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Description:: In Summer 2009 the IUPUI Archaeology Field School will conduct excavations at a site that includes Madam Walker’s home and the neighboring store and Walker Company office that she first rented when she moved to Indianapolis. Madam Walker’s company remained in the neighborhood for more than a half century, and the Theater built in her honor continues to serve as a reminder of her national prominence, but she was one of many people who made their homes in the neighborhood over more than 125 years, and many of her neighbors worked at the very same ambitions that drove Madam Walker. The archaeological project provides an opportunity to examine the Walker Company’s industrial operation and Madam Walker’s home while it will illuminate nearly a century of residents who lived in this block.

The Archaeology Field School (Anthropology P405) is offered most Summers and is open to any undergraduate student for four to six credits. The course is offered during Summer semester I, which begins May 13 and ends Wednesday June 24. You do not need to be an Anthropology student or have any archaeological coursework or experience to take the class. Students are trained in field excavation methodology, public interpretation, laboratory analysis, and archaeological theory. Students learn to identify nineteenth and twentieth century material culture, excavate historic urban deposits, and work actively with many visitors and our partners in the Ransom Place Neighborhood Association. For registration details, enrolled IUPUI students can contact the Registrar's Office. Visiting students can get details on credit transfer on the Registrar's Visiting Students page. A 2009 course syllabus will be posted during the Spring semester, but the syllabus for the 2006 field school provides some idea of the course requirements.

Volunteers are welcome to work alongside field school students. If you would like to volunteer over the summer, please email Paul Mullins (paulmull@iupui.edu) or Lewis Jones (lecjones@indiana.edu) or call (317-274-9847) for details.
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In Summer 2009 the IUPUI Archaeology Field School will conduct excavations at a site that includes Madam Walker’s home and the neighboring store and Walker Company office that she first rented when she moved to Indianapolis. Madam Walker’s company remained in the neighborhood for more than a half century, and the Theater built in her honor continues to serve as a reminder of her national prominence, but she was one of many people who made their homes in the neighborhood over more than 125... (read more)
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