March 28, 2017
by Dennis Piechota
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By Dennis Piechota At the Burial Hill site in Plymouth, Massachusetts we screen all excavated soil though 1/8” or ¼” screens. The 1/8 inch screens are used for features, and they recover hundreds of very small unknowns, tiny soil covered … Continue reading
March 22, 2017
by Christa Beranek
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Last fall, we announced that we had discovered the first archaeological features from the 17th-century palisaded town of Plymouth during our 2016 field season on Burial Hill. Now, as we prepare the technical report, we are starting to have a … Continue reading
February 17, 2017
by Fiske Center
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by Nadia Waski We need your help! Excavations from this past summer’s fieldwork on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts, revealed a 19th century cache of intentionally buried personal items—which we are calling the Cole’s Hill Memorial Cache. (Click here for … Continue reading
January 30, 2017
by Dennis Piechota
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In this post, Dennis Piechota, the archaeological conservator at the Fiske Center, recounts the discovery of the central objects in the Cole’s Hill cache. In the field, we recognized that we had something rectangular and fragile, with leather components, so … Continue reading
January 24, 2017
by John Steinberg
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The Hill has published an article describing the Trump Administration’s plans for the 2017 budget. They explain that the plan is close to the Heritage Foundation’s “Blueprint” (summary and full document). The author, Alex Bolton, cites “Staffers for the Trump transition” as … Continue reading
January 18, 2017
by Fiske Center
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By Dennis Piechota Most objects encountered in the field are easily identified. But the identity of some, like this artifact from Coles Hill in Plymouth MA, can unfold slowly for the archaeologist and conservator. When still partly covered with the … Continue reading
November 28, 2016
by Victoria Cacchione
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In the course of this summer’s excavations on Cole’s Hill located in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts, as part of the University of Massachusetts Boston’s multi-year archaeological project, Project 400, a group of archaeologists uncovered a mystery for the ages – a … Continue reading
November 24, 2016
by John Steinberg
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The press release put out by Colleen Locke from the Office of Communications has been picked up by a number of news organizations. The main story is in the Boston Globe by Brian MacQuarrie. From the Globe, the DailyCaller, AP and Archaeology picked … Continue reading
November 7, 2016
by Christa Beranek
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A geophysical survey is frequently the first intensive, visible, field component of a project, and photographs of the survey in progress often are shared on social media to announce the start of the field season (Fig. 1). But what about … Continue reading
July 13, 2016
by Fiske Center
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This post looks back to one of the specialized activities that we did at the outset of the Plymouth field school this year. We Came, We Saw, We Cored By Anya Gruber At the beginning of field school, a small … Continue reading