Almost 400 years after the Pilgrims celebrated their first Thanksgiving, archaeologists have unearthed evidence of the original 1620 settlement in Plymouth, Mass. Researchers from UMass Boston’s Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research made the find on Burial Hill in Plymouth. Burial Hill includes a cemetery that was thought to be part of the original settlement, according to the Boston Globe, although the site had never been dug by archaeologists before. Because native people didn’t have domestic cattle her remains prove that she lived and died within the original Plymouth settlement. EXPLORERS FIND 2ND-OLDEST CONFIRMED SHIPWRECK IN GREAT LAKESLandon’s team have been working to find evidence of the original settlement prior to the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Plymouth Colony in 2020.
Source: Fox News November 23, 2016 19:23 UTC