Cooke Scholarship Recipient - 2022
The Board of Directors of the Friends of the Office of State Archaeology (FOSA) is pleased to announce the awarding of June and David Cooke Scholarships to Matthew Picarelli-Kombert. Matthew is a Masters candidate at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The focus of his work is the 7 shellfish middens found at the Pequot Village. The results of the research Matthew is proposing will provide a clearer understanding of midden use and variability at a Pequot village, how their use has evolved over time as well as their contents at particular points in time. (See his biography below.) We are proud to have such accomplished individual as the latest recipient of the Cooke Scholarship. |
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![]() Matthew Picarelli-Kombert Exposure to the impact that working with descendant community members can have during an archaeological
excavation, this in Lithuania in 2017, encouraged Matthew to change his major focus on archaeology. His next
work -- field schools dealing with the Pequot War in 2018 (esp. at Calluna Hill In Mystic, CT), and the
Pilgrim settlement in Plymouth, MA in 2019 -- solidified this decision.
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