{"id":131153,"date":"2021-03-17T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T18:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=131153"},"modified":"2021-03-22T10:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T16:45:20","slug":"dig-into-the-archaeology-of-the-cragmor-tuberculosis-sanatorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=131153","title":{"rendered":"Dig into the archaeology of the Cragmor Tuberculosis Sanatorium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Watch the “Chasing the Cure” lecture<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tuberculosis has plagued humans for thousands of years \u2013\u00a0and with no known cure until the discovery of Streptomycin in 1944, 19th and 20th century physicians prescribed \u201crest cures\u201d for patients with tuberculosis in sunny climates with clean air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, wealthy patients sought the best care they could afford, and hundreds of flamboyant writers, artists and Broadway performers \u201cchased the cure\u201d for tuberculosis all the way to Cragmor Sanatorium in Colorado Springs. Now, it forms the foundation \u2013 both physically and figuratively \u2013\u00a0of the UCCS campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dig into this history and more in \u201cChasing the Cure: The Archaeology of Cragmor Tuberculosis Sanatorium,\u201d<\/a> a virtual lecture presented by Karin Larkin, assistant professor of anthropology, in honor of Colorado Springs\u2019 150th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larkin presented archaeological research on the sanatorium\u2019s original history \u2013 from physical objects that can help us to understand the alternative healing strategies practiced by the sanatorium\u2019s patients and doctors, to historical records and archaeological testing that illuminate the facility\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event took place Thursday, March 18 from 5:30\u20136:15 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All members of UCCS and the community are invited to join in the celebrations of Colorado Springs\u2019 150th<\/sup> birthday \u2013 its sesquicentennial anniversary \u2013 through programming leading up to July 31, 2021. Learn more about UCCS\u2019 celebrations online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karin Larkin, assistant professor of anthropology and director of Museum Studies and Gallery Practice, has nearly 25 years of archaeological and museum experience in the US West and Southwest. Her research focuses on decolonizing methodologies, understanding community interactions, archaeologies of health and tourism, social change, and negotiating social discord through material culture. She is co-editor of “The Archaeology of Class War,” published in 2009 by University Press of Colorado, and has published numerous book chapters and articles on archaeology throughout the west and Southwest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Larkin\u2019s research<\/a>, the Department of Anthropology<\/a> and the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences<\/a> online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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