Part 3: Artifacts, The Archaeology of Harvard Yard

Students in ANTH S-1130 The Archaeology of Harvard Yard, http://www.summer.harvard.edu/2011/courses/32660.jsp, dig below the grass of Harvard Yard in search of artifacts that can inform gaps in the written history of Harvard College and the Indian College that stood in the Yard in the 17th century.

In the lab, students carefully clean and record their finds. They work to identify and date the artifacts in order to understand the history that they uncovered. Eventually, the artifacts will become part of the permanent collection at the Peabody Museum.

This is the 3rd of 4 videos documenting this summer's findings and analysis.

ANTH S-1130 is taught by Christina J. Hodge, PhD, Senior Curatorial Assistant, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, and Diana Loren, PhD, Associate Curator, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.

Project partners include the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, the Harvard Native American Program, the Harvard University Department of Anthropology, and the Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs.

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