Archaeology Field School
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Volunteer Zack Watt sifts through recently excavated dirt at the former site of Madam C.J. Walker's home. Archaeologists from IUPUI hope to learn about the lifestyle of Walker, one of the nation's first female entrepreneurs, and answers to questions of race and class structure in the downtown Indianapolis neighborhood.
A logbook denotes locations of items found at the former site of Madam C.J. Walker's home near the IUPUI campus. Students from IUPUI's Archaeology Field School worked with community volunteers to excavate the site from mid-May to earlier this week.
IUPUI students and volunteers excavate a site that was formally the home of Madam C.J. Walker, one of the first affluent African-American entrepreneurs in Indianapolis and arguably the first female millionaire to have made her fortune on her own.
Volunteer Don Johnson (center) examines a piece of glass excavated by his daughter, Hope, along with IU anthropology graduate student Lewis Jones.
