Participant Info
- First Name
- Patty
- Last Name
- Hamrick
- Country
- United States
- State
- NY New York
- hamrick.p@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Independant Scholar
- Website URL
- Keywords
- Archaeology, Bronze Age, Indus Civilization, Harappans, Ancient South Asia, Ancient India, Colonial New York City, Slavery in New York City, the American Revolution in New York City, the African Burial Ground
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
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- About Me
I am a historian and archaeologist with a passion for bringing academic knowledge to a popular audience. In that vein, I research and teach on a variety of topics for the public at Brooklyn Brainery. I also write articles explaining the latest technical research in understandable terms at Massive Science and other websites.
I received my M.A. in archaeology from New York University. My work focused on Bronze Age South Asia, the urban civilization known as the Indus or the Harappans. I studied how social identities (such as gender and class) were expressed through material culture, writing a thesis titled “Ornaments and Value: Bangles in the Indus”. As part of my research, I worked on archaeological excavations in the United States, Cyprus, Syria, Oman, and India.
Recently I switched research focus to the African Burial Ground, a cemetery for enslaved and free African-Americans that was used from the late 1600s until 1795. The cemetery is located in modern-day lower Manhattan and was excavated by archaeologists in the 1990s. Although it is now the site of a memorial and small museum, knowledge of its existence is not widespread. I am working on a manuscript of popular narrative history to bring more awareness to the African Burial Ground.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- pluperfectpatty
- Country Focus
- United States, India, Pakistan
- Expertise by Geography
- India, United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- Ancient, 18th century
- Expertise by Topic
- American Revolution, Colonialism, Material Culture, Public History, Race, Slavery, Urban History