AIA Fieldwork Photo Contest 2022

Entry 51924

Submitted by Katie Petrole

Nashville Parthenon/Coleman Park Community Center

Nashville, TN, United States

Category: Excavation

This young archaeologist-in-training found a wonderful thing! As outreach for Nashville Parthenon's The Antikythera Mechanism exhibition, local youth were tasked with completing a mock underwater excavation that included documenting "artifacts" by drawing and mapping them on a grid system.

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