Archaeology project returns to upstate NY fort

Published July 9, 2012 7:01am ET



LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) — A team of archaeologists-in-training is returning to a French and Indian War site in upstate New York to resume searching for artifacts at the site immortalized in “The Last of the Mohicans.”

Adirondack Community College’s Archaeology Field School starts digging Monday at Fort William Henry, a reconstructed fort overlooking Lake George’s southern end. The program has dug at the fort five previous times under the leadership of archaeologist David Starbuck of New Hampshire’s Plymouth State University.

Already a print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account

Trusted reporting.Unlimited access.

Subscribe for full access to Washington Examiner coverage, expert political analysis, and subscriber-only journalism.

Get Unlimited Access

Already a member? Log in

Cancel anytime.