Guest Lecture on Campus Archaeology for ANP 201H.

1. ANP 203-002H Introduction to Archaeology

2. I am NOT teaching this class.

3. Lynne Goldstein
lynneg@msu.edu

5. syllabus is on Angel.

6. Terry Brock
Terry Brock
Campus Archaeologist

7. MSU Campus Archaeology
Program

8. What is Archaeology?

9. Study of human culture through the stuff humans use.

10. material culture

11. historic and prehistoric archaeology

12. Cultural
Resource
Management

13. Protect msu’s
cultural resources
Collaborate with
msu departments
and services
Educate msu and
the public about archaeology

14. Protect msu’s
cultural resources

15. Construction workers
dig BIG HOLES

16. landscapers dig tiny holes

17. Holes have the potential to damage material culture.

18. archaeology is destructive, but it is controlled
destruction.

19. Collaborate with
msu departments
and services

20. msu archives for historical documents and records

21. physical plant
for construction
planning and
procedure

22. Educate msu and
the public about archaeology

23. student
workforce
provides on
the job
training

24. Internships
advance
undergraduate
engagement

25. Public outreach
happens everywhere

26. physical Row
Faculty plant
construction plan
±
Gra
nd R
iver
Ave
.
Ave .
gan Campbell Hall
Mary Mayo Hall
chi
Mi
Wills House
Abbott Rd.
Williams Hall
Landon Hall
Yakeley Hall
Gilchrist Hall
Legend
Red Cedar River Cowles House
Planned Construction
Communication
Commun. Substation
Electric
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W Steam
Music
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t Ci
rc Steam Substation
le
Dr
ive Water
Faculty Row Buildings
Current Buildings
Current Roads
0
Red Cedar River
0 25 50 100 150 200
Meters

27. msu archives
provides maps

28. ...and photographs

29. lots of photographs

30. which
showed
change
over time

31. decided to excavate in five places
Faculty Row
±
Gra
nd R
iver
Ave
.
Ave .
an Campbell Hall
Mary Mayo Hall
hig
Mic
1 2
Wills House
Abbott Rd.
6
4 3
Williams Hall
Landon Hall
Yakeley Hall
Gilchrist Hall
Legend
Red Cedar River Cowles House
Planned Construction
5
Communication
Commun. Substation
Electric
Electric Substation
W Steam
Music
es
t Ci
rc Steam Substation
le
Dr
ive Water
Faculty Row Buildings
Current Buildings
Current Roads
0
Red Cedar River
0 25 50 100 150 200
Meters

32. what kind of goals did we have?

33. had any buildings
survived?
what sort of lives
were the leading?
how did Faculty Row
contribute to the
changing landscape
of the college?

34. what did we find?

35. wooden water pipe

36. bottle glass

37. bricks

38. what did we learn?

39. artifact dates dates
artifact production location

40. as the campus expanded, so did the distance that the
materials (stuff) traveled.

41. Questions?