PAL staff regularly speak to local preservation groups, avocational archaeological associations, and the general public in communities where we have conducted research. In 1997, PAL received the Frederick C. Williamson Professional Service Award from the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission, for "workshops, walking tours, lectures, exhibits, and publications that have immeasurably aided the cause of archaeology in Rhode Island."  PAL participates in the dissemination of archaeological information through listing in The New England Speaker Sourcebook, and the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities speaker program. If you would like more information about having an archaeologist speak in your community, contact Alan Leveillee.

Recent public education papers and lectures include:

Virginia Adams and Stephen Olausen

Identification, Documentation, and Evaluation of Standing Structures and Historic Districts.  A lecture in the course, Topics in Anthropology – Cultural Resources Management, Anthropology 305, Rhode Island College Anthropology Department, Providence, RI, Spring 2003.

 Suzanne Cherau and Ray Pasquariello

Government Projects and Pipelines: Big Archaeology and CRM.  A lecture in the course, Topics in Anthropology – Cultural Resources Management, Anthropology 305, Rhode Island College Anthropology Department, Providence, RI, Spring 2003.

 Deborah C. Cox

The Legislative Infrastructure of CRM: Cultural Resources and the Law.    A lecture in the course, Topics in Anthropology – Cultural Resources Management, Anthropology 305, Rhode Island College Anthropology Department, Providence, RI, Spring 2003.

 Deborah C. Cox and Peter Mair

Strategies for Protecting and Managing Cultural Resources – Case Studies.  A lecture in the course, Topics in Anthropology – Cultural Resources Management, Anthropology 305, Rhode Island College Anthropology Department, Providence, RI, Spring 2003.

 Kristen Heitert

From the Ice Age to I-91: Digging Up History Along the Upper Connecticut River Valley in Vermont.  Lecture and power point presentation as part of Vermont Archaeology Month, The Fairbanks Museum, St. Johnsbury, VT, 2004. 

Holly Herbster  

CRM Archaeology and Native American Consultation in New England. A lecture in the course, Introduction to Archaeology, Anthropology 107, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, MA, 2003.   

Archaeology on Martha’s Vineyard.  Lecture and powerpoint presentation as part of Massachusetts Archaeology Week, Compass Bank Lecture Series, Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society, Edgartown, MA, 2003.   

Cultural Resource Management: Archaeology and Consultation.  A lecture in the course, Anthropology E-138d, The Archaeology of New England, Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA, 2003. 

 Applied Archaeology: CRM on the Cape and Islands.  A lecture in the course, Topics in Anthropology – Cultural Resources Management, Anthropology 305, Rhode Island College Anthropology Department, Providence, RI, Spring 2003. 

Timothy Ives 

Historical Archaeology in CRM.   A lecture in the course, Topics in Anthropology – Cultural Resources Management, Anthropology 305, Rhode Island College Anthropology Department, Providence, RI, Spring 2003. 

Stone Tool Technology DemonstrationsMr. Ives has performed stone tool-making and use demonstrations in a wide range of public and educational forums, including at Annual Meetings of the Conference on New England Archaeology (2004) and the Society for Historical Archaeology (Providence 2003), for students at the Harvard University Extension School (2003), Rhode Island College (2003), and the University of Massachusetts, Boston (2002-2003), and for members of the public at the Robbins Museum of Archaeology  (2002) and Connecticut Natural History Museum (2002). 

Matthew Kierstead and Jo Deaton

Industrial Archaeology, Industrial History, and CRM.  A lecture in the course, Topics in Anthropology – Cultural Resources Management, Anthropology 305, Rhode Island College Anthropology Department, Providence, RI, Spring 2003.

Alan Leveillee 

Experimental Habitation Site.  Public workshop on Woodland Period habitation and life as part of Massachusetts Archaeology Month, Hale Reservation, Westwood, MA, 2004.

A Walk in Time: Walking Tour of Prehistoric Sites in Hale.  Tour and discussion of Native American quarry and rock shelter sites as part of Massachusetts Archaeology Month, Hale Reservation, Westwood, MA, 2004.

Topics in Anthropology – Cultural Resources Management.   Anthropology 305, Course Organizer and Instructor, Rhode Island College Anthropology Department, Providence, RI, Spring 2003.

Mary Lynne Rainey

Searching for Miacomet Village:  Myths, Facts, and Tragedies of Eighteenth-Century Native Life on Nantucket.  Lecture and power point presentation at the Nantucket Historical Association Quaker Meeting House, Summer Lecture Series, Nantucket, MA, 2004.  

Duncan Ritchie

 

Six Thousand Years along the Sudbury River: A Story of Sand Hill.  Lecture and Power Point presentation as part of Massachusetts Archaeology Month, Wayland Historical Commission and Wayland Archaeology Group, Wayland, MA, 2004. 

Ancient Native Americans and the New England Landscape.  A lecture in the course, Topics in Anthropology – Cultural Resources Management, Anthropology 305, Rhode Island College Anthropology Department, Providence, RI, Spring 2003. 

David Robinson 

Through the Looking Glass: Technology’s Place in Underwater Archaeology.  Underwater archaeology gear and technologies demonstration as part of Massachusetts Archaeology Month, The Custom House Maritime Museum, Newburyport, MA, 2004. 

Marine Archaeology and CRM.  A lecture in the course, Topics in Anthropology – Cultural Resources Management, Anthropology 305, Rhode Island College Anthropology Department, Providence, RI, Spring 2003.

Recent Approaches to Identifying Submerged Prehistoric Sites in Southern New England.  Paper presented as part of  Massachusetts Archaeology Week, symposium Marine Archaeology in Massachusetts and Beyond, sponsored by the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources and the Custom House Maritime Museum, Newburyport, MA,  2003.

Joseph Waller and Ben Ford

Archaeology and CRM in the Field.  A lecture in the course, Topics in Anthropology – Cultural Resources Management, Anthropology 305, Rhode Island College Anthropology Department, Providence, RI, Spring 2003.

Kirk Van Dyke, Alan Leveillee, and Joseph Waller

Rest in Peace?.  A lecture in the course, Topics in Anthropology – Cultural Resources Management, Anthropology 305, Rhode Island College Anthropology Department, Providence, RI, Spring 2003.