Exhibit Contents

 
brass thimble

"THO ABSENT EVER DEAR" reads this brass thimble, found flattened at the Bard 25 archaeological site.

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The Project Overview Map indicates the locations of proposed dormitories at Bard 25.

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Bard 25
The R. Tillotson site

Welcome to the online exhibit for Bard 25, the R. Tillotson site.

  • About the Exhibit - The R. Tillotson site exhibit is the first digital exhibit available online. The contents of this online exhibit are derived from "Archaeology for the Village Dormitories Expansion at Bard College" (2005) by Principal Investigator Christopher Lindner, Ph.D.

  • Start Exploring - Navigate the exhibit using the tabs on the left side of the page. View images of some of the artifacts found at the R. Tillotson site, or learn more about the site's history.

A Bird's Eye View

When you see this button, click it to open a map of the site in a new window.

About Our Investigation

students digging at Bard 25

Bard Archaeology students digging
shovel test pits at the Bard 25 site

Bard professor Christopher Lindner directed several college students and graduates in the excavation. Cartographer Susan Winchell-Sweeney made the maps using GIS (Geographic Information Systems). Susan Hinkle, M.A., directed the laboratory analysis and served as editor of the documentation. Matthew Kelley and Tanner Vea, both Bard ’07, respectively photographed the artifacts and constructed this web presentation. The site now serves as a teaching laboratory for the spring course in historical archaeology, which produced the excavation photographs here.