Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology

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The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology is a university-centered research laboratory, museum, library, and meeting place for the discovery, preservation, exhibition, and celebration of Indiana’s rich cultural and archaeological heritage.

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    Archaeological Monitoring at the Wylie House Museum (12Mol310), Bloomington, Perry Township, Monroe County, Indiana
    (Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University, 2017-02-26) Buchanan, Meghan E.
    The Wylie House Museum (12Mo1310), located at the northeast corner of East 2nd Street and South Lincoln Street (307 E. 2nd St., Bloomington, IN 47401) in Bloomington, Indiana, was the residence of the first president of Indiana University. Today the property is a museum administered by the Indiana University Libraries and the site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NR-0047, IHSSI 105-055-80110). The property is surrounded by a retaining wall believed to date to the original inhabitation of the site. Over time, this wall has suffered catastrophic failure along the Lincoln St. side in 2005 and the wall along 2nd St. was also beginning to buckle. The Indiana University Architect's Office removed the wall along 2nd street in the spring of 2016. An archaeological permit (#2016010) was granted for work conducted under IC 14-21-1 to Ors. Meghan E. Buchanan, April K. Sievert, and Melody Pope from the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology to monitor and document the removal of the wall, the removal of fill behind the wall, the demolition of the sidewalk along 2nd St., to document any archaeological features encountered, and to collect and analyze artifacts associated with the wall and sidewalk demolition.
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    Archaeological Survey of the Historic Chicken Coop, Hinkle-Garton Farmstead (12Mo1509), Bloomington, Indiana
    (Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University, 2014-12) Rutecki, Dawn M.; Buchanan, Meghan E.
    At the request of the administrator of Hinkle-Garton Farmstead (12Mo1509), Bloomington Restoration, Inc., archaeologists from the Department of Anthropology, Indiana University conducted a survey and evaluation of a historic chicken coop on the property located in Bloomington, IN. The survey evaluated the physical structure of the outbuilding and recovered surface materials to provide better contextual information for use of the structure and adjacent surface. Discontinued use of the structure as a chicken coop, followed by use as a dump site or scrap pile, gives broader context to the overall activities occurring at the Hinkle-Garton Farmstead.
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    Backfill Excavations at the Wylie House (12Mo1310), Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
    (Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University, 2015-05) Alvey Scott, Heather; Buchanan, Meghan E.
    The Wylie House (12Mo1310) was the home of the first president of Indiana University (IU) and today is a National Register property (NR-0047, IHSSI 105-055-80110) and museum located on the IU campus. In 1995 an accessibility ramp was installed at the back (north) entrance of the Wylie House; an archaeological consultation did not take place during this process. During the construction of the ramp, four large piles of displaced dirt were created. In the spring of 2009, Baumann, along with GBL employees and volunteers from Dr. April Sievert’s Historical Archaeology class, excavated two units. Two units were placed in the first backfill pile and one was excavated. A third unit was excavated in the second backfill pile. The third backfill pile was left unexcavated. The purpose of these excavations was to recover any artifacts that were left in the piles from the un-surveyed area from the accessibility ramp. Following the conclusion of the field portion of this project, artifacts were returned to the GBL where they were cleaned. No further work was done on this collection of artifacts following their cleaning until the spring of 2014, when GBL employee Heather Alvey Scott analyzed the materials and prepared them for long-term curation.
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    Summary Report on Restorations of the Temple Mound (Mound F) at Angel Mounds State Historic Site (12Vg1), Vanderburgh County, Indiana
    (Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University, 2015-01) Buchanan, Meghan E.; Sievert, April K.
    During the summer of 2013, a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates field school (Primary Investigators Jeremy J. Wilson, IUPUI and G. William Monaghan, IU) conducted excavations at Mound F of Angel Mounds State Historic Site (conducted under DHPA Permit No. 2013004 issued to Jeremy Wilson and Timothy Baumann). Following the termination of field school that summer, the excavated trench was partially backfilled and grass seed was planted after the expiration of the permit held by the NSF REU co- PIs. However, in the following months, backfilled portions settled unevenly, rain and other natural elements resulted in the washing out of the backfill and grass seed. This report describes the subsequent reconstruction and reseeding efforts at Mound F (conducted under DHPA permit No. 2014026).