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Oct 13

Archaeology Program Updates Publicly-accessible List Of Known Enslaved People In Boston

The City Archaeology program and Eleven Names Project added nearly 1,000 additional names.

Jan 17

A close up of a hand holding an assortment of ceramic sherds ranging from the 17th to 19th centuries in date.

Meet the City Archaeology Team

The City of Boston Archaeology Program is made up of four people who work to carry out the program's mission: to celebrate Boston’s diverse history through preservation, excavation, and community...

Dec 21

City Archaeology Program Completes Three Months of Digs

The City Archaeology Program has just wrapped up three months of fieldwork and will now begin processing artifacts and analyzing data collected from the digs.

Nov 3

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City Archaeology Program to Study Enslaved History at the Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain

The City Archaeologist announces a new archaeological dig at the Landmark-designated Loring Greenough House beginning on Monday, November 7, 2022.

Sep 26

View of the front façade of an ornate 1850s South End brownstone building with scaffolding on the outside

Archaeological Dig to Begin at League of Women for Community Service Headquarters

City Archaeologist Announces Archaeological Dig at the Headquarters of the League of Women for Community Service in the South End

Sep 12

City Archaeologist Announces Archaeological Dig in Roxbury

Archaeology team seeks information on possible site of 18th century slave quarters and kitchen

Jul 18

Boston Archaeology Program Announces Completion of NEH-Funded Digital Archaeology Project

Including 210,147 artifacts from the Paul Revere House, Boston Common, Brook Farm, 27-29 Endicott Street Brothel, Lathrop Place, and Faneuil Hall.

Apr 19

City Archaeology Program Brings Boston's History to You

Since the fall of 2019, City of Boston’s Archaeology Program has been hard at work digitizing hundreds of thousands of artifacts thanks to a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the...

Mar 24

A collage of four images of archaeological artifacts: a small, triangular Native stone projectile point, a fragment of tin glazed pottery bearing the date 1639, an iron sword hilt, and the base of a uranium glass bottle glowing under a blacklight.

City of Boston Archaeology Program Goes Digital

In the fall of 2019, the City of Boston Archaeology Program began the process of fully digitizing some of its most significant collections of artifacts.

Aug 16

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City Archaeologist announces federal grant to showcase 17th century artifacts

Boston archaeologists will create a new exhibit and digital files of approximately 100,000 artifacts from four Charlestown archaeological sites as part of the Boston 400th Digital Archaeology Project.

Feb 24

fingers holding a cowrie shell with text overlay describing enslaved people in Boston

Black history is Boston history

The Boston Archaeology Program seeks Boston's diverse and inclusive past.

Jan 22

Parks Department Commissioner Woods and Archaeology Program Team look into Ronan Park well

Update on the Ronan Park Well

City Archaeologist Joe Bagley is providing updated historical research on the historic well site.

May 8

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Studying artifacts from the Pierce-Hichborn House

Eleven archaeology students from Boston University collaborated with Boston City Archaeologist Joe Bagley to interpret the mysteries held by a possible privy from the Pierce-Hichborn House in Boston’s...