October 30, 2015
by David Landon
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Tuesday, November 10, 7–8:30 pm • Plymouth Public Library Fehlow Room, Main Library, 132 South Street, Plymouth, MA Please join us for an overview of the planned work for the University of Massachusetts Boston’s archaeological and geophysical investigations in the … Continue reading
June 15, 2015
by allisoncarlton001
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The small crew steadfastly completed their shovel-test pits and got to work on the larger unit excavations this summer in the Hassanamesit Woods. This year’s goal was to pinpoint the location of the late 18th/early 19th-century household of Deb Newman, … Continue reading
December 14, 2014
by John Steinberg
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We are half way through a survey of the Fowler Clark Farmstead in Mattapan. We were set back a little by the nor’easter last week, but will be out again finishing the GPR survey on Monday and Tuesday (December 15-16). … Continue reading
December 12, 2014
by John Steinberg
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The Dorchester Reporter put up a short article and a UMass Media Video about the work in Mattapan at the Fowler-Clark Farmstead.
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