December 5th was our last class for the 2014 season. Our aim was for students to look up some of our artifacts (creamware, the musket ball, the hand-wrought nail, etc) from Site 7 to find possible dates and other useful information. We also turned it into a little bit of a party, with a roaring … Continue reading Week 14 – Last class of 2014!…
The semester is drawing to a close! Week 11 (Nov 14th) was our last week in the field. We wrapped up EUs 2 & 3 and the students learned how to do profile drawings. It was a bit of a rush to get it all done during our short class time, but the students worked … Continue reading Weeks Eleven, Twelve, & Thirteen – Wrapping things up…
This week at Whispering Woods was our big event – Open Archaeology Day! Friday’s class was a run-through with the Salem County 4-H club coming for a visit at 10am. We were expecting around 15 children, mostly K-3rd grade, to spend about an hour digging. When we arrived on Friday it was WET! Rains from … Continue reading Week Ten – Public Archaeology…
We celebrated Halloween in style this week at Whispering Woods! Students were bribed with extra credit if they came in costume. On a more serious note, we made a significant find this week: we found one of the old Phase I shovel tests! This is a great result because it means that our site plan … Continue reading Week Nine – Halloween Fun!…
This week we continued with shovel testing Site 4. We have found more historic ceramic from the late 18th century. Also, a few shovel tests have come up with some clearly disturbed stratigraphy. Student mid-term papers are due this week. Most students are looking at the history of the area, either of Auburn Township or … Continue reading Week Eight – Preparing for Open Day…
If you are wondering about this week’s post title, thank Arthur Murphy, who has made this his catch phrase to what we usually find in our screens. “We need to revive the contraction ’tis!” he says. This week was fairly action-packed. Upon arrival, we immediately noticed a new addition to our site – a deer … Continue reading Week Seven – ‘Tis but a rock…
