Archaeology
Archaeology Dig Showcases Power of Community Connections
In partnership with a landowner in nearby Madbury, UNH Professor Meghan Howey and her colleagues were able to identify the site of a 1701 garrison known as the Meserve Garrison, completing a dig at the site that contained not only the foundation but some additional artifacts from the colonial... Read More
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11/22/24Early Mesoamericans Trapped Fish Far Earlier Than Previously Thought
A series of canals and ponds in Belize indicate that early Mesoamericans were trapping fish far earlier than previously thought. -
10/03/18Boston 25 News: Rising Sea Level Threatening History Up and Down New England Coast
Anthropologist Meghan Howey talks to Boston 25 about her research on sea-level rise and vulnerable historic sites. -
09/24/18Seacoastonline.com: UNH anthropology students visit SAACC
UNH students visit Seacoast African American Cultural Center, view exhibit curated by their professor, Casey Golomski. -
08/11/16Digging Durham Point
UNH archaeologists and community volunteers head to a site on Durham Point to look for clues about fortified garrisons that existed in the area...
Recent Stories
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07/19/16 - Michigan's Mystery MonumentsMerging an innovative modeling technique with old-fashioned sleuthing, researchers from the University of New Hampshire have shed new light on the mystery of pre-European... Read More -
05/04/16 - Digging UNHMeghan Howey, associate professor of anthropology at UNH. Howey will become the James H. Hayes and Claire Short Hayes Professor of the Humanities in the fall 2016 semester. ... Read More -
05/04/16 - A Train Ran Through ItIt’s hard to believe it when gazing across the Thompson Hall lawn today, but back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, a train ran through it. Engines chugged their way up... Read More -
01/06/15 - A Royal DNA Mystery, Five Centuries Later: UNH Professors Weigh In On Richard III FindingsUniversity of Leicester image Consider this the coldest of cold cases: 529 years after his death, a 16th century English king has been positively identified through DNA testing... Read More -
04/10/14 - Open Archaeology Day at UNH April 17April 17th, 3:00 – 5:00p.m. Come and try your hand at flint knapping, atlatl throwing, and hand-forming pottery. There will also be prehistoric food to sample! Huddleston Hall,... Read More -
04/09/13 - Digging ItArcheology students are busily at work unearthing the site of the original train depot that used to be on the great lawn near Morrill Hall until it was moved after a tragic 1905... Read More -
06/07/12 - Summer Research Award Aids in Archaeological Study of CheeseHillary Christopher received a SURF award from the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research. While some UNH students will spend the next few months working, or maybe even... Read More