Friday Links: What’s Happening in Historical Archaeology?

Terry Brock — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:30:00 +0000

This week’s photo comes from archaeologist Brian Hoffman, an archaeologist at Hamline University in St. Paul Minnesota. The photo is of stained glass excavated from the Hamline Methodist Church. The excavations were part of Brian’s “Excavating Hamline History” project, where University students engage in archaeology on campus and in the surrounding community. You can read more about the project at Brian’s blog, Old Dirt New Thoughts, and see more photos on his Flickr page.

Headlines

Archaeologists in Amsterdam have discovered 18th century bone telescopes.

A proposal in Kentucky that would have allowed metal detecting in state parks has hit a roadblock in the legislature.

A man in Virginia received a 366 day sentence for metal detecting on the Petersburg National Battlefield.

Archaeologists have used chemical analysis to reconstruct the diet of Nelson’s Navy.

Excavations are underway at the Harrington Graded School on St. Simon’s Island.

On the Blogs

An interview by Minelab with Montpelier’s Metal Detector Technician, Lance Crosby. Read more about Montpelier and Minelab’s collaboration in this week’s Current Topics Post.

Katy Meyers takes a look at the chemical analysis conducted on Nelson’s Navy at Bones Don’t Lie.

Digs and Docs suggests that we should value public outreach more in academic circles.

A good conversation about teaching in the classroom and student response to American Diggers at Archaeology, Museums, and Outreach.

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Friday Links: What’s Happening in Historical Archaeology?

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