IRLAB's 2026 Field Experience in Bioarchaology in Ohio - Harrison Township Cholera Cemetery.

"I am pleased to share with you information regarding IRLAB's 2026 Field Experience in Bioarchaology in Ohio. 

The Field Experience in Bioarchaology - offered in collaboration with the Department of Anthropology at The Ohio State University - is an outstanding opportunity for students to gain practical experience in bioarchaeological excavation by working on a historic cholera cemetery in central Ohio.

This program was developed to offer high-quality bioarchaeological excavation training in the US and at affordable rates. The field experience welcomes undergraduate and graduate students, as well as CRM and forensic science professionals interested in developing skills in the excavation of human remains. 

More information can be found at:

 www.irlabnp.org/field-experience-in-bioarchaeology/. 

The program is a partnership between IRLAB and the Department of Anthropology at The Ohio State University and managed by the Institute for Research and Learning in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology (IRLAB), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established to promote the advancement and diffusion of archaeological and bioarchaeological knowledge through research and education.

I am attaching a couple of flyers with QR codes to the program's webpage. I would appreciate it if you could share this information with your students and anyone else who may be interested in participating in this exciting project."

Thank you, 

Giuseppe Vercellotti, Ph.D.

Executive Director / Principal Investigator
HTCC Excavation Project 
Institute for Research and Learning in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology 
850 Michigan Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215

Adjunct Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University
College of Arts and Sciences | Department of Anthropology
4034 Smith Laboratory
174 W 18th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210

giuseppe.vercellotti@irlabnp.org

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On Find a Grave:

Harrison Township Cholera Cemetery

Also known as Cholera Cemetery, Helen Harold and Paul Peters Cemetery, Paul Peters Farm Cemetery

Ashville, Pickaway County, Ohio, USA

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"IRLAB" and the Ohio State University's Department of Anthropology are resuming their collaborative research in Pickaway County this summer - July 3 - 28, 2023

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Sharing from The Institute for Research and Learning in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology ("IRLAB") in collaboration with the Department of Anthropology of The Ohio State University.:

"I am pleased to inform you that, after the disruptions caused by the pandemic over the past few years, our Field Experience in Bioarchaology in Ohio will resume this summer.

The Field Experience in Bioarchaology - offered in collaboration with the Department of Anthropology at The Ohio State University - is an outstanding opportunity for students to gain practical experience in archaeological excavation and bioarchaeological investigation by working on a historic cemetery in central Ohio. This program was developed to offer high-quality bioarchaeological excavation training in the US and at affordable rates. The field experience welcomes undergraduate and graduate students, as well as CRM and forensic science professionals interested in developing skills in the excavation of human remains. 

The Institute for Research and Learning in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology (IRLAB) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established to promote the advancement and diffusion of archaeological and bioarchaeological knowledge through research and education. 

The institute has worked to accomplish this goal since 2014, using the leading technological methods to analyze and document the excavation of human burials from the archaeological context at sites in the United States and Italy. 

The work of the organization has been featured in Science Magazine and has led to collaborative efforts with dozens of institutions of higher learning."

Sincerely, 

Giuseppe Vercellotti, Ph.D.
giuseppe.vercellotti@irlabnp.org

Executive Director / Principal Investigator

HTCC Excavation Project 

Treasurer

Institute for Research and Learning in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology 

Adjunct Assistant Professor

The Ohio State University

College of Arts and Sciences | Department of Anthropology

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences | Division of Health Sciences

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Please view the link to IRLAB for all particulars.

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Spotlighting the Institute for Research and Learning in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology and their work at the Harrison Township/ Cholera Cemetery in Harrison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio

The Institute for Research and Learning in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology - IRLAB - has been conducting excavation work this year, with permission, at the Harrison Township/ Cholera Cemetery in Harrison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio  

This excavation is sensitive to the fact there are an untold number of unknown human remains; including the remains of those long lost souls who succumbed to the Cholera Disease that ravaged the area in the early 1800s and again in the mid 1800s.  This deadly disease particularly affected those working on the canals.  The Ohio & Erie Canal extended to Circleville in Pickaway in 1831 and existed in the area of this obscure cemetery. 

Sharing this link to the Introduction to this Project:  "HTCC - The Harrison Township/Cholera Cemetery - "The Closest Thing to a Name" 

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"The Closest Thing to a Name"

"A Virtual Memorial for the people buried at the Harrison Township Cholera Cemetery (HTCC)"

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Archaeologist for a Day

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Project Director:

Executive Director/PI - Giuseppe Vercellotti, Adjunct Assistant Professor, OSU.

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Link for: Contact Form

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Sharing also this link that refers to the first excavation exploration that was held in May and early June, 2018 with additional details about the project's description and objective.

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The Harrison Township/Cholera Cemetery (AKA known as the Paul Peters Farm Cemetery) also is listed on "Find A Grave".  

Please note, however, there is one recent interment listed that is incorrect and is awaiting removal and re-assignment by "Find A Grave" to its proper cemetery. 

***Please note also***Harrison Township Cholera Cemetery

Also known as Cholera Cemetery, Helen Harold and Paul Peters Cemetery, Paul Peters Farm Cemetery

Should not be confused with:

The much newer and larger: "Harrison Township Cemetery"  Also known as the Bloomfield Cemetery that is located in South Bloomfield.