Revolutionary New Jersey Revealed
About this Session
New Jersey has correctly been called the Cockpit of the Revolution. Archaeology investigations are a powerful way to expand the narrative around the American Revolution, reexamine old stories, generate new information, and engage diverse publics in historical and scientific research. Panelists discuss recent fieldwork at Red Bank Battlefield, Chestnut Neck/the Mullica River, Bordentown, and Morristown National Historical Park. At Red Bank archaeologists from Rowan University are literally rewriting the narrative of one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolution. Maritime archaeologists from Stockton University, employing cutting edge technologies have found long lost shipwrecks, evidence of privateering and the ill-fated Pennsylvania Navy. While Monmouth University archaeologists excavating at Jockey Hollow are gaining new insights into the trials and tribulations of the Continental Army. Other ongoing projects at the Middlebrook encampment and the Battles of Princeton, Springfield and Connecticut Farms are also touched upon and suggestions are made for future research.
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