Recent News

Excavations Continue at Rebel's Rest!

The SEI Field School in Archaeology continues excavations at Rebel's Rest during Summer 2016.

Rebel's Rest at the Society for American Archaeology Conference

On April 7, 2016, Post Baccalaureate Fellow Alex Friedl (Sewanee C'15) presented a poster about Rebel's Rest at the 81st Annual Meeting for the Society of American Archaeology in Orlando, Florida.

Cross-mending a Chamber Pot from Rebel’s Rest

We have been successful in cross-mending the majority of a chamber pot from Rebel’s Rest. When the ceramic pieces were initially excavated, we thought they represented heavy tableware, but refitting the pieces revealed another story. Its round shape and wide phalange (or vessel edge) reveal it to be a chamber pot.