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Scientists at work: Public archaeologists dig before the construction crews do

  • Written by Nina M. Versaggi, Director of the Public Archaeology Facility and Associate Professor,Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageArchaeologists on the front lines.Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University, CC BY-ND

Armed with my sharpened trowel, 3-meter tape, shovel, shaker screen and peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I joined my first dig as part of Binghamton University’s Public Archaeology Facility back in 1975. Crews of archaeologists were shovel testing the proposed...

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