Digging history: Philanthropy fuels Auburn’s archaeological discovery

1/1/2025

Charlotte Tuggle, Director
News and Media Services
CLA Office of Communications and Marketing
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Auburn Family's culture of giving brings mutual helpfulness and happiness for all
A place is only as good as its people. The Auburn Family’s passion to give back to future generations makes our university special.
Photo Gallery: 2025 Auburn Research Symposium
On March 26, Auburn University celebrated research and creative scholarship by undergraduate students, graduate students and post-doctoral researchers through the 2025 Research Symposium.
Gaetano to serve as anthropology director
Arianne Gaetano will oversee the undergraduate program beginning this fall.
Anthropology major Katie Smith presents at national meeting
Buchanan publishes first book on people of Common Field
“Life in a Mississippian Warscape: Common Field, Cahokia and the Effects of Warfare" explores the microscale of daily lives of people living at Common Field and the spread of violence and warfare.
Auburn archaeology field school trains students to unearth history of Camp Watts
Underneath pastures and woodlands just south of Notasulga, an Alabama Civil War camp may be waiting to be discovered. College of Liberal Arts students are working to be the first to uncover it.

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