by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jul 7, 2023 | Blog
Guest post by Anna What does it mean to do archaeological work that respects the community you’re working in? I thought about this a lot leading into the first day of class. The first day of a class always makes me nervous, but I was especially nervous going into...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 15, 2018 | Blog
Guest post, written May 14, 2018. Tomorrow is the day, the first day of Anthropology 367: Heritage and Historical Archaeology field course. I’m excited and nervous all at the same time. For me, it’s the same sort of nervous excitement that occurred when I “graduated”...
by Anna Heckadon | May 11, 2018 | Blog
It’s almost time to begin the fourth and final season of this field course! I had no idea that this course had been going on for four years and that this would be the final season. Since it is the final season, that makes me even more excited to participate in it to...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Apr 30, 2018 | Blog
How did it get to be that time already? The new (and final) field season at this cemetery begins in just a couple of weeks. We have our largest cohort yet, with 25 students. We’ll have no problems finishing the recording of the monuments this year. I do think...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog
These last days of May and beginning days of June herald an end to our time here at the Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery. As was promised by Erin, this end has appeared overwhelmingly and suddenly. Too soon, in fact, for most of us who have spent and will be spending...
