{"id":75106,"date":"2019-10-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/3000-years-of-history-revisited-on-uri-kingston-campus-as-part-of-r-i-archaeology-month\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T14:51:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:51:28","slug":"3000-years-of-history-revisited-on-uri-kingston-campus-as-part-of-r-i-archaeology-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2019\/10\/3000-years-of-history-revisited-on-uri-kingston-campus-as-part-of-r-i-archaeology-month\/","title":{"rendered":"3,000 years of history revisited on 溏心vlog免费B站 Kingston Campus as part of R.I. Archaeology Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Oct. 9, 2019 \u2013 Even though it celebrated its 125th<\/sup> anniversary just two years ago, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Kingston Campus has a much longer and complicated history. Archaeology and history buffs alike will get to learn more about that history when the 溏心vlog免费B站<\/a>, in cooperation with the Tomaquag Museum<\/a>, present \u201cWalking Through Time: The 3000-Year History of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Campus,\u201d on Saturday, Oct. 19. The event is part of a statewide celebration of Rhode Island Archaeology Month.<\/p>\n

The tour is a culmination of work performed this summer by Arts & Sciences research fellow Cameron Garvey \u201920, a history and anthropology major from West Warwick, and Sarah Bowen, a history MA student. Cameron and Sarah have been compiling the long-term history of the University land prior to its founding, using archaeological, historical, geological, topographical and environmental information. Kristine Bovy, professor and chair of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, along with Chair Rod Mather and Cathy DeCesare of the history department and archaeologist Chris McCabe with the Applied History Lab, helped mentor the pair and plan the tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to imagine what it was like before the University was here. But there is so much history that is mostly invisible to people that they don\u2019t even think about. We\u2019re talking going back 3,000 years or more,\u201d says Bovy. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to helping to make this history real for people and hopefully creating something we can build on in future years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lor\u00e9n Spears, Narragansett tribal member and executive director of the Tomaquag Museum, will be joining the tour to provide additional context and Indigenous perspective. The Tomaquag Museum is Rhode Island\u2019s first and only museum dedicated to educating the public and promoting thoughtful dialogue on Indigenous history, culture and arts as well as Native American issues of today.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of our goal for the tour is to decolonize the space to some extent and to remind people of the history of the Narragansett and the area before the University,\u201d says Spears. \u201cBut what I hope people take away from the tour, is not just the history of what was here in terms of cultural belongings archeologists unearth \u2013 but also a better understanding of what endures \u2013 our culture and traditions, our relationship with the land, as well as to think about how we are part of this community today as residents, students, staff and faculty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The walking tour will begin with an exploration of the history of the Kingston Campus, the land and its people, starting with the ancestors of the Narragansett Tribal Nation who lived and worked on the land for millennia prior to the arrival of European settlers. The tour will also visit the site of a late-18th century burial ground associated with the Niles family, which also likely contains the remains of enslaved Africans and Indigenous people. Archaeological work performed in 1999, prior to the construction of the Ryan Center, indicates 36 intact graves likely remain at this location. This and other sites on the tour will begin to share the history of the land upon which the University sits today.<\/p>\n

Organized by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission, Rhode Island Archaeology Month promotes the state\u2019s rich archaeological heritage though a series of events led by the professional community.<\/p>\n

The tour will begin at 2 p.m. at the Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center, 45 Upper College Road on the Kingston Campus. This event is free and open to the public; however, advance registration is recommended. For more information, or to register, email Kristine Bovy kbovy@uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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