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June 10, 2024
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May 3, 2022
by John Steinberg
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Early Maps of the area around the Jeremiah Lee Mansion
In May of last year (2021) the Marblehead Museum was able to reunite the whole of the Jeremiah Lee Property when the organization purchased the neighboring Brick Kitchen at 157 Washington St. In a May 18, 2021 article in the … Continue reading
November 29, 2019
by John Steinberg
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USA Today – Thanksgiving gets a revision
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Joey Garrison of the USA Today had an article that featured some of the results of the UMass Boston excavation at Old Burial hill. The online version can be found at : https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/26/native-americans-dominated-first-thanksgiving-feast-plymouth/4248526002/
January 15, 2019
by John Steinberg
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The Langone Park Ceremony: Marking 100 Years Since The Great Molasses Flood
Based on the work of Fiske Center Archaeologists, Joe Bagley (The Boston City Archaeologist) was able to recreate the outside edge of the tank that burst and caused the Molasses Flood disaster. Joe asked folks to stand along that circle … Continue reading
January 14, 2019
by John Steinberg
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Results of Geophysical survey at Langone Park: 100 Years since the Great Molasses Flood
By John M. Steinberg & Grace E. Bello As we said in our previous post, the City Archaeologist, Joe Bagley asked us at the Fiske Center if we could conduct a geophysical survey over the area of Langone Park that, 100 … Continue reading
May 18, 2018
by John Steinberg
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Twelve MA Theses in Historical Archaeology Defended in School Year 2017-2018
Today at about 3 PM the Master of Arts Program in Historical Archaeology at UMass Boston will achieve a significant milestone: More MA Theses were defended than new students accepted this year. While the difference was only 2, it … Continue reading
May 13, 2018
by John Steinberg
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Spring MA thesis defenses for the Historical Archaeology program
**Please join us for spring MA thesis defenses for the Historical Archaeology program.** All defenses will be held in McCormack, 1-503. Wednesday, May 16, 2018 10 am, Sarah Johnson, “The True Spirit of Service”: Ceramics and Toys as Tools of … Continue reading
April 27, 2018
by John Steinberg
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Wellfleet beach bluff 3D images
As part of our work for the Cape Cod National Sea Shore, we are beginning to monitor erosion trajectories. Thus, we have begun to make 3D models of some of the beaches. While the data is collected for purely scientific … Continue reading
December 14, 2017
by John Steinberg
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Taxing Science?
Two interesting opinion pieces in the Washington Post gave complementary perspectives on the UMass opposition to the Federal Tax Reform package. Both opinion pieces focus on the House of Representatives’ proposal of taxing graduate student waivers. The first, by vice … Continue reading
December 4, 2017
by John Steinberg
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Fiske Center in Cooperative Agreement with the National Park Service
The Fiske Center has recently entered into a cooperative agreement with the Cape Cod National Seashore to conduct environmental monitoring, geophysical survey, coring, and limited excavations at several archeological sites on the Outer Cape. The project focuses on the history … Continue reading