Paul E. Donahue, P’05, ’08 Lisa M. Johnson ’85 and Rene A. Dufour Patricia H. Edmonds and George H. Edmonds, P’79, ’82 Howard F. Elkus* and Lorna M. Elkus, P’91, ’92 Jenny F. Elkus ’92

Eldrine F. Emerson, GP’12 Courtney E. Erickson ’15 David H. Evans, Jr. ’61 and Marice Epps Evans Drusilla Flather Farley ’53 Emilia N. Figliomeni ’14 William O. Finch and Kim R. Honetschlager, P’09 Katherine M. Flynn ’15 Lucy C. Frey ’13 Nels M.N. Frye ’99 Daniel Gammon, Ph.D. and Kelly Gammon, P’14 Jessica I. Gammon ’14 Hilary L. Gillis ’15 Stacy L. Gillis and Mark J. Gillis, P’15, ’17, ’19 Dr. Lisa J. Glickstein and Dr. Jeremiah C. Hagler, P’16 Alana P. Gudinas ’16 Krishna K. Gupta ’05 Eric J. Hall and Mary J. Hall, P’17, ’19 William P. Heidrich ’72, P’03, ’11 Peter E. Helgesen ’54 and Anne Marie Bartlow Helgesen, P’81 Dr. Peter T. Hetzler ’72 and Christine Singer Hetzler, P’10 William J. Hurlin ’76 Mark Ikauniks ’92 Naomi Y. Jiang ’07 Andrew J. Katz and Stephanie J. Katz, P’17, ’19 Margaret G. Klarberg Kennedy ’96 and Bruce Kennedy Tasfia Khan ’14 David S. Kirk ’61, P’98, ’04

Supporting The Mission Arnold W. Kline and Maria M. Kline, P’01 Dr. Dongsoo D. Koh and Kaylie S. Kim, P’17, ’21 Kim B. Kozol and Matthew S. Kozol, P’18 Edward C. Lasater and Ellison C. Lasater, P’17, ’21 Dr. Ernest H. Latham, Jr. ’56 and Ioana Latham, P’98 Dr. Samuel C-C. Lin ’84 and Dr. Michelle Fang, P’18 Thomas P. Lockerby and Kathleen J. McCrickerd Angela S. Lorenz ’83 and Giovanni Figliomeni, P’14 Heather D. Lucas ’88 and Dr. John C. Lucas, P’13 Audrey Taylor MacLean ’53 & Dr. Robert A. MacLean Clair A. Rush Martin IV ’07 Victor Mastone Dr. Victor A. Morris ’82 and Dr. Shannon Morris Kevin P. Newhall ’13 Jonathan D. Noon ’64 Veronica I. Nutting ’16 Michael K. Ofori and Josephine Ofori, P’17, ’19 Sarp Orgul ’16 Mr. & Mrs. René Orsoni, GP’12, ’14 John G. Palfrey and Catherine A. Carter, P’21 Beth Parsons Georgia R. Pelletier ’11 Dr. Richard S. Pieters, Jr. ’66 and Dr. Edith M. Jolin Elizabeth Parker Powell ’56 and David G. Powell, P’84, ’90, GP’19 S. Lawrence Prendergast ’59 and Mary Adam Prendergast Melina K. Prentakis ’11 Camille A. Price ’15 John S. Quinlan ’97 William V. Rapp ’57 and Diane Demont Rapp Dr. Richard L. Reynolds ’64 and Mary G. McQuiston John E. Rogers and Abigail Brooks Jacob A. Romanow ’10 Quinn B. Rosefsky, M.D. ’59 and Susan Retchford Rosefsky Dr. Daniel H. Sandweiss ’75 and Maria del C. Sandweiss R. David Schmaier and Sandra L. Schmaier, P’16 Ethan J. Schmertzler ’07 Michael Schmertzler ’70 and Kuni S. Schmertzler, P’05, ’07 Martin V. Serna ’07 Nicolas V. Serna ’10 Kaaren Shalom ’79 and Richard Gilligan, P’17 John L. Simpson and Rebecca S. Demsetz, P’16, ’19 Donald A. Slater and Elizabeth Slater

Dr. Gregory W. Soghikian ’78 and Brenda Soghikian Carlton J. Sparrell and Dr. Renya K. Onasick, P’18 George W. Steers ’59 and Lucy B. Steers William F. Stiles ’58 Oscar L. Tang ’56 and Dr. Hsin-Mei A. Hsu-Tang Jane Thomas ’10 Dr. Richard Thorley and Sonja D. Thorley, P’19 John L. Thorndike ’45 S. Graydon Tope ’14 William L. Vandeventer ’78 Nicole M. Crocker Villarreal ’05 and Dustin Villarreal Leland A. Westerfield ‘86 and Adrienne B. Westerfield, P’18, ’21 Dr. Ryan Wheeler and Dr. Natalya Baldyga Kira E. Wyckoff ’12 Winston W. Wyckoff ’78 and Julia Wyckoff, P’12 Kevin L. Zhai ’08 Lin Zhang *deceased

In Memoriam The Peabody lost a good friend on October 27, 2016. Brian Robinson (1953-2016) was an Associate Professor at the University of Maine, with joint appointments in the Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute.

His interest in the archaeology of the northeastern United States brought him into close association with the Peabody during his Ph.D. research at Brown University where he reexamined existing data about the so-called Red Paint People or Moorehead Burial Tradition. He also was an authority on the Bull Brook site in Ipswich, Mass., where he deployed his particular brand of archaeological sleuthing. Using archival information, photographs, and interviews with those who excavated the site in the 1950s, he reconstructed many details about this significant PaleoIndian site—one of the largest and oldest in the Northeast. Brian did much to bridge the divide between archaeologists and Native Americans in Maine, and was pivotal in developing a coastal archaeology program that focused on education, scholarship and collaboration between UMaine and Maine’s Native American people, funded by the Maine Academic Prominence Initiative. We are deeply gratified by Brian’s research using the Peabody’s collections, for his work with the Wabanaki tribes in Maine, and for his generosity of spirit and willingness to provide aid and guidance to his colleagues and students. He will be deeply missed.

For more about Brian’s life and work, see this UMaine press release (https:// umaine.edu/news/blog/2016/10/28/renowned-archaeologist-brian-robinsonpasses-away/) and the obituary that appeared online in October 2016 (https:// obittree.com/obituary/us/maine/bangor/brookings-smith-funeral-home/brian-robinson/2764585/)

Museum Staff

Ryan J. Wheeler, PhD, Director Lindsay A. Randall, Curator of Education Samantha Hixson, Collections Assistant Marla L. Taylor, Curator of Collections Irene B. Gates, Temporary Archivist Rachel Manning, Temporary Inventory Specialist Lesley A. Shahbazian, Administrative Assistant

Peabody Advisory Committee Daniel H. Sandweiss ’75, PhD, Chair Heather Dunbar Lucas ’88, Vice-Chair Barbara Callahan, Secretary Elizabeth Artz Beim ’58, P’88 Mark Cutler Benjamin Burke ’11 Meg Conkey, PhD Marcelle A. Doheny, P’18 Jenny Elkus ’92 Katherine Hall ’17 Peter T. Hetzler, MD FACS ’72, P’10 Agnes Hsu-Tang, PhD Bruno D.V. Marino, PhD ’73 Tristin Moone ’10 Kuni S. Schmertzler, P’05, ’07 Donny Slater, PhD Margot Steiner ’17

Peabody Collections Oversight Committee Emerson W. “Tad” Baker II, PhD ’76 Elizabeth Artz Beim ’58 Marshall P. Cloyd ’58, P’88, ’95, ’03 Susan Faxon, Addison Gallery of American Art Ramona Peters, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe James B. Richardson III, PhD Chris Toya, Pueblo of Jemez

Emeriti Members Elizabeth Artz Beim ’58, P’88 Marshall P. Cloyd ’58, P’88, ’95, ’03 James B. Richardson III, PhD Rebecca M. Sykes, P’92, ’97, ’01 David Hurst Thomas, PhD

Ex Officio Members

Thomas P. Lockerby, Secretary of the Academy Clyfe G. Beckwith, Dean of Studies