Dartmouth Digs up Historic Trash Heap

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By Trish Anderton on Tuesday, July 17, 2001.
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A construction crew working on the foundation of Dartmouth College's Baker Library made an intriguing discovery earlier this year. They found an early Victorian trash heap. Dartmouth anthropology professor Paul Goldstein has written a report on the ensuing archaelogical dig. He described the site to NHPR's Trish Anderton.

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