The most common question that visitors to the site asked was whether we had found anything, and, if so, what?  Looking at the boxes in the lab on Friday made it clear that we’ve found a lot.  We divide the … Continue reading →

Thursday marked an emotional day for the Archaeologists at Munroe Tavern’s excavation.  We all remarked upon the sadness of packing up the site and leaving Lexington for the summer.  But one element of our time in town resounded – Yes, … Continue reading →

  To compare to the similar photo from a few weeks ago, here’s an overhead photograph of the final size of the excavation area.

  The Lexington Minuteman ran a story today about our recent finds including a photograph of one of the shoes and some of the matching buttons.  We found five of these buttons with a sunburst design last week and another … Continue reading →

  We’ve gotten to the point in the field season when we’re all feeling the pressure of the end of the excavation looming – we only have a week and a half left!  We have a lot of excavation units … Continue reading →

  The rain chased us out of the field mid-morning today, but we were able to use the early morning cloud cover to get some good overhead shots of the excavation area from the Tavern’s attic window.  Here’s one that … Continue reading →

Week one of our archaeological excavation has come to a close and already interesting things have been coming out of the ground! When we last updated, we posted a picture of a brick structure that we thought may have been some … Continue reading →

The Fourth of July holiday weekend is upon us, and at Munroe Tavern there is another good reasons to celebrate: Our Fiske Center Archaeology Team has completed all of the preliminary work necessary to begin full-scale excavations next week! This … Continue reading →

The Fiske Center’s upcoming excavation isn’t the first archaeological project to take place at the Tavern.  In 1984, Roland Robbins conducted an excavation to locate the foundations of the Masonic Hall.  While he did not identify these, he did collect … Continue reading →

Anyone passing through Lexington on May 25th and 26th might have noticed some demolition going on at the historic Munroe Tavern.  The rear ell, the newest addition to the building, was removed as part of the Lexington Historical Society’s plans … Continue reading →