Harvard Yard Excavation Opening
Date and Time
September 8, 2016
01:30PM - 01:30PM EDT
Location
Harvard Yard, outside Matthews Hall, rain or shine
Free Special Event
Just a short distance from the iconic John Harvard statue, Peabody Museum archaeologists lead students in the Department of Anthropology course “The Archaeology of Harvard Yard” to excavate colonial Harvard. Starting in September, the team will dig down to 17th-century ground surface level, where they expect to encounter a midden, or colonial trash zone. (See the Digging Veritas exhibition for more information on the team's previous digs in the vicinity of Harvard's colonial Indian College.)