Recording the finds ...

Students in this photo are at work in the Illinois State Museum Collection Center analyzing and recording items discovered during the Summer 2006 archeological dig at New Philadelphia, work done under the auspices of a National Science Foundation grant.

Photos below show some of the items found this summer

From the L.A. Times ...

Read P.J. Huffstutter's article on New Philadelphia in the July 14 issue of the Los Angeles Times: "A Land of Racial Harmony?" (Yes, you will have to register and it's free.)