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  • Excavating my own archaeology

    Oct 29, 2024 2:00 pm by Tamira K. Brennan | Research Scientist, Illinois State Archaeological SurveyBehind the Scenes
    Tamira Brennan stand at the edge of an archaeological excavation on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • Tamira Brennan stand at the edge of an archaeological excavation on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    'I stand at the edge of an archaeological excavation on the U. of I. campus, watching as students dig up the remnants of a structure I helped build 22 years ago as an undergraduate student in an experimental archaeology course.'