Protecting Michigan State's Material Culture
For East Lansing residents, Grand River Avenue is the place to turn to for almost anything, from bookstores to restaurants to college bars. Its sidewalks are almost always bustling with students walking to class, business men and women meeting for lunch, and enthusiastic Spartans heading …
As you all may have noticed, I am kind of a geek. I love to research many subjects, and archaeology and pharmacology (particularly psychopharmacology) are two of my favorites. So, when CAP found an old Benzedrine inhaler on campus, I jumped at the opportunity to …
For the past two weeks, we have been surveying in Munn Field prior to the installation of new astroturf. Last week, a test pit on the western side of the field caused some excitement! It revealed a puzzling amount of iron wire. The wire didn’t …
Meet the summer CAP crew. Ian Harrison As the summer field season begins, I would just like to introduce myself as one of the undergraduate campus archaeologists. I am dual majored in Anthropology and Geography, and am going into my final year here at MSU. …
As part of CAP’s ongoing project of understanding gendered spaces on campus, I thought it would be interesting to look at a building that was built with gendered space in mind. The Human Ecology building, which today houses departments like Human Development and Family Studies, …
For my previous blogpost I focused on the history of the campus’s hospitals, culminating in our present day Olin Health Center. While students may pass by the building everyday few take time to note the dozen sculpture reliefs adorning the South entrance or realize the …
With spring approaching (trust me, I’m sure it’s right around the corner) archaeologists are chomping at the bit to start their summer research. Equipment is being dusted off, trowels are being sharpened, and shovels are being shined, all in anticipation of the summer field school. …
The winter is an interesting time for archaeologists. With the ground still frozen we are largely relegated to working with materials that have already been excavated during previous field seasons. In fact, winter has traditionally been the time when archaeologists un-box materials from the previous …
This semester I have continued to work on the GIS for Campus Archaeology and will be presenting a poster at the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) this coming spring. In deciding on a research topic and a question I wanted to answer, it …
This time of year it’s not uncommon for a Spartan to come down with the seasonal flu. Luckily the Olin Health Center is readily available to treat the aches and pains of MSU’s student body. However this professional care was not always so readily available. …