Laying out a unit and defining the edges with string guide Starting to dig, carefully taking off a thin layer of soil with shovels Screening Some early finds, a railroad spike, square nail, chip of ceramic with stamped design Some tools of the trade
Students: application for the dig is still open Students interested in applying should contact SCHS President, Stephen Hanpeter at 314-918-1617, or schs.webmanager@gmail.com, or Sappington House Resident Manager Sally Cakouros at 314-822-8171. Make inquiries and apply by Tuesday, May 8. The student experience The high school student archaeological dig at Sappington House is an experience of…
The student presentations: Sunday, November 12, 2:00 pm. Students share their experiences and finds. Artifacts from dig will be on exhibit as well as other displays related to the dig. Light refreshments. Held at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 7400 Grant Road, St. Louis, MO 63123. For more information or questions, call Stephen Hanpeter …
International Archaeology Day at Sappington House Saturday, October 21, 10 am – 2 pm Free! Schedule of attractions On the grounds, 11:15 – 12 noon, Lindbergh middle school Fiddlers in colonial costume In the library 10:30 am, Perry Whitaker, Mississippi River Paddler, tells his experiences of finding Native-American artifacts as he canoes the waterways 12:00…
The Archaeological Dig at Sappington House 2017 June 1-17, Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10:00 to 3:00 pm At the Sappington House: 1015 S. Sappington Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63126 Come visit the site. See the work. Meet the participants. Fro more info, call or email Stephen Hanpeter, president of Sappington-Concord Historical Society: 314-918-1617,…
Getting ready for the 2017 dig at Sappington House See a sampling of the artifacts found in 2016, hear the presentation on the dig done last year. Find out what may be coming up this year in the June dig. Sauturday, April 8 at 2:00 pm at the Oak Bend Branch library in the auditorium.…
The high school students who participated in the June 2016 dig at Sappington House, spoke of their experiences and findings on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at the US Grant National Historic Site. The following quotes are excerpts from their presentations. Alexis Klosterman – Lindbergh “I’ve always wanted to go into a criminal justice field …so…
See the artifacts from the archaeological dig at Sappington House “What did the students find in the dig at Sappington House?” is the question most often asked about the dig. You can see now on display at the US Grant National Historic Site, a sampling of the almost 1000 artifacts found. The exhibit is open…
November 20, Sunday at 2:00 pm Reports on the archaeological dig at Sappington House by the students; their experiences and their findings. At long last, the student diggers speak. They reveal all; findings, experiences, insights, and research too. Muffled since the June dig at Sappington house, the student diggers finally come forward in a tell-all moment.…
Links to web resources provided by Dr Michael Fuller Dr. Michael Fuller initiated the archaeological dig at Sappington House. As the head of the education committee for the Archaeological Institute of America(AIA) St. Louis Society, and professor of archaeology at St. Louis Community College Meramac campus, Dr. Fuller had planned and supervised quite a number…
