April 27, 2015
by Jessica Rymer
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The Conference on New England Archaeology will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, May 2, at Old Sturbridge Village in the Fuller Conference Center beginning at 9 AM. This year’s theme is “When is ‘Enough’ Enough?: The Archaeological Curation Crisis … Continue reading
November 10, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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Fiske Center conservator Dennis Piechota has been teaching a mini-course on conservation for archaeologists for the past four weeks. Included in this mini-course was a demonstration on excavating and retrieving composite objects, in this case a wood handled iron knife. Listed … Continue reading
November 6, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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Dr. Alexandra Jones, founder and director of Archaeology in the Community (AITC), a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., will speak today at 4:00PM in M-1-503 during the graduate seminar “Public Archaeology. AITC’s mission is to promote and facilitate the study … Continue reading
October 27, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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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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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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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
July 8, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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At the close of excavations last week the Search for Deb Newman offered some exciting possibilities for future fieldwork while raising some tantalizing questions. The minimal amount of artifacts recovered from the most likely area for the home forced us … Continue reading
July 8, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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Since Day 1 we’ve run into puzzling or just plain odd stratigraphy that’s raised more questions than answers as we’ve continued to unravel the mystery of Deb Newman. Fortunately Fiske Center conservator Dennis Piechota came out to the site yesterday … Continue reading
June 26, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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After adjusting our strategy for the remainder of the season, our STP survey took us across the street, where the foundation of Lewis Ellis’s home beckoned through the poison ivy. Drs. Trigg and Bolender, Sam, and myself faced the task … Continue reading
June 23, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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As a general rule archaeologists have to be flexible, willing to rework their hypotheses and sampling strategies over the course of a project. Though we recovered nails, brick, and creamware from our 2 X 2 M units, which date our … Continue reading