Penn State Students Make Big Archaeological Find

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Penn State Students Make Big Archaeological Find

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It’s not often that groups of undergrads get to make big archaeological discoveries. But a group of Penn State students has done just that. WPSU’s Emily Reddy takes us to their excavation site in Huntingdon County. Read the full description.

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A group of Penn State students set out to find Fort Shirley, a British fort built during the French and Indian War. Halfway through the six-week class students hit pay dirt. They found the wall of the fort, built 250 years ago.

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A group of Penn State students set out to find Fort Shirley, a British fort built during the French and Indian War. Halfway through the six-week class students hit pay dirt. They found the wall of the fort, built 250 years ago.

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A group of Penn State students set out to find Fort Shirley, a British fort built during the French and Indian War. Halfway through the six-week class students hit pay dirt. They found the wall of the fort, built 250 years ago.

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LIVE READ:
It’s not often that groups of undergrads get to make big archaeological discoveries. But a group of Penn State students has done just that. WPSU’s Emily Reddy takes us to their excavation site in Huntingdon County.

ON TAPE:
Penn State students headed to the tiny town of Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania to uncover a mystery. Johnathan Burns is the professor in charge.

We didn’t know where Fort Shirley was, we set out to find it and low and behold here it is. It exceeded our expectations for sure. (:15)

Fourteen students are digging in the backyard of a house in Shirleysburg. Historians knew Fort Shirley was located somewhere near here during the French and Indian War. But Burns says the exact location of the fort had been lost until the students hit pay dirt 3 weeks ago.

It was just kind of luck that we dropped one of these test units the right direction.

A test unit...
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It’s not often that groups of undergrads get to make big archaeological discoveries. But a group of Penn State students has done just that. WPSU’s Emily Reddy takes us to their excavation site in Central Pennsylvania.

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