Jillian E. Galle

  • About
  • Artifact Breaks
  • Projects
    • Teaching
    • Collaborations
    • Current Fieldwork
    • Data and Code
    • The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS)
  • Research
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  • Contact

Jillian E. Galle, PhD

Jillian is an archaeologist specializing in the early modern Atlantic World. She studies how carefully collected and curated data on small artifacts–from glass trade beads and pottery fragments to fish bones and buttons–can help us understand how women and men navigated enslavement in constantly changing social and physical environments.


Teaching

Artifact Breaks

Collaborations

Jillian teaches material culture, archaeological analysis, and survey and excavation methods in classroom and field settings….

Debuting in October 2025, Artifact Breaks is an ongoing series of video shorts designed to help archaeologists and the public identify material culture found on archaeological sites across the early modern Atlantic World….

Archaeology is an inherently collaborative form for scholarship. Fieldwork and collections analysis are supported by scores of students and scholars working behind the scenes…


Field Work

Data and Code

DAACS

Jillian conducts archaeological survey, excavation, and architectural documentation in the Caribbean….

In the coming year, Jillian is ensuring all her past and current research complies with open science initiatives….

In 2000, Jillian was hired to design, build, and direct the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery, one of the longest running digital archaeological archives….

Archaeology in Trelawny Parish JAMAICA

  • About
  • Artifact Breaks
  • Projects
    • Teaching
    • Collaborations
    • Current Fieldwork
    • Data and Code
    • The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS)
  • Research
  • Watch
  • Contact
  • Instagram

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