MYSTIC, Conn. – Artifacts of a battle between a Native American tribe and English settlers, a confrontation that helped shape early American history, have sat for years below manicured lawns and children's swing sets in a Connecticut neighborhood. A project to map the battlefields of the Pequot War is bringing those musket balls, gunflints and arrowheads into the sunlight for the first time in centuries.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
AP: Conn. land dug up for items from tribe-settler war
I don't link many stories like this here, but this one caught my eye. Battlefield archaeology is a cool topic.
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