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A Day in the Life

Food at Harvard

Food at Harvard College in the 17th-18th century [drawing, ca. 1936]. HUD 610 PF, olvwork365138, Harvard University Archives

In addition to a bedroom...

Breakfast in Bed?

time of day: Students ate breakfast in their own rooms...

Food at Harvard College in the 17th-18th century [drawing, ca. 1936]. Harvard University Archives.

Divided We Eat Panel 2

CONFIRM: Battle in Commons Hall [drawing, 1819] by William Henry Furness. Harvard University Archives.

This early 19th-century drawing of Harvard's Commons Hall depicts a lively battle, possibly with a touch of satire.

While such behavior would have been punished by Harvard's Puritan...

Excavation Time Lapse

Stratigraphy

In this video of the fall 2014 excavation, the site is marked with string to form a grid...

Moment of Discovery

Stratigraphy

Watch as student Cristina Parajon ‘18 unearths a piece of a transfer-printed pearlware plate (ca. 1770-1840). Her find provides...

Native American Students Then and Now

Harvard University Native American Program

Watch video from the excavation site about the connections between today's...

Colonial Printing

2009 Harvard Yard Archaeology

Could James Printer, the Native American Nipmuc who ran the...

Dress for Morning Prayers

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Morning Bever

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Beer for Breakfast

German beer mug sherds excavated from Harvard Yard.

Fragments of an imported German beer mug, excavated from Harvard Yard. Photo by Mark Craig. Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, President and Fellows of Harvard College. ...