Jackie Rodgers | University of West Florida (original) (raw)
I am a recent graduate of the University of West Florida awarded my master's in Historical Archaeology. My thesis is on reanalyzing older collections of Pensacola's red light district. I enjoy rediscovering what's in old boxes as much as finding out what's in the dirt, and I hope to find a job collections management.
Supervisors: Norine Carroll, Elizabeth Benchley, and Ramie Gougeon
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While reanalyzing collections rather than conducting new excavations is generally considered “uns... more While reanalyzing collections rather than conducting new excavations is generally considered “unsexy” in archaeology, the collections crisis the discipline is facing dictates that older collections be used more frequently for new research. Difficulties in reestablishing collections’ contexts can be formidable obstacles, but the results can be incredibly rewarding. New studies can reinvigorate old research and produce insightful information for different historical contexts that were not previously examined. For instance terrestrial archaeology in Pensacola, Florida has almost exclusively focused on the city’s rich colonial past, while the city’s more recent American history remains largely unstudied by archaeologists. This paper will focus on the on-going reanalysis of collections of Pensacola’s red light district, and the titillating insights that are emerging from part of the city’s overlooked past.
While reanalyzing collections rather than conducting new excavations is generally considered “uns... more While reanalyzing collections rather than conducting new excavations is generally considered “unsexy” in archaeology, the collections crisis the discipline is facing dictates that older collections be used more frequently for new research. Difficulties in reestablishing collections’ contexts can be formidable obstacles, but the results can be incredibly rewarding. New studies can reinvigorate old research and produce insightful information for different historical contexts that were not previously examined. For instance terrestrial archaeology in Pensacola, Florida has almost exclusively focused on the city’s rich colonial past, while the city’s more recent American history remains largely unstudied by archaeologists. This paper will focus on the on-going reanalysis of collections of Pensacola’s red light district, and the titillating insights that are emerging from part of the city’s overlooked past.