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Dartmouth Library Collection Development Policy Archaeology (1129 words) |
 | Structurally, archaeology at Dartmouth is a field of study in the Anthropology and Classics Departments and its history is directly connected to the history of these 2 departments at the College. |
| Archaeology has had a strong representation from the hiring of Charles Hawes in 1909 through the tenure of Elmer Harp, followed by Deborah Nichols and Paul Goldstein, whose teaching and research focus upon the archaeology of Central Mexico and the Andean Highlands respectively. |
| The subject matter of classical archaeology had long been a part of courses in classics, ancient history, and art history, and by the 1950s it was formally represented by a pair of courses, one in Greek and one in Roman archaeology. |
| Archaeology at 1783 Guysborough Town (1212 words) |
| The town plot was established in the fall of 1783 to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the American colonies following the end of the Revolutionary War. |
| Local tradition has it that 300 structures stood on the town plot before it was destroyed by fire in 1784. |
| Scant information provided by historic maps, photographs and written documents at the Provincial Archives of Nova Scotia and the Queens County Museum was expanded by local knowledge of surviving features such as old roadways and public right-of-ways. |
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