Pethick Site excavation yields artifacts left by the ancients
Submitted by coldrum on Thursday, 13 July 2006 Page Views: 3640
DigsCountry: United States A dig in New York state by students and others reveals a site that date back 10,000 years. Artefacts from 1500BC to 1400AD and the remains of at least one longhouse have been unearthed at a Schoharie Valley excavation site that professional archaeologists have called one of the most important in the state.Located on a terrace overlooking the Schoharie Creek, the excavation - named the Pethick Site - has so far uncovered more than 80,000 artifacts. The site even drew dozens of amateur archaeologists and curious townspeople midway through the eight-week dig as word spread of the chance to experience firsthand a professional archaeological excavation.
The site - 40 miles west of Albany and in its third year of excavation - is run as a field school through cooperative effort by the University at Albany department of anthropology and the Division of Research and Collections at the New York State Museum.
More: Times Union
Pethick Site web page, with photos linked.
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