The Smith's Island Archaeology Project

What a long strange Spring this has been! I have been unpardonably slack in posting about all things SIAP, especially when we have achieved some major milestones. The culmination of our NEH Archaeological Fieldwork grant proposal entailed public and professional communication of our research, which occurred in January 2025 at the Society for Historical Archaeology's annual conference in New Orleans. It was a packed but somber gathering, since only a week before someone maliciously drove his truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street, just two blocks from the conference venue, killing 14 and injuring 57. We passed the memorial site daily going to and from the SHA sessions. Our panel, Archaeology at an Atlantic Crossroads: Bermuda’s Smith’s Island Archaeology Project (SIAP), 2010-2024, dropped on Saturday afternoon, which either reflects the usual marginalization of Bermuda as a place/topic vis a vis US, European, and Caribbean foci OR a "save the best for last" honorific - I...