The Beauty of Artifacts: A Study of Gendered Artifacts on a Student Led Campus Excavation
Author(s): Dana Isabell Grutesen; Sarah E. Meister
Year: 2015
Summary
Founded in 1827, Lindenwood University was one of the few all-girl colleges of its time and was located on the American Frontier in St. Charles, Missouri. A student-led project on campus is currently analyzing artifacts from an excavation of what is believed to be a trash dump containing items from students and faculty dating back to the mid-19th century. Gendered artifacts, such as cold cream jars, are heavily represented and are a focal point of the project. Using these and other artifacts, Lindenwood anthropology students are gaining a better understanding about socio-economic issues of the education of women in the 19th century.
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The Beauty of Artifacts: A Study of Gendered Artifacts on a Student Led Campus Excavation. Dana Isabell Grutesen, Sarah E. Meister. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 2015 ( tDAR id: 434069)
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Keywords
General
Colleges on the American Frontier
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Gendered Artifacts
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Women's Education
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th and 20th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 495