Lost Cause commemoration for 2nd Manassas. Interesting that the first flag is official first flag of the Confederacy, but personal commemoration for Tennessee still clings to the battle flag.

Best illustrated by this already dated breastplate half modified with lip on the right shoulder to allow the effective use of a musket.

And the intersection of the Medieval and the modern with the armor fragments.

Some of my favorite artifacts from the SEAC tour of Jamestown. Starting off with the this wee 1st/2nd century Roman oil lamp.
Curation of past objects in the past. historicjamestowne.org/collections/...

Happy to have been a part of this session at #SEAC24 honoring the man who got me into archaeology. Who once recited the entirety of the Riddle of Strider while I was excavating a feature at field school. Hence the title . . . I wandered far from Kevin’s research foci, but his legacy is his impact