On Saturday, the Amherst History Museum and the University of Massachusetts history department cosponsored a preparatory archaeological dig at the museum’s 18th-century Strong House site.
Museum staff and UMass professor Brian Jones took measurements of the property and sought to ready it for an April 30 dig which will bring together the museum, UM faculty and middle school students participating in the town’s free archaeology program.
According to a Monday release from museum representative Patricia Lutz, the trial pit showed the site will likely contain numerous historical artifacts, including a blue and white china sherd, a fragment of pottery.
The formal dig will take place Saturday, and reservations can be obtained by contacting the museum at 413-250-1956 or by emailing [email protected].
– Collegian News Staff
