Associate Professor
Email: agbe-davies(@)unc.edu
Phone: 919-962-5267
Department of Anthropology
CB #3115 / 301 Alumni Building
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3115
Professional Background:
I am an historical archaeologist with research interests in the plantation societies of the colonial southeastern US and Caribbean, as well as towns and cities of the 19th and 20th century Midwest, with a particular focus on the African diaspora.
I received my Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania after completing a dissertation examining locally-made clay tobacco pipes from rural and urban sites in and around Jamestown, Virginia. Prior to that, I was a staff archaeologist for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s Department of Archaeological Research, and even earlier, an undergraduate at the College of William and Mary.
Before coming to Carolina, I was an assistant professor in the anthropology department at DePaul University. My current research projects include excavation and community collaboration at the sites of New Philadelphia, Illinois, and the Phyllis Wheatley Home for Girls on the south side of Chicago.