Discovery by construction workers of building demolished in 1920s provides rare on-campus experience for archaeology students
Construction workers at Michigan State University hit something hard earlier this summer while installing hammock poles into the ground outside a residence hall.
A closer inspection then revealed it was the foundation of a 140-year-old observatory that was demolished in the 1920s and – over the course of a century – became buried underground.
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