Exhibit - Digging Dartmouth: Community Archaeology on our Campus

Discover Dartmouth’s archaeological history through items excavated on campus by Prof. Jesse Casana and students enrolled in Archaeological Field Methods: Digging Dartmouth.

Digging Dartmouth: Community Archaeology on our Campus

October 09, 2025 December 12, 2025
Baker-Berry Library, Berry Main Street

Curated by Jesse Casana, W.J. Bryan 1925 Professor of Archaeology, Willa Skye '27, and Jasper Clayton, Postbaccalaureate Fellow in Anthropology, with contributions from Ada Marotzke '24, Aidan Lee '25, and Abigail De Leon '27

Designed by Max Seidman, Exhibits and Graphic Arts Designer

Discovering Dartmouth's Past

The Hanover area has a long history of settlement dating back thousands of years. Students in Archaeological Field Methods: Digging Dartmouth use modern technologies and historic maps to locate sites with preserved remains, then carefully excavate artifacts and evidence of past ways of life. Even small fragments of broken artifacts can tell us a lot about the past. Items excavated on campus reveal insights to food, culture, wealth, class, gender, relationships, and many other aspects of daily life in Dartmouth's history.