Ever wonder what primitive societies used to make jewelry before there was plastic?

Or what machinery some archaeologists use in order to locate ancient artifacts?

The 12 students in the FRES 1020 freshman seminar know the answers to these questions and more as the result of a semester-long project culminating in the archaeology exhibition on display in the Tate Center Gallery.

The idea for the exhibit was a collaboration between the seminar instructor Frances Van Keuren and president of the Athens Society of Archaeological Institute of America Erv Garrison.

“Our goal was to encourage people to realize that archaeology is an interdisciplinary subject,” Van Keuren said.

She also hopes to promote the study of archaeology at the University and urge people to look into entering the certificate program.

In preparation for the exhibit, students from the seminar were paired with University professors from different departments such as Classics, Anthropology and Geology. Several of the students also were responsible for designing case displays, and campus Print and Copy services designed labels.

Gaby Garcia, a freshman from Mableton, said she enjoyed participating in the exhibit because archaeology overlaps with her interests in history and classics.

Casey Sharp, a freshman from Marietta, said the out-of-class work gave him a “realistic sense of archaeology from talking with people who actually do fieldwork.”

An all-day symposium will be held Saturday from 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. in the Student Learning Center where professors whose work is on display in the exhibit will lecture.