Alice P Wright
Biographic Data
| ID | 94875 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice P Wright |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice P |
| FAMILY NAME | Wright |
| SIGNATURE | WRIGHT A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Appalachian State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4776-4644 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 116 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Dig where we stand: Engaging communities in Southeastern archaeology
This introduction to the special issue discusses the roots and role of community archaeology in the Southeast, placing work in this region in dialogue with global approaches to community-based participatory research and related engaged research agendas. It also highlights common themes that appear throughout the special issue.
Death and rebirth of structures in the Middle Woodland period of the Appalachian Summit
Postholes that were filled with sand or rocks after pulling the posts have been found on two Middle Woodland sites with Hopewell connections in the Appalachian Summit of western North Carolina. Previous interpretations are that the dismantling of the structures and filling of the postholes was an act of ritual closure or termination of the structures’ lives. Experimental replication of posthole excavation, filling, and re-excavation support the h…
Late Woodland settlement ecology of the Appalachian Summit
The Late Woodland (ca. AD 800–1500) was a time of socioeconomic and environmental change in the Appalachian Summit. Changing climatic conditions and the introduction of maize agriculture made permanent settlement in these high-elevation mountain landscapes possible for the first time. We adopt a settlement ecology approach to examine how Late Woodland communities situated themselves in the landscape. Drawing upon geospatial analyses of legacy dat…
Building a Sustainable Community Archaeology in Black Appalachia
Junaluska is a historically Black community in the southern Appalachian town of Boone, North Carolina. In 2020, we began a collaborative archaeology project with the community-based Junaluska Heritage Association to address two community concerns: (1) identifying unmarked graves at the Clarissa Hill Cemetery and (2) learning more about the nineteenth and early twentieth-century origins of Junaluska. Here we present our ongoing work on these herit…
From the Trowel’s Edge to the Scholarly Sidelines: Community-Based Research in Academic Archaeology, 2012–2021
Community-based approaches in archaeology are poised to make an important contribution to the decolonization of the discipline. Archaeologists who are committed to this agenda are undoubtedly aware that community archaeology is a vibrant and growing research area, but the extent to which the practical aspects and interpretive impact of community archaeology are known beyond its adherents is unclear. This article reviews recent publication trends …
Emplacement and path dependence in the American Midsouth
Composing Complexity in the Eastern Woodlands
The archaeological record of the American Eastern Woodlands has been the subject of research on the origins and organization of complex societies for decades. Much of this research, ultimately grounded in political-economic theories of accumulation, underscores how foraging, horticultural, and agricultural societies manifested complexity in different ways belying their similar signposts of complexity, including monumental architecture, long-dista…
Garden Creek: The Archaeology of Interaction in Middle Woodland Appalachia
Garden Creek: The Archaeology of Interaction in Middle Woodland Appalachia
The Future of American Archaeology: Engage the Voting Public or Kiss Your Research Goodbye
Over the past several years, we have seen many attacks on publicly funded and mandated archaeology in the United States. These attacks occur at the state level, where governors and state legislatures try to defund or outright eliminate state archaeological programs and institutions. We have also seen several attacks at the federal level. Some members of Congress showcase archaeology as a waste of public tax dollars, and others propose legislation…
The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology
In 2014, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) conducted a sexual harassment survey of its membership. The survey's goal was to investigate whether sexual harassment had occurred among its members, and if so, to document the rate and demographics of harassment. Our findings include a high (66%) level of harassment, primarily among women, with an additional 13% of respondents reporting sexual assault. This article provides an overview …
Gathering at Silver Glen: Community and history in Late Archaic Florida
Gathering at Silver Glen: community and history in Late Archaic Florida." Southeastern Archaeology, 37(3), pp. 255–256
Local and “Global” Perspectives on the Middle Woodland Southeast
Private property, public archaeology: Resident communities as stakeholders in American archaeology
In the United States, archaeological sites on private lands have few legal protections, and are thus at risk of damage or destruction. To alleviate these risks, archaeologists must engage thoughtfully with private property owners and develop strategies to promote site stewardship. In this article, I identify the resident community – those people who live on archaeological sites, regardless of their ancestral ties to those sites- as an important s…
Ritualised craft production at the Hopewell periphery: New evidence from the Appalachian Summit
History, Monumentality, and Interaction in the Appalachian Summit Middle Woodland
The Middle Woodland period in eastern North America witnessed a florescence of monumental architecture and material exchange linked to widespread networks of ritual interaction. Although these networks encompassed large geographic areas and persisted for several centuries, extant archaeological models have tended to characterize Middle Woodland interaction as an historically unitary process. Using new data from the Garden Creek site in North Caro…
Early and Middle Woodland Landscapes of the Southeast
Integrates empirical data with social structural notions such as persistent, ritual, cultural, and social places, striving to explore the totality of landscape experiences across temporal and spatial spaces in the American Southeast
The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology
In 2014, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) conducted a sexual harassment survey of its membership. The survey's goal was to investigate whether sexual harassment had occurred among its members, and if so, to document the rate and demographics of harassment. Our findings include a high (66%) level of harassment, primarily among women, with an additional 13% of respondents reporting sexual assault. This article provides an overview …
Local and “Global” Perspectives on the Middle Woodland Southeast
Ritualised craft production at the Hopewell periphery: New evidence from the Appalachian Summit
History, Monumentality, and Interaction in the Appalachian Summit Middle Woodland
The Middle Woodland period in eastern North America witnessed a florescence of monumental architecture and material exchange linked to widespread networks of ritual interaction. Although these networks encompassed large geographic areas and persisted for several centuries, extant archaeological models have tended to characterize Middle Woodland interaction as an historically unitary process. Using new data from the Garden Creek site in North Caro…
Private property, public archaeology: Resident communities as stakeholders in American archaeology
In the United States, archaeological sites on private lands have few legal protections, and are thus at risk of damage or destruction. To alleviate these risks, archaeologists must engage thoughtfully with private property owners and develop strategies to promote site stewardship. In this article, I identify the resident community – those people who live on archaeological sites, regardless of their ancestral ties to those sites- as an important s…
Composing Complexity in the Eastern Woodlands
The archaeological record of the American Eastern Woodlands has been the subject of research on the origins and organization of complex societies for decades. Much of this research, ultimately grounded in political-economic theories of accumulation, underscores how foraging, horticultural, and agricultural societies manifested complexity in different ways belying their similar signposts of complexity, including monumental architecture, long-dista…
The Future of American Archaeology: Engage the Voting Public or Kiss Your Research Goodbye
Over the past several years, we have seen many attacks on publicly funded and mandated archaeology in the United States. These attacks occur at the state level, where governors and state legislatures try to defund or outright eliminate state archaeological programs and institutions. We have also seen several attacks at the federal level. Some members of Congress showcase archaeology as a waste of public tax dollars, and others propose legislation…
From the Trowel’s Edge to the Scholarly Sidelines: Community-Based Research in Academic Archaeology, 2012–2021
Community-based approaches in archaeology are poised to make an important contribution to the decolonization of the discipline. Archaeologists who are committed to this agenda are undoubtedly aware that community archaeology is a vibrant and growing research area, but the extent to which the practical aspects and interpretive impact of community archaeology are known beyond its adherents is unclear. This article reviews recent publication trends …
Emplacement and path dependence in the American Midsouth
Building a Sustainable Community Archaeology in Black Appalachia
Junaluska is a historically Black community in the southern Appalachian town of Boone, North Carolina. In 2020, we began a collaborative archaeology project with the community-based Junaluska Heritage Association to address two community concerns: (1) identifying unmarked graves at the Clarissa Hill Cemetery and (2) learning more about the nineteenth and early twentieth-century origins of Junaluska. Here we present our ongoing work on these herit…
Late Woodland settlement ecology of the Appalachian Summit
The Late Woodland (ca. AD 800–1500) was a time of socioeconomic and environmental change in the Appalachian Summit. Changing climatic conditions and the introduction of maize agriculture made permanent settlement in these high-elevation mountain landscapes possible for the first time. We adopt a settlement ecology approach to examine how Late Woodland communities situated themselves in the landscape. Drawing upon geospatial analyses of legacy dat…
Early and Middle Woodland Landscapes of the Southeast
Integrates empirical data with social structural notions such as persistent, ritual, cultural, and social places, striving to explore the totality of landscape experiences across temporal and spatial spaces in the American Southeast
History, Monumentality, and Interaction in the Appalachian Summit Middle Woodland
The Middle Woodland period in eastern North America witnessed a florescence of monumental architecture and material exchange linked to widespread networks of ritual interaction. Although these networks encompassed large geographic areas and persisted for several centuries, extant archaeological models have tended to characterize Middle Woodland interaction as an historically unitary process. Using new data from the Garden Creek site in North Caro…
Private property, public archaeology: Resident communities as stakeholders in American archaeology
In the United States, archaeological sites on private lands have few legal protections, and are thus at risk of damage or destruction. To alleviate these risks, archaeologists must engage thoughtfully with private property owners and develop strategies to promote site stewardship. In this article, I identify the resident community – those people who live on archaeological sites, regardless of their ancestral ties to those sites- as an important s…
Ritualised craft production at the Hopewell periphery: New evidence from the Appalachian Summit
Local and “Global” Perspectives on the Middle Woodland Southeast
The Future of American Archaeology: Engage the Voting Public or Kiss Your Research Goodbye
Over the past several years, we have seen many attacks on publicly funded and mandated archaeology in the United States. These attacks occur at the state level, where governors and state legislatures try to defund or outright eliminate state archaeological programs and institutions. We have also seen several attacks at the federal level. Some members of Congress showcase archaeology as a waste of public tax dollars, and others propose legislation…
The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology
In 2014, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) conducted a sexual harassment survey of its membership. The survey's goal was to investigate whether sexual harassment had occurred among its members, and if so, to document the rate and demographics of harassment. Our findings include a high (66%) level of harassment, primarily among women, with an additional 13% of respondents reporting sexual assault. This article provides an overview …
Gathering at Silver Glen: Community and history in Late Archaic Florida
Gathering at Silver Glen: community and history in Late Archaic Florida." Southeastern Archaeology, 37(3), pp. 255–256
Garden Creek: The Archaeology of Interaction in Middle Woodland Appalachia
Garden Creek: The Archaeology of Interaction in Middle Woodland Appalachia
Composing Complexity in the Eastern Woodlands
The archaeological record of the American Eastern Woodlands has been the subject of research on the origins and organization of complex societies for decades. Much of this research, ultimately grounded in political-economic theories of accumulation, underscores how foraging, horticultural, and agricultural societies manifested complexity in different ways belying their similar signposts of complexity, including monumental architecture, long-dista…
Late Woodland settlement ecology of the Appalachian Summit
The Late Woodland (ca. AD 800–1500) was a time of socioeconomic and environmental change in the Appalachian Summit. Changing climatic conditions and the introduction of maize agriculture made permanent settlement in these high-elevation mountain landscapes possible for the first time. We adopt a settlement ecology approach to examine how Late Woodland communities situated themselves in the landscape. Drawing upon geospatial analyses of legacy dat…
Building a Sustainable Community Archaeology in Black Appalachia
Junaluska is a historically Black community in the southern Appalachian town of Boone, North Carolina. In 2020, we began a collaborative archaeology project with the community-based Junaluska Heritage Association to address two community concerns: (1) identifying unmarked graves at the Clarissa Hill Cemetery and (2) learning more about the nineteenth and early twentieth-century origins of Junaluska. Here we present our ongoing work on these herit…
From the Trowel’s Edge to the Scholarly Sidelines: Community-Based Research in Academic Archaeology, 2012–2021
Community-based approaches in archaeology are poised to make an important contribution to the decolonization of the discipline. Archaeologists who are committed to this agenda are undoubtedly aware that community archaeology is a vibrant and growing research area, but the extent to which the practical aspects and interpretive impact of community archaeology are known beyond its adherents is unclear. This article reviews recent publication trends …
Emplacement and path dependence in the American Midsouth
Death and rebirth of structures in the Middle Woodland period of the Appalachian Summit
Postholes that were filled with sand or rocks after pulling the posts have been found on two Middle Woodland sites with Hopewell connections in the Appalachian Summit of western North Carolina. Previous interpretations are that the dismantling of the structures and filling of the postholes was an act of ritual closure or termination of the structures’ lives. Experimental replication of posthole excavation, filling, and re-excavation support the h…
Dig where we stand: Engaging communities in Southeastern archaeology
This introduction to the special issue discusses the roots and role of community archaeology in the Southeast, placing work in this region in dialogue with global approaches to community-based participatory research and related engaged research agendas. It also highlights common themes that appear throughout the special issue.
Archaeology (15 works) · Geography (14 works) · History (12 works) · History (11 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 works) · Woodland (7 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (6 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (6 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Political science (6 works)