Archaeologist Robert Goodby discusses his field work at a site, undisturbed since the end of the Ice Age, in Keene, New Hampshire, that revealed information about the economy, gender roles, and household organization of the region\u2019s first inhabitants, and evidence of social networks that extended for hundreds of miles across northern New England.<\/p>\n
Archaeological fieldwork prior to construction of the new Keene Middle School discovered traces of four structures dating to the end of the Ice Age. Undisturbed for 12,000 years, the site revealed information about the economy, gender roles, and household organization of the region\u2019s first inhabitants, and evidence of social networks that extended for hundreds of miles across northern New England.<\/p>\n
Goodby is a professor of anthropology at Franklin Pierce University and has over thirty years of experience excavating Native American archaeological sites in New England.<\/p>\n
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