Dig It
Excavating the Revolutionary War battlefield at Saratoga, archeologists helped rewrite the battle’s history in surprising ways, including their determination that women fought.
Dean Snow, professor emeritus of anthropology at Penn State University and past president of the Society for American Archaeology, is the author of 1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga (Oxford). His previous books include Archaeology of Native North America and The Iroquois.