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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


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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
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here 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
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More info is here from the Daily Hampshire Gazette, a local newspaper in Hampshire County MA

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