Bard Exhibits
Bard Exhibits
The Bard Archaeology website
currently includes 6 online exhibits about projects at the College and 15 such presentations about the project in Germantown NY on the colonial immigrants from the Rhenish Palatinate and early African Americans in the Mid-Hudson Valley. The photo above represents the fill of the privy shaft of Charles Sands, founder John Bard's nephew and Town of Red Hook supervisor, excavated by students before expansion of the new science center south toward the old farm house.Ancient Hearths in Manor Field
Contain Carbonized Plants
link above to video of hearth
with plant and flint discovery;
link below to synopsis
(photo, top to bottom, left to right)
flint arrowhead, broken projectile points,
fragmentary flint drill, ancient pottery rim
with plant and flint discovery;
link below to synopsis
(photo, top to bottom, left to right)
flint arrowhead, broken projectile points,
fragmentary flint drill, ancient pottery rim
Exploratory Discoveries at the
Montgomery Place Conservatory
Excavations confirmed the location
of the 1840-1880 Conservatory &
unearthed evidence of its wing being
the residence of an African-American
gardener, Alexander Gilson. Text &
images of a display at the Bard Library:
of the 1840-1880 Conservatory &
unearthed evidence of its wing being
the residence of an African-American
gardener, Alexander Gilson. Text &
images of a display at the Bard Library:
Blithewood Gardener's Lodge
A poster about the historic Blithewood Gardener's Lodge, exhibited in 2000 at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, became an outdoor installation at the site, funded by the Greenway Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley.
Fishing Along the Estuary
The Archaeology of Fishing along the Estuary is a 16-foot by 18-inch panel on the trail from Blithewood to Cruger Island Road. It's situated on the edge of the Hudson where a small peninsula juts into Tivoli South Bay, near the Grouse Bluff and Spicebush archaeological sites.
Bard Site 25: R. Tillotson
In 2005 Bard conducted arechaological investigation into a site that belonged to R. Tillotson, as part of his estate known as Miramont, now the central third of the campus.
Bard Site 27: Sands House
In 2005 Bard Archaeology conducted archaeological testing around the nearby Sands House dormitory that was built in 1841. The testing found a refuse deposit and foundations of outbuildings.