Sarah Platt


Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Education

  • Ph.D. Syracuse University, Anthropology (Historical Archaeology focus)
  • M.A. Syracuse University, Anthropology
  • B.A. St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Anthropology

Research Interests

  • Archaeology of Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry
  • Seventeenth-century urban development and colonialism
  • Guns and gunsmithing in the colonial southeast
  • Urban archaeology
  • Legacy collections research
  • Archival silences and memory
  • Open science and the digital humanities

Courses Taught

  • Introduction to Anthropology
  • Introduction to Archaeology
  • Historical Archaeology
  • Archaeology Lab Practicum

Publications

  • In prep      Archaeologies of Legacy: Southern Memory, Disciplinary Foremothers, and the Archaeological Archive at the Heyward-Washington House
  • In press    Waiting for Passage: Archaeological Silences and Narratives of Urban Slavery at 87 Church Street, Charleston. Accepted with American Antiquity, anticipated 2025.
  • 2024         Sarah E. Platt and Kelly Britt. Urban Historical Archaeology Of and As Dissonance: An Invitation for Collaboration. Historical Archaeology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-024-00509-4
  • 2020         Urban Dialectics, Misrememberings, and Memory-Work; The Halsey Map of Charleston, South Carolina. International Journal of Historical Archaeology. DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-019-00533-8 
  • 2020         Corey A.H. Sattes, Jon Marcoux, Sarah E. Platt, Martha Zierden, Ron Anthony. Preliminary Identification of African-Style Rouletted Colonoware in the Colonial South Carolina Lowcountry. Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21619441.2020.1840837
Edited Special Issues
  • 2024         Kelly Britt and Sarah Platt. Urban Archaeology of and as Dissonance. Edited special issue for Historical Archaeology.
  • 2020         Alanna Warner-Smith and Sarah Platt. Beyond (between, within, through) the Grid: The Contours of Mapping in Historical Archaeology. Special issue for The International Journal of Historical Archaeology.

Recorded Talks

  • 2024        Unearthing the Old City; Archaeology of the 17th Century at the Heyward-Washington House and Beyond. John A.H. Sweeney Emerging Scholar Lecture. Decorative Arts Trust Fall 2024 Symposium in Charleston, SC. Recording Link.
  • 2021        Museum Taphonomy and Storeroom Excavation; Unpacking the Legacy Collections at 87 Church Street, Charleston. Fall 2021 DAACS Conversations Series: Archaeological Research with Legacy Collections. Recording Link.

 


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