Hi, Olivia! First, thank you so much for your kind words! Regarding your curiosity about my incorporation of queer theory, I can speak a little to that. A large portion of the way in which I applied queer theory was to challenge normativity in unilineal chronologies, yes. As for marginalized perspectives, there were two ways in which I approached marginalization. The first was in discussion of the marginalization of Indigenous perspectives and immense erasure of Indigenous history that has taken place (and continues to take place) in what is now considered to be Ohio and how this relates to our archaeological understanding of this region’s past. The second way in which I approached marginalization was to demonstrate that the Late Woodland has been marginalized when compared to its bracketing periods. This allowed me to use the reflective principles of queer theory to guide my reevaluation of the period. A final way in which I used queer theory was to interrogate the validity of our classification schema for societies itself, but this was an area that I was not able to explore in great depth in my IS.

Hi, Olivia! First, thank you so much for your kind words! Regarding your curiosity about my incorporation of queer theory, I can speak a little to that. A large portion of the way in which I applied queer theory was to challenge normativity in unilineal chronologies, yes. As for marginalized perspectives, there were two ways in which I approached marginalization. The first was in discussion of the marginalization of Indigenous perspectives and immense erasure of Indigenous history that has taken place (and continues to take place) in what is now considered to be Ohio and how this relates to our archaeological understanding of this region’s past. The second way in which I approached marginalization was to demonstrate that the Late Woodland has been marginalized when compared to its bracketing periods. This allowed me to use the reflective principles of queer theory to guide my reevaluation of the period. A final way in which I used queer theory was to interrogate the validity of our classification schema for societies itself, but this was an area that I was not able to explore in great depth in my IS.

Congratulations Devin. Aunt Pat and I are very proud of your accomplishments. Uncle Paul

Congratulations Devin. Aunt Pat and I are very proud of your accomplishments. Uncle Paul