Working with site administrator Elsa Gilbertson, the Mount Independence Coalition applied for and received a grant from Lake Champlain Basin Program to fund the work done by the Lake Champlain Basin Program conservation laboratory in Ferrisburgh. You can read about it at the Addison Independent website: https://www.addisonindependent.com/2021/12/30/revolutionary-war-artifacts-from-mt-independence-conserved/ Or check out the same story at the … Continue reading Coalition supports conservation of metal artifacts
Archaeology
Sad news: David Starbuck has passed away
One of the northeast's leading archaeologists, Dr. David Starbuck, died on December 27 after a long bout with pancreatic cancer. Starbuck led three of the major archaeological digs at Mount Independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His book The Great Warpath described the results of these studies, with a long section on the … Continue reading Sad news: David Starbuck has passed away
New history/archaeological program, Sept. 16
Recent Archaeological, Geospatial, and Historical Insights into Mount Independence Saturday, September 16, at 2:00 pm On Saturday, September 16, 2017, at 2:00 pm., staff from the University of Vermont Consulting Archaeology Program will be presenting a program on new archaeological, geospatial, mapping, and historical research about Mount Independence at the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell, VT. … Continue reading New history/archaeological program, Sept. 16
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