Chamber Pot From Historic Middletown Excavations Scanned by Andy Tan (’21) Ceramic Chamber Pot, Middletown, CT WA 250.16 This chamber pot was excavated from a trash…
Austral Islands Paddle Club Scanned by Andy Tan (’21) Paddle Club, Raivavae (Austral Islands) 1870.371.1 Despite its name, this object was never intended to be used as a…
Shark-Toothed Sword from Kiribati Scanned by Andy Tan (’21) Shark-Toothed Sword (te toanea), Republic of Kiribati 1870.376.31 This is one of several shark-toothed weapons in Wesleyan’s collections, acquired from the Missionary…
Back to AAC Proconsul africanus AAC Catalogue Number: 2004.11.37 Dates: 14-23 million years ago Geographic Range: Eastern Africa, likely inhabited rainforests and woodlands. Anatomical…
Back to AAC Sahelanthropus tchadensis AAC Catalogue Number: 2005.1.4 Dating: 6-7 million years ago Geographic Range: East Africa Anatomical Features: The foramen magnum is…
Australopithecus afarensis AAC Catalogue Number: 2004.11.38 Dates: 3.6 – 3.0 million years ago Geographic Range: East Africa Anatomical Features: Evidence of…
Australopithecus africanus AAC Catalogue Number: 2005.2.2 Dates: 3 – 2.2 million years ago Geographic Range: South Africa Anatomical Features: Relatively short…
Australopithecus (Paranthropus) robustus AAC Catalogue Number: 2004.11.7 Dates: 1.8-1 million years ago Geographic Range: South Africa Anatomical Features: Large teeth with…
Homo habilis AAC Catalogue Number: 2004.1.18 Dates: 2.3-1.7 million years ago Geographic Range: East Africa Anatomical Features: Apelike, consistent with other…
3D Scanning Wesleyan University recently purchased an Artec Space Spider 3D scanner. The scanner is housed in the Environmental Archaeology Lab, and models can be…
