2025 Peabody Institute Annual Report

A N N U A L R E P O R T

FISCAL YEAR 2025

JULY 1, 2024 - JUNE 30, 2025

INTRODUCTIONS

The Peabody strives toward Robert S. Peabody’s 1901 vision to provide a robust forum for anthropology and archaeology-based research and learning for the students and faculty of Phillips Academy.

Our educational programming has become an integral part of the Phillips Academy experience and is made stronger by our leadership in the broader archaeology and education communities.

Work with Tribal Partners on repatriation, collections care, and educational programming has centered our work in social justice and provided a foundation for guiding principles and initiatives that honor and support Indigenous sovereignty.

To educate for a worldof human difference.

OUR TEAM

RYAN WHEELER Director

MARLA TAYLOR Curator of Collections

JOHN BERGMAN-MCCOOL Collections Coordinator

EMMA LAVOIE Administrative Assistant

LAINIE SCHULTZ Curator of Education

Peabody Board of Advisors

Jenny F. Elkus, ’92, Chair

Eric Greenhut, ’92, Vice-Chair

Jaime Arsenault-Cote

Benjamin W. Burke, ’11

Barbara K. Callahan

Mark A. Cutler, P ’24, ’26

Marcelle A. Doheny, P ’18

Isidro Ferrer, ’98

William P. Heidrich, ’72, P ’03, ’11

Apsara Iyer, ’12

Jimmy Moore, ’96

Daniel H. Sandweiss, PhD. ’75

Kuni Schmertzler, P ’05, ’07

Kaaren Shalom, ’79, P ’17

Donald A. Slater, PhD., P ’28

Paulette Steeves, PhD.

Kathleen Sterling, PhD.

Brandon Stroman, ’97

Leland A. Westerfield, ’86, P ’18, ’21

Emeriti Members

Elizabeth Artz Beim, ’58, P ’88

Marshall P Cloyd, ’58, P ’88, ’95, ’03

Meg Conkey, PhD.

James B. Richardson III, PhD.

Ex Officio Members

Thomas P. Lockerby, Secretary of the Academy

Jennifer Pieroni, Director for Advancement Initiatives

PEABODY HIGHLIGHTS

Society for American Archaeology Teaching Award

The Grant County Archaeological Society (GCAS), based in New Mexico, was awarded the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology Award for Archaeology and Education for their volunteer efforts to introduce hundreds of area students to archaeology, site recording and documentation of artifacts, and the human connection with the natural world. GCAS is the only organization in southwest New Mexico that provides educational opportunities to area residents and visitors about the incredibly rich cultural resources of the region and the need to preserve and protect those resources. GCAS leadership and participation in local events like the Hummingbird Festival, National Archaeology Day, and the Mimbres Valley Harvest Festival greatly contribute to public education about archaeology and the importance of preserving archaeological resources in this special, yet remote, part of New Mexico.

Journal of Archaeology & Education

The Journal of Archaeology & Education is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to disseminating research and sharing practices in archaeological education at all levels. During fiscal year 2024-25, JAE published six articles in volumes 8 and 9, with many other articles under review or in production. To read the current issue or submit an article, visit the JAE homepage.

Ramson Lomatewama Fused Glass Workshops

Hopi glass artist Ramson Lomatewama was on campus for a week in December, instructing fused glass workshops for six sections of English 300 and Art 302, as well as two workshops for members of the Academy community. Students and community members had an opportunity to learn about life as an Indigenous glass artist and make their own fused glass pieces under Ramson’s guidance.

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Toya Family Pueblo Pottery Workshop

Mia and Maxine Toya from the Pueblo of Jemez returned to campus in May to work with Thayer Zaeder’s studio ceramics classes. Students crafted their own pieces from New Mexican clay, using traditional techniques to finish and decorate their work, all guided by Mia and Maxine. This was the tenth year of Toya Family pottery workshops at the Academy and we are grateful for the long collaboration between the Toyas, the art department, and the Peabody Institute.

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

Thirty Phillips Academy instructors and over 1,600 students participated in lessons and programs at the Peabody Institute in 2024-25, including workshops with visiting Indigenous scholars and artists. In total, Peabody staff supported 130 class visits; taught one course; and advised an independent study for course credit. This represented 26 different courses across 12 programs.

The Peabody Institute additionally supported extracurricular educational experiences for Phillips Academy students, hosting six advising group tours, two student club events, and giving interviews for three Phillipian articles. Three students visited the Peabody weekly to do volunteer research, and the Peabody served as home for weekly meetings of the Andover Anthropological Society.

COURSES THAT PARTICIPATED IN PEABODY LESSONS BY CURRICULAR AREA:

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Student work was the feature of the April meeting of the Massachusetts ArchaeologicalSociety, with two presentations made by PhillipsAcademy students. The first came from Alberto Agudo ’25, whose talk, Pecos Eagle Bone Flutes: Past, present, and future, gave a summary of the research he completed during winter term while enrolled in an AbbotIndependentScholars project. This was followed by a presentation from the leadership of the Andover AnthropologicalSociety, a new student club on campus dedicated to researching collections housed at the Peabody. IsabelDjerejian ’26,ElliotWeir ’26,Jack Angelo ’26,andAJMcQuide ’26 shared the club’s work-in-progress in a talk entitled Gender Roles in Inupiat Society, Viewed Through the Peabody’s Collection of Inupiat Artifacts.

Peabody staff and volunteers helped student-presenters prepare for this event by attending practice runs of their talks, providing feedback, support, and overall encouragement The talks were well attended and well received, and our studentroud.

PEABODY HIGHLIGHTS

Andover Summer: Dig This! Class

Summer session’s Dig This! archaeology course returned to the Peabody Institute after last year’s closure for renovation and renewal work. This year marked the seventh field season of Dig This! excavations at the site of Samuel Phillips’ Mansion House. Phillips the Academy’s founder built the Mansion House for his family in the 1780s. In 1887 the large, federal style home, which had seen duty as a boarding house and inn, met its end, victim of suspected arson. Dig This! students investigated areas outside the house’s footprint, including a search for a suspected privy. One exciting find was a small, black button, possibly related to Queen Victoria’s 1861 to 1870 decade of mourning. Test excavations also searched for the print shop building (built 1832, razed 1912), which was located in the same area.

Harvard Powwow

The Peabody guided 20 students who attended the Harvard University Native American Program annual powwow on September 28. This year’s theme for the HUNAP Powwow was In My Powwow Era, a nod to Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour. The powwow featured traditional dances and music held by Tribal nations and organizations throughout the New England area. The HUNAP powwow welcomed hundreds of attendees from Harvard, neighboring Native communities, and the Greater Boston area.

New Acquisitions

Melon swirl vessel by Mia Toya (Pueblo of Jemez). Mia is a member of the Corn Clan and was inspired to continue the long tradition of working with clay from many members of her family who are well known artists, including her mom Maxine Toya, grandmother Marie G.Romero, aunt Laura Gachupin, and her sister Dominique Toya. Mia began working with clay at the age of 14 and continues to add her unique style of art to this day, constructing pieces using hand coiling methods, stone polished slips, and figural elements like her distinctive butterfly lids.

Wampum belt replicas by Tony Gonyea, Faith Keeper of the Onondaga Nation. Tony is well known for crafting modern wampum belt replicas, melding traditional designs and techniques with modern materials. A 2014 article by Wendy Gonyea on the Onondaga Nation’s website tells us that Tony’s oñgwehoñwe name is Wah’hasoñhdah, “He’s adding on.” Tony explains that to create a belt, “It takes hours upon hours into the evening. Working a little at a time, but when a belt is finished the end product is amazing. It feels nearly as powerful as the original.”

VISITING RESEARCHERS

In support of its mission to engage constituents, the Peabody encourages research on the collections. Consent from affiliated Indigenous communities is required for access to the research collections, archives and photographic materials. In total, the Peabody received 32 research requests over the past year

Highlights:

Daniel Wilcox is a PhD student at the University at Albany. Daniel is conducting 3D scans of steatite lamps and cooking vessels from Canada. This morphometric data will be used to compare changes in these vessels between Inuit and Paleo-Inuit communities. The study has implications on the movement of Inuit people and use of cooking vessels over time.

Dr. Kurt Rademaker is an Associate Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of the First Americans Laboratory at Texas A&M University. His research interests include early human ecology and settlement dynamics of the central Andean highlands. Dr. Rademaker is conducting isotope analysis on faunal remains from Pikimachay and Jaywamachay Caves in Peru. The results of the analysis will add information about the age of the sites and the hunting behaviors of the people who lived there.

As part of its outreach program, the Peabody welcomed seven volunteers - PA students as well as adults from the wider community. All volunteers assist with a diversity of collection projects ranging from moving collections to inventory and rehousing.

Student volunteers from Phillips Academy are often former work-duty students who wish to continue assisting at the Peabody. Student volunteers developed skills in mount-making for moccasins in the collection. They began by creating cardboard prototypes and progressed through to a final design executed on archival blue board with hand-sewn internal supports.

VOLUNTEERS WORK DUTY

At PhillipsAcademy, Lowers (10 graders) are assigned to a variety of jobs aimed at tangible improvements and maintenance of campus resources. The Peabody is part of the Work Duty program as one of the venues for students to commit their hours of service.

During FY25, ten Lowers gave the Peabody their time and energy. The students inventoried and rehoused collections from areas that will be impacted by building work into safe spaces. The project was an early step to prepare for upcoming building renovations.

COLLABORATIVE LOANS

The Peabody loaned three items to the Addison Gallery of American Art for their fall exhibition, Kay WalkingStick/Hudson River School. Organized by the New-York HistoricalSociety, the exhibition placed landscape paintings by WalkingStick, a Cherokee artist, in conversation with 19 century Hudson River School paintings. Two Mohican baskets and one Wampanoag vessel were selected from the Peabody to augment the curated displays.

Exhibition programing included a virtual presentation on Caring for Native American collections by Marla Taylor and Ryan Wheeler and a demonstration by basketry artist Monique Tyndall, a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians.

Active and Ongoing Loans: 4

Pecos National Historic Park

National Museum of African American History and Culture

University of California Merced and the Southern Sierra Miwuk

Walatowa Visitor Center, Pueblo of Jemez

NAGPRA & REPATRIATION

The Peabody Institute has been at the forefront of Native American Graves Protection andRepatriation Act(NAGPRA) compliance since the inception of the act in the 1990s.

During FY25, consultations were conducted with over twenty-five Tribes and Native Nations across the country to facilitate repatriation of ancestors and belongings remaining at the Peabody.

The Peabody published two Notices of Inventory Completion and one Notice of Intent to repatriate. As a result, twenty-two ancestors and 1,443 items are able to be repatriated back to their affiliated communities.

Tribal Consultation Partners – 2025

PEABODY HIGHLIGHTS

Dr. Lainie

Schultz, Curator

of Education

Lainie Schultz joined the Peabody team as our Curator of Education & Outreach in August! Lainie is a museum anthropologist and educator, who most recently was the head of teaching and learning at the HarvardPeabody Museumof Archaeology & Ethnology, a position that she occupied for 9 years. She has a PhD from Australian NationalUniversity, an MA from the University of British Columbia, and an undergraduate degree from Harvard.

Lainie has published and presented on her work, including articles on object based learning, decolonization and Indigenous pedagogy in university museums, and multiculturalism in museum education. At Harvard she was involved in a number of committees, including the EthicalStewardship Committee and the Collections Access,Research,andTeaching Committee.

Lainie describes herself as “ a flexible and creative educator committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in teaching and learning practices, and to expanding the knowledges we give space for in our educational institutions.”

Peabody Board of Advisors

The Peabody Board of Advisors or PBA is a group of alumni, faculty, archaeologists, parents, and friends that support the work of the Peabody Institute through strategic planning, development, and advocacy. At the fall meeting of the PBA, the group worked with f ilit t Cl di L h t th th t th d i b d best suppor anticipate re from fall 202

Annual Report

Gene Winter Chapter, Massachusetts Archaeological Society

The monthly meetings of the Gene Winter Chapter of the Massachusetts ArchaeologicalSociety (MAS) returned to the Peabody Institute in September. Talks this year explored classical archaeology, animal graveyards in Ireland, lead toxicity in the North Atlantic, Japanese perceptions of death and the afterlife, Revolutionary War shipwrecks, and more!

Unfortunately, the May meeting of the Gene Winter chapter ended a tradition dating back to the 1940s and the origins of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society at the Peabody Institute. MAS is reimagining their structure, including dissolution of regional chapters.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

David Shane Lowry spoke to a packed house on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. David’s talk, ‘The End Depends on (Stolen Indian Land)’: the responsibilities of Phillips Academy on Indigenous Peoples Day explored the intersection of educational institutions like Phillips Academy and their responsibilities to Indigenous histories and modern Indigenous people. David Shane Lowry is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of Southern Maine. He grew up in (and is an enrolled member of) the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.

SUPPORTING THE MISSION

We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of all donors who supported the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology with a cash gift between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.

Efforts are made to properly acknowledge Peabody donors; if an error has occurred in this report, please contact Jennifer Pieroni jpieroni@andover.edu.

Organizations

Sumner Roy Kates Charitable Trust

Individuals

Donald B. Abbott

Elizabeth B. Abbott

Alberto Agudo Dieguez '25

Jennifer Alvarez

P. Liam Arce '20

Josie H. Arnold '19

Paula A. Atwood '68

Lindsay A. Baker '05

Jeffrey G. Bakkensen '06

Jen Bakkensen

Joyce Baldyga GP'29

Leonard Baldyga GP'29

Natalya M. Baldyga P'29

Maureen Barden

Elizabeth Artz Beim '58, P'88

Candace K. Beinecke P'02

Frederick W. Beinecke '62, P'02

Aliyah S. Belinkie '13

Harold R. Benson, Jr. '48

Maria Vincenza Quaegnali Benson

Key:

* = deceased

John M. Bergman-McCool

Michelle Y. Billy '92

Laura F. Blake

Michael R. Blake

Cynthia Hubbard Bluh '55

Charles D. Boddy, Jr. '80

Carter H. Boyle '07

David L. Boyle P'07

David Braslau

Clint Broderick

Kevin S Buehler P'19, '21, '24, '26

Nicholas R. Buehler '21

Benjamin W. Burke '11

Bjorn Buschan '01

Julian P-K. Chang '78

John Cherubini

Nicole H Cherubini

S. Terry Childs

Pamela Chow P'27

Margaret W. Conkey

Janet Horne Constantine P'89, '97

John B. Constantine P'89, '97

Dana D Crater P'20

Scott E. Crater P'20

Annual Report

Margaret Darmanin

William R. Dekle '85

Evan F. DelGaudio '08

Rebecca S Demsetz P'16, '19

Michael DiPanni

Shaun S. Donahoe '62

Paul E. Donahue P'05, '08

Susan Urie Donahue '73, P'05, '08

Anne M. Donahue-Boddy

Rene A Dufour

Emma Elder

James H. Elder IV '07

James H. Elkus '91

Jenny F. Elkus '92

Lorna W. Elkus P'91, '92

Laura F Empey P'22

Warren S. Empey '91, P'22

Cole Ettingoff

David H. Evans, Jr. '61

Marice Epps Evans

Kristin Faivre

Nicholas Faivre

Ada M. Fan, PhD. P'04, '07

Liliana Fernandes P'26

Paulo Fernandes P'26

Isidro Ferrer '98

Giovanni Figliomeni P'14

William O Finch P'09

Aaron J. Flanagan '94

Katherine M. Flynn '15

Richard Gilligan P'17

Cameron M. Gillis '17

Hilary L. Gillis '15

Mark J Gillis P'15, '17, '19

Stacy L. Gillis P'15, '17, '19

Elizabeth Johnson Green '77

George N. Green, III

Eric R Greenhut '92, P'27

Pamela Greenhut P'27

John M. Grillo '69, P'07

Gregory T. Grote P'02

Shelly D. Guyer '78

Nathan D. Hamilton, M.D.

Wesley E Hartwell '07

Jingyi He

Henry B. Hearle '20

Mary Winn M. Hearle P'20, '22

Michael J. Hearle '89, P'20, '22

Samuel S. Hearle '22

William P Heidrich '72, P'03, '11

Anne Marie Bartlow Helgesen P'81

Peter E. Helgesen '54, P'81

Frank F. Herron '70, P'00

Vanessa Hinds

Tim Hine

Brit A Holten '02, P'25

Kim R. Honetschlager P'09

William L. Hudson '70

Karen Humphries Sallick '83, P'14, '17

Thomas M. Huntington

William J. Hurlin '76

Ananth V Iyer, Ph D P'12, '15

Apsara A. Iyer '12

Vidhya Iyer P'12, '15

Lisa M. Johnson '85

Edith M. Jolin

SUPPORTING THE MISSION

Brittany N. Kaiser '05

Timothy M. Kaiser '72

David L. Kaliner

Bruce L Kennedy, II

Margaret G. Klarberg Kennedy '96

Tasfia Khan '14

Kaylie S. Kim P'17, '21

Dongsoo D. Koh P'17, '21

Limin Kong P'27

Kim B Kozol P'18, '18, '27

Matthew Kozol P'18, '18, '27

Michaela A. Kozol '18

Catherine E. Kuehn Price P'13, '15

Ernest H. Latham, Jr., Ph.D. '56, P'98

Ioana Latham

Emma K Lavoie

Qi Liu P'25

Thomas P. Lockerby

Angela S. Lorenz '83, P'14

Yain Y. Lu

Heather Dunbar Lucas '88, P'13

John C Lucas, M D P'13

Audrey Taylor MacLean '53

Lauren Marrus P'12, '14

Michael E. Marrus '81, P'12, '14

Sharon Mastone

Victor Mastone

Isabelle R Matloff '24

Kathleen J. McCrickerd

D. Peter McIntyre '52

Matt McKibbin

Hilary M. McKinnon P'13

Mary G. McQuiston

Clarisa S Merkatz '19

Sophia N. Miller '18

James O. Moore V '96

Lauren C. Moore

Victor A Morris, M D '82

Shannon Morris, M.D.

Debra Myers P'10

James A. Neely

Kevin P. Newhall '13

Veronica I. Nutting '16

Ryan S O'Meara '17

Sarp Orgul '16

David A. Othmer '59

Beth Parsons

Timothy Parsons

Bonnie Lynn Patch P'07

David A Perrault '92

Adam Pieroni P'28

Jennifer Pieroni P'28

Richard S. Pieters, Jr. '66

C. Perry Poole

Laura Vinroot Poole '90

Elizabeth Parker Powell '56, P'84, '90, GP'19

Malcolm K. Price P'13, '15

Victoria Quay

John S. Quinlan '97

Gail Ralston

Elizabeth Rankin

Jacob Rasmussen P'26

Susan J. Regan P'22

Thomas M. Regan P'22

Kayla Reilly

Julia H. Ren Jackson '15

Elizabeth A. Reppas '23

Richard L. Reynolds, Ph.D. '64

Allison M. Rhangos

William C Rhangos, Jr '76

James F. Ricker '09

Annette Rodriguez-Ferrer

Donald B. Rollings '70

Nancy Risk Rollings*

Quinn B. Rosefsky, M.D. '59

Susan Retchford Rosefsky

Rachel Sacks

Monisha A. Saldanha '92

Daniel H. Sandweiss, Ph.D. '75

Maria del C. Sandweiss

Alisa Savetamal, MD '85, P'19, '21, '24, '26

Ethan J Schmertzler '07

Ian M. Schmertzler '05

Kuni S. Schmertzler P'05, '07

Michael Schmertzler '70, P'05, '07

Blythe A. Scott P'16, '20

Simon H. Scott III P'16, '20

Joshua B Seiple '23

Martin V. Serna '07

Nicolas V. Serna '10

Kaaren Shalom '79, P'17

Helen W. Simpson '16

John L. Simpson P'16, '19

Kerry Sinclair

Kevin S. Sinclair '01

Donald A. Slater P'28

Elizabeth J. Slater P'28

Wenjie Song P'21, '26

Allen C. Soong '92, P'27

Ming Lily Kuo Soong P'92, GP'27

Cynthia I. Sorensen '63

Mary Ann Milias St. Peter P'02

George W. Steers '59

Lucy B Steers

Kathleen Sterling

William F. Stiles '58

Brandon L. Stroman '97

Ellen M. Sullivan

Jonathan T. Sze '12

Amy Tang P'26

Rosalie Taubman P'79, GP'17*

Gail R. Thorndike P'02

Robert A. Thorndike II '75, P'02

Sandra A. Urie '70

William L. Vandeventer '78

Katherine N Vega '14

Dustin Villarreal

Nicole M. Crocker Villarreal '05

Jeffrey S. Wang '95

Peter C. Warsaw P'04, '07

Hugh A. West '64

Rosalie Aldrich West

Adrienne B. Westerfield P'18, '21

Leland A. Westerfield '86, P'18, '21

Ryan J. Wheeler P'29

Gordon D. Wilkins

Kira E. Wyckoff '12

Anna Yakabe Ricker

Yuko Yoshikawa

Hang Zhao P'27

Kanyan Zhou P'25

Ping Zhou P'21, '26