Beneath the Ivory Tower: The Archaeology of Academia

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Contents List of Figures ix List of Tables xiii Foreword: The Importance of the Past in the University of the Future xv Lou Anna K. Simon Preface xvii Acknowledgments xxi 1. Introduction: The Archaeology of Academia 1 Kenneth E. Lewis Part I. The Process of Identifying the “Educational World” in the Archaeological Record 7 2. Function, Circumstance, and the Archaeological Record: The Elusive Past at Saints’ Rest 9 Kenneth E. Lewis 3. Exploring the Foundations of Notre Dame: Archaeology at Old College 36 Mark R. Schurr 4. Campus Archaeology on the University of South Carolina’s Horseshoe 52 Stanley South 5. Guns and Roses: Ritualism, Time Capsules, and the Massachusetts Agricultural College 74 Michael S. Nassaney, Uzi Baram, James C. Garman, and Michael F. Milewski Part II. Diachronic Views of College Life: Separating the Real from the Ideal 97 6. Campus Archaeology/Public Archaeology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 99 John D. Stubbs, Patricia Capone, Christina J. Hodge, and Diana D. Loren 7. The Progressive Era and Sanitation Reform: Social Purity and Privies at Rural Schools in Northeastern Illinois 121 Catherine Bird, Carrie Koster, and Rochelle Lurie 8. The Eagle and the Poor House: Archaeological Investigations on the University of North Carolina Campus 141 R. P. Stephen Davis Jr., Patricia M. Samford, and Elizabeth A. Jones 9. “Post-Revolutionary Degeneracy”: Washington and Lee University’s Landscape of Control 164 Laura J. Galke 10. Beyond the Course Catalogue: Archaeological Insights into the Life of Santa Clara University 182 Russell K. Skowronek and Linda J. Hylkema 11. Love, Let, and Life: An Archaeology of Tennis at the College of William and Mary 208 Donald Sadler Part III. Architecture, Space, and Identity: How Constructed Landscapes Reflect Institutional Goals 223 12. Digging in the Golden Bear’s Den: Archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley, in Three Voices 225 Laurie A. Wilkie, Kimberly E. Christensen, and Michael A. Way 13. More Than Bricks and Mortar: A Story of Community Archaeology 242 Jodie A. O’Gorman 14. The Campus as Cultural Landscape: Archaeology and the Formation of Collegiate Identity 261 Laura Jones 15. Hail to Thee, O Alma Mater: Considering the Archaeology of Academia 274 Russell K. Skowronek Appendix: Heritage Resources Management in the College and University Environment 289 References Cited 299 Contributors 321 Index 327 ...