"We think of college buildings now as, you know, either dormitory or administrative. This was a building that was everything,"
"It's a really unique experience for students excavating in the Yard. If you think about it, this is their home for four years. They live in the Yard, they live in the Houses, and the Yard is the landscape they become familiar with,"
The Harvard Yard Archaeology Project returns for its 20th year and 10th dig focused near Holden Chapel. Excavations target remains of Harvard Hall (built 1677, burned 1764) and John Harvard's bequeathed library to recover artifacts illuminating 17th-century student life and academic change. The burned hall contained kitchens, chambers, study rooms, a library, lecture halls, and scientific equipment, offering rich archaeological potential for understanding a shift toward scientific studies. Students use trowels, dustpans, screens, and buckets to recover animal bones, pottery, tobacco pipe stems, metal book fittings, and lead printing type. The hands-on work connects students to the Yard as their four-year home.
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