Provost Veit Publishes ‘The Archaeology of the American Revolution’

Richard Veit, Ph.D., provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and professor of anthropology, is co-editor of "The Archaeology of the American Revolution" (University Press of Florida, 2025), which offers new interpretations of the Revolutionary War era in a "wide-ranging collection of cutting-edge archaeology and interdisciplinary insights."

"I am thankful to the University of Florida Press for publishing the book and to the volume's many contributors for demonstrating how archaeology can provide important new insights into the American Revolution," said Veit. "Chapter authors include several Monmouth University faculty members and alumni, including Profs. Adam Heinrich, Hillary DelPrete, Sean McHugh, and alumni Michael Brown, Saine Burgos Hernandez, and Evan Mydlowski."

According to the book's release, this publication is the first to take a holistic approach to this storied conflict, incorporating perspectives of the field and related disciplines. The authors seek to uncover the broader impacts of the Revolutionary War, consulting history scholars and moving beyond the traditional focus of military camps, battlefields, and famous leaders.

Along with co-editor Matthew A. Kalos, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology at Brookdale Community College, Veit explores the time period through lenses of anthropology, public history, and forensic anthropology while examining how material remnants and memorials shape the ways the war is remembered.

The book will be available on Amazon on Nov. 4.