From “Traditional” Archaeology to Public Archaeology to Community Action The Levi Jordan Plantation Project

Abstract

In this chapter, Carol McDavid describes the attempts by herself and her colleagues to place the archaeology of a Texas plantation into the service of an explicit “community action” agenda, the major aim of which is to “use archaeology to create a more democratic society.” This endeavor relates closely to anthropological interests in forming “dialogic” relationships with traditional research subjects, and it seeks to move collaboration to a level that involves significant and sincere cooperation between stakeholders. The Levi Jordan Plantation public archaeology project described here is partly conducted on the Internet, a feature that McDavid suggests can provide greater opportunity for equitable exchange among its varied participants.

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