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Edward Winslow was one of the prominent and influential leaders of Plymouth Colony. He was granted land in Marshfield,
MA (just north of the original colonial center of Plymouth) in 1632 and he died and was buried at sea off of Jamaica in 1655.
In 1944, the founder of today's Plimoth Plantation, Harry Hornblower, identified a site in Marshfield that he designated the
C-2a site. He felt that this site had the potential to be one of the earliest sites identified with a prominent Pilgrim
figure. In 1971, Plimoth Plantation excavated a portion of the site (designating it the C-14 [Colonial 14] site)and
identified evidence of human habitation spanning 10,000 years and including an intriguing early to middle 17th century component.
Unfortunately, no one ever wrote down the exact location of this very important site ! Join us as we research and explore
this site and try to answer the question: COULD THIS BE THE HOMESITE OF EDWARD WINSLOW?
Read our Blog about the Winslow Rediscovery Project ARCHAEOBLOG
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