Summer Internship Leads to Senior Thesis

​Through a 2021 summer internship with the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Sam Side worked with archaeological collections from excavations at the John Dickinson Plantation (Dover, DE) under the guidance of Dr. Lu Ann De Cunzo to analyze and create an understanding of the lives and experiences of the people who lived and worked at the John Dickinson Plantation through the lens of current social phenomena, like the Black Lives Matter movement. The ability to expand the stories of the African Americans who l​​ived and worked at the plantation through archaeological artifacts can help contribute to a larger understanding of the experiences faced in the past and how these have influenced experiences in the present day. Sam is expanding her research into a Senior Thesis this fall and spring. ​