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LECTURE - I Found Jesus in the Privy: Irish Tenements in 19th Century Roxbury
Archaeology lecture
Join the Massachusetts Archaeological Society’s Gene Winter chapter to hear Ellen Berkland, former Boston city archaeologist and Staff Archaeologist for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Recent excavations by UMA’s Arc Services revealed exciting new data on 19th century tenement life in the city of Boston. The artifact collection represents a short period of site use, at most 67 years, and includes items related to personal grooming, the household, cooking, children’s play, schooling, religion, construction and international politics. The collections provide important insight into immigrant lives, the increase in factories and manufacturing in Roxbury, politics, and Roxbury history.
FREE and open to the public.
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Location: RS Peabody Museum 175 Main Street Andover, MA.
Time: 7 p.m.
