Faculty
Siobhan Hart
Professor of Anthropology
Office: Bolton 353
Phone: 518-580-5417
Email: shart1@skidmore.edu
Siobhan Hart is an anthropological archaeologist who examines the consequences of colonialism and capitalism for contemporary communities in the American Northeast. As a historical archaeologist, she focuses on the human-scale experiences of people during periods of change and the way that their contemporary descendants engage with heritage. Prof. Hart directs two local archaeological projects that blend her teaching and research. The Denton Homesite Archaeology Project is an investigation of an 18th century family farmstead and 19th century estate buildings on ߣ¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s campus. This research is a multi-year investigation with ߣ¶ÌÊÓÆµ students through . Her second project is an (LGBSP) in Lake George, New York, using ground-penetrating radar (GPR), excavation, and analysis of existing archaeological collections. Prof. Hart is curator of the ߣ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Archaeological Collection and author of the book (2019, University Press Florida).
Education:
- Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Mass., 2009. Dissertation: High Stakes: A Poly-Communal Archaeology of the Pocumtuck Fort, Deerfield, Massachusetts.
- Master of Arts, Department of Anthropology University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Mass., 2004
- Bachelor of Arts, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. Concentration: Sociology and Anthropology. Minor: Native American Studies. 1999
Regional focus:
- Northeastern North America
Research and teaching interests:
- Heritage, Indigenous archaeologies, community-based archaeology, repatriation, colonialism, archaeology of Northeastern North America
Courses:
- Archaeological Collections and Curation
- Archaeological Field Methods
- Heritage and Communities
- Archaeology of Indigenous North America
Publications:
Selected Peer Reviewed Publications
- 2022 How Can Indigenous Archaeology Address Inequality? In Oxford Handbook of Global Indigenous Archaeologies, ed. C. Smith, D. Lippert, K. Pollard, A. Kanugo, S. May, and S. Varela. Oxford University Press.
- 2020 Gender, Masculinity, and Professional-Avocational Heritage Collaborations. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association 31:54-65.
- 2020 Stories from North of Main: Neighborhood Heritage Story Mapping. Co-authored with G. Homsy. International Journal for Historical Archaeology 24:950-968.
- 2019 Sustainability Backfire: The Unintended Consequences of Failing to Engage Neighborhood Residents in Policymaking. Co-authored with G. Homsy. Journal of Urban Affairs.
- 2019 Colonialism, Community, and Heritage in Native New England. University Press of Florida.
- 2019 Entangled Things and Deposits in Early Colonial Native New England. Co-author with Kathryn Dillon. Historical Archaeology 53(2):265-279.
- 2015 Digging and Destruction: Artifact Looting as Meaningful Social Practice. Co-author with Elizabeth Chilton. International Journal of Heritage Studies 21(4):318-335.
- 2014 Indigenous Archaeologies Section Entries. Co-editor (invited) with Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu and Sean Ulm. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeologies. Springer.
- 2012 Materiality and Autonomy in the Pocumtuck Homeland. Co-author with Margaret Bruchac. Archaeologies 8(3):293-312.
- 2012 at the "Prehistoric/Colonial" Intersection in Archaeology. Co-editor with Maxine Oland and Liam Frink. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
- 2012 Decolonizing through Heritage Work in the Pocumtuck Homeland of Northeastern North America. In Decolonizing Indigenous Histories at the "Prehistoric/Colonial" Intersection in Archaeology, ed. M. Oland, S. Hart, and L. Frink, pp. 86-109. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
- 2011 . Present Pasts 3:26-34.
- 2010 A Reader on Decolonization. Co-editor with Margaret Bruchac and H. Martin Wobst. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press.
- 2009 Crafting Collaborative Archaeologies: Two Case Studies from New England. Co-author with Elizabeth Chilton. Collaborative Anthropologies 2:87-107.