Volunteers are working to uncover artifacts during two, two-week-long SCRAP field school sessions that end July 12 at Mollidgewock State Park and Campground in Errol. (EDITH TUCKER PHOTO)
N.H. state archaeologist Mark Doperalski of the Division of Historic Resources is seen during last year's dig Mollidgewock State Park in Errol with tools manufactured by Native Americans over 3,000 years ago in what is now Mollidgewock State Park in Errol. (EDITH TUCKER PHOTO)
An excavation at Mollidgewock State Park in Errol reveals a stone hearth made up of flat-topped rocks, which nomadic Native Americans likely used to prepare their food. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Volunteers are working to uncover artifacts during two, two-week-long SCRAP field school sessions that end July 12 at Mollidgewock State Park and Campground in Errol. (EDITH TUCKER PHOTO)
ERROL — Strategic planning combined with good luck has led to outstanding results in the first two weeks of what will be a four-week-long N. H. State Conservation and Rescue Archaeology Program field school at Mollidgewock State Park and Campground, about 3 miles south of this small village on Route 16.
The 48-acre campground is located within the Thirteen-Mile Woods Scenic Area where the north-flowing Mollidgewock Brook joins the Androscoggin, one of New England’s longest rivers. The Androscoggin River would have served as a transportation corridor for the region’s early nomadic hunter-gatherers, providing access to fresh water as well as plant, fish, bird and animal resources.
N.H. state archaeologist Mark Doperalski of the Division of Historic Resources is seen during last year's dig Mollidgewock State Park in Errol with tools manufactured by Native Americans over 3,000 years ago in what is now Mollidgewock State Park in Errol. (EDITH TUCKER PHOTO)
An excavation at Mollidgewock State Park in Errol reveals a stone hearth made up of flat-topped rocks, which nomadic Native Americans likely used to prepare their food. (COURTESY PHOTO)
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