The Fiske Center Blog

Weblog for the Fiske Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

June 23, 2018
by elizabethquinlan002
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The Penultimate Week at Hassanamesit Woods

It’s been a busy penultimate week out at Hassanamesit Woods, with three areas of excavation and quite a few interesting site features being discovered by the field school students. Over at the Augustus Salisbury site graduate student Rick and Dr. … Continue reading

June 15, 2018
by elizabethquinlan002
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Chasing Color Changes at Hassanamesit Woods

The first few weeks out in Hassanamesit Woods have been marked by (mostly) great weather and even better field experiences. Despite a rain day spent in the lab cleaning recovered artifacts on Monday the 4th, the second week of work … Continue reading

October 27, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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Public Archaeology Case Study #2: Working with Collections

Since Boston Children’s Museum is one of the few children’s museums in the world to have a collection, we knew from the earliest planning stages that the collection would be incorporated into our program.  One of our overall goals was … Continue reading

October 24, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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Public Archaeology Case Study #1: Mock Dig

As I mentioned in my previous post on practicing public archaeology, our program featured two activities:  a mock dig and a matching game with objects from the Museum’s collections.  Though we had the room for 2 hours, the activities were … Continue reading

October 21, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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Practicing Public Archaeology: A Case Study

Graduate students enrolled in ANTH 615 (“Public Archaeology”) this fall were challenged to identify a situation in the community in need of public archaeological engagement and to create a (hypothetical) program to address that need.  As luck would have it, … Continue reading

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