so MassDOT is planning on bulldozing a 10,000 year old village near Northampton, Massachusetts after they discovered it last year trying to build a roundabout. im putting some info about it here, and i will reblog this post with a link to a petition and the twitter thread if you want to read up a little bit on what’s happening
here is the petition: https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/preserve-the-10-000-year-old-undisturbed-ancient-village-in-northampton-ma
Do Not Destroy the 10,000 Year Old Ancient Village in Northampton, MA Noted archeologist Dr. Richard Gramly (PhD Archeology, Harvard) was able to review the state’s report: “Lands along New England’s Connec MoveOnhere is the twitter thread shown above:
https://twitter.com/lumpleygames/status/1276871066170937344?s=19
https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Flumpleygames%2Fstatus%2F1276871066170937344%3Fs%3D19&t=NDkyMDQ2YzY1MWEwZWU0ZjczODYzN2JlZjgwMzQwNTNhNGJmMThjYiw4NWFhYzRiMTFmYjFiZDBhOTllMDFiYmQ3NDRiMmZlZTZhNzc2OWMz TwitterMore info is here from the Daily Hampshire Gazette, a local newspaper in Hampshire County MA