Today, July 7, 2009, Hannah (a student in the Heidelberg University archaeological field school) discovered this hard rubber ring in the 1862-1863 prison hospital latrine.  The ring is made from hard rubber, first patented in 1851.  Prisoners made this jewelry to send to their families, friends, and to sell to fellow prisoners.  Several prisoners were [...]

by Juli, Phil, and Tim
One of the more intriguing finds of the past couple of weeks has been the fragments (referred to collectively as the “vessel cluster”) of a Kaolin clay tobacco pipe unearthed while excavating Block 6, the hospital block (Figure 1). Kaolin, a soft, white mineral, was first mined centuries ago in China, [...]