 Archaeological
work on Colby's Mayflower Hill campus began in the late
1960's as the major activity of a student organization known
as the "Colby Archaeology Club." In the 1970's student
interest and participation in this club declined. In the
late 1970's Professor Longstaff began to offer a course in
field archaeology. As part of the course, students enrolled
in RE118/AY118 have continued the work begun by the Colby
Archaeology Club and expanded it to include new excavations
at the site of a dairy farm destroyed by fire in the late
1920's. The farmhouse dates back to the late eighteenth or
early nineteenth century. Students in a "JanPlan" course on
the history of Colby College have provided some of the
historical background for this work. Only a few reports are
available on these web pages, but additional ones will be
added as they become available. This is a place to
begin.
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