Presenting Natchez to Archaeologists
February 22, 2016 | By Ashley Peles
This post is coming somewhat late, but I do have a good excuse; for the past week I’ve been down in Natchez, Mississippi. A small contingent of archaeologists traveled from UNC in order to do a few things: fieldwork, meet with the NPS, and present at the joint meeting of...
ReBuilding Natchez…slowly
January 12, 2016 | By Ashley Peles
During the fall, I introduced my project to re imagine Natchez during the 1720s, before it was burned to the ground. My idea for this project involves touch-screen navigation of a Unity3d model of the area around Fort Rosalie. I also want to incorporate an archaeological perspective into the information...
ReCreating Natchez: Starting from the Bottom
September 02, 2015 | By Ashley Peles
Hi everyone! My name is Ashley Peles and I am currently a doctoral candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill. My research is based around understanding foodways through both floral and faunal analysis. In particular, my doctoral research involves the analysis of assemblages from three Late Woodland mound sites in the Lower Mississippi...