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ANTH 3488 - Archaeology of Trinity University

The modern-day campus of Trinity University is located on a nineteenth and early twentieth century municipal dump site on what was then the margins of the city of San Antonio, Texas. This course will examine the history of this heavily-disturbed archaeolo

Welcome!

Welcome to the ANTH 3488 resource guide.  Listed in this guide is information on primary and secondary source material.  These resources will help in the creation of your artifact reports and poster presentations. Please also visit the Getting Started with Archival Research guide.

Early aerial view of campus, circa late 1950s to early 1960s. 

Please visit the digital exhibit From Municipal Dumpsite to Private Liberal Arts University: Insights into the City of San Antonio from a Nineteenth-Century Midden, created by Claire Sammons ('24), to learn more about the class project and the site.