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Patricia E Rubertone is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Brown University. Her work focuses on archaeology, history, and anthropology, with an emphasis on colonialism, landscapes, and cultural diversity. She has been involved in researching Native American monuments and their relationship to commemoration and colonialist narratives, aiming to build connections between place-making, community histories, and archaeological practices. Since the 1980s, Rubertone has co-directed excavations of Narragansett Indian burial grounds, developing a long-term commitment to collaborative research with the Narragansett Indian community. Her research utilizes holistic methods that combine anthropology and archaeology to provide a comprehensive understanding of colonial encounters, particularly the material culture surrounding Native American experiences. She has initiated various archaeological projects exploring multi-ethnic histories in New England, focusing on narrative interpretations of colonial heritage. Her teaching encompasses a range of subjects in anthropology, including the role of the past in contemporary society and the methodologies of archaeological fieldwork.
Department: Department of Economics