Unit 3 still has not yielded the bottom of the reflecting pool, but the crew did find another part of the brick wall. The most recently uncovered portion is much lower than the other sections, which raises the question of why. Did workers decades ago cut through it to install […]
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The metal object in Unit 4 seems to be a vessel of some kind. It looks like it has a handle, and it’s not very deep (note the small silver spot where they’ve uncovered the bottom). We’re currently gathering guesses about what it is.
The crew and public started excavating what may be Old John’s grave. The late start due to morning rain held up progress a little, but the crew still opened two units and in the screens found glass and nails. This is one of the most active areas for members of […]
Two University of Indianapolis Archaeology students discover something made of metal buried in the old reflecting pool at the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum grounds. The work continues as we speak and will be ongoing all day on Sunday, April 10 from 10 AM until 5 PM. The public […]
University of Indianapolis students are beginning to uncover objects on the grounds of the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum. While the work is in its earliest stages, you never know what is just a few inches or feet beneath the top soil! We appreciate our University of Indianapolis students […]
The crew from University of Indianapolis is here preparing for this weekend’s History Beneath Us public archaeology program! One group of UIndy students are removing the backfill from the initial excavation of the reflecting pool so that they can begin digging where they left off in September. Dr. Christopher Moore, […]
The end of the Study Restoration Project seems to be in sight! After months of weather delays, workers are installing the last of the copper. To make sure that the roof doesn’t leak, all the areas of the roof have to be cut and fastened exactly, from the curved corners […]
Saturday saw ice on the windshields, but that didn’t keep volunteers from cleaning up the 3.5 acres of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum. Over 30 people descended on the Museum to rake, mulch, pick up branches and do general garden work. Two trailers were filled with leaves and […]
Spring is here, although snow flurries are in the air, and the flowers are starting to emerge. Daffodils, squill, myrtle and hyacinths are blooming now. The crocus are done for the year and the spring beauty plants are breaking through the ground. Soon violets, trillium and tulips will be blooming. […]
The construction crew has replaced the bucket lift they used in the fall with old-fashioned scaffolding. It looks like these final phases of the exterior Study Restoration Project will resemble when Lew Wallace first built it. I can just imagine him standing on the grounds, overseeing the final days of […]