They dig the past
With a shovelful of sod, a Harvard Summer School archaeology class kicked off its biennial journey into Harvard’s past on Wednesday (June 29), seeking clues about early life here among traces of the Indian College, which housed the School’s first Indian students and the continent’s first printing press. Class instructors Diana Loren, a lecturer on anthropology and associate curator at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and Christina Hodge, senior curatorial assistant at the Peabody, said this year’s dig will focus on what appears to be a foundation trench uncovered during the last dig, in 2009. They believe that the trench, which was associated with building material, marks the eastern wall of the Indian College, Harvard Yard’s first brick building. To mark its 375th anniversary and recognize its roots as a School dedicated to serving both colonial and Native youth, Harvard this year honored one of the Indian College’s students, Joel...