The General Lew Wallace Study & Museum is celebrating National Archaeology Month with a continuation of its “History Beneath Us” archaeology dig this weekend in the backyard of General Lew Wallace’s home and study. A stately brick reflecting pond graced Wallace’s grounds between approximately 1898-1903, after which the General filled […]
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So what did we find this weekend during this spring’s History Beneath Us excavation? Probably the most dramatic find was the metal vessel – bowl, pot, chamber pot, pitcher, whatever. The crew removed it from the ground and have taken it back to the lab at the University of Indianapolis […]
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The crew and public started excavating what may be Old John’s grave. The late start due to morning rain held up progress a little, but the crew still opened two units and in the screens found glass and nails. This is one of the most active areas for members of […]
Two University of Indianapolis Archaeology students discover something made of metal buried in the old reflecting pool at the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum grounds. The work continues as we speak and will be ongoing all day on Sunday, April 10 from 10 AM until 5 PM. The public […]
University of Indianapolis students are beginning to uncover objects on the grounds of the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum. While the work is in its earliest stages, you never know what is just a few inches or feet beneath the top soil! We appreciate our University of Indianapolis students […]
The crew from University of Indianapolis is here preparing for this weekend’s History Beneath Us public archaeology program! One group of UIndy students are removing the backfill from the initial excavation of the reflecting pool so that they can begin digging where they left off in September. Dr. Christopher Moore, […]
The archaeologists devoted one unit to finding the bottom of the reflecting pool. A probe indicated that the bottom of the pool is about 55 cm below the bottom of the unit when this picture was taken. That’s going to take a lot of digging! Because this is not an […]
Where is the grave of Old John? Local lore has it that Lew Wallace buried his favorite horse, named John, somewhere on the grounds. Last fall, surveyer Jim Swift brought out ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to investigate the southwestern corner of the grounds, where many people remember there being a marker […]
Anne Moore from Weintraut & Associates cut through tree roots that have grown across the top of the reflecting pool wall. At the end of the first day, the top of the reflecting pool wall was clean and clearly defined. Volunteers screened each bucket of dirt for artifacts. They pulled […]