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Unearthing History, Cultivating Change
An Archaeology of Farmers & Activists in the Adirondacks

Join SUNY Potsdam professor Hadley Kruczek-Aaron for a brown bag presentation on the archaeology of farmers and activists in the Adirondacks. The talk will provide an update on research carried out on sites linked to Timbuctoo, a 19th-century settlement of Black farmers in Lake Placid, NY.

This work has revealed the everyday lives of those who supported a voting rights effort launched in 1846 to give Black New Yorkers political and economic power through land ownership. Artifacts recovered during recent field seasons will be described and displayed during the presentation.

About Professor Hadley Kruczek-Aaron
Hadley Kruczek-Aaron is a historical archaeologist whose research examines the ways that class, gender, race, and religion have been lived in 19th-century America. She explored these topics in her 2015 book Everyday Religion: An Archaeology of Protestant Belief and Practice in the Nineteenth-Century, which focused on archaeology carried out at sites associated with central New York abolitionist Gerrit Smith.

Since then, Hadley has continued to explore similar questions at sites across northern New York, including those associated with Civil War soldiers, loggers, reformers, tourists, and farmers. Committed to collaborative approaches to archaeology, she has partnered with many individuals and groups to carry out research and develop curriculum and public programs relating to her work. Hadley holds a Ph.D. from Syracuse University and has been a professor at SUNY Potsdam since 2005.

This brown bag presentation is a hybrid program hosted by the St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture (SLCCHC). Attend in person, or contact Carlene Bermann at carlene@slcha.org to receive the Zoom link to watch the live presentation.