Key Pages:
Archaeology of Rhode Island Hall
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the site report
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archive
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people
The Transformation of Rhode Island Hall
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology
Search Brown
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: (401) 863-3188
Fax: (401) 863-9423
[email protected]
Site-specifics encompasses what might fall under the rubric of contextual archaeology. But there is more. Site-specificity refers to the exchanges that occur through located sets of interaction. Consider that the College Green side of Rhode Island was once the stage for the Statue of Caesar Augustus which subsequently moved to Wriston Quad. How does the issue of location impact student, professor, staff, or visitor interaction with the statue-adjacent-to-RI Hall?