Archaeology Research

Getting Their Hands Dirty

June 22, 2022

This summer, undergraduates are experiencing history firsthand as part of the archaeology program’s field school

The Bone Decoder

May 18, 2022

Clark Larsen uncovers the stories of bones, recreating the lives of people who lived thousands of years ago.

Sifting Through Schoolyard Memories

October 14, 2021

This summer, UNC-Chapel Hill PhD student Colleen Betti and 80 volunteers rushed to uncover a historic schoolyard that was about to be paved over and transformed into a parking lot. Their mission: to illuminate the overlooked, everyday lives of African American school children from the 19th century.

Chloe Scattergood

April 22, 2020

Chloe Scattergood is a senior majoring in archaeology and minoring in art history and geological sciences within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. She has spent the past two summers uncovering artifacts in Huqoq, Israel, and plans to pursue a master's degree focused on colonial-era ceramics from the American East Coast.