Digging Close to Home: An Archaeological Field School in the University’s Back Yard

Summary

This is a poster submission presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The 2022 University of Kentucky Campus Archaeology Project was the first on-campus field school offered at the university. The site was located on the periphery of the main campus, in the rear yard of a Victorian house that was integrated into the university landscape in the late twentieth century. Prior to its use as a campus office building, the house was a private residence for decades and sat at the northern border of campus between a historical African American neighborhood and the southern neighborhoods of the city of Lexington, KY. The project investigated the transformation of the campus footprint in Lexington and the everyday materiality of a turn of the century Lexingtonian household. This poster addresses the cross-campus collaborations that led to the program, addresses digital 3D scanning models used in the field, materials uncovered during excavation, and highlights contributions of student stakeholders in the research process.

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• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023   •
• 2023 SHA Poster Submissions

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