Archaeological Research at Mashantucket
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Excavations at the Lake of Isles
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The Mashantucket Pequot Reservation is one of the most intensively studied archaeological landscapes in the Northeast. The first archaeological surveys of the Reservation were conducted under the direction Dr. Kevin McBride in the early 1980s while he was still a graduate student. Since that time over two hundred prehistoric and historic sites have been located and many have received in-depth examination. Sites on the Reservation are known to date back to at least 10,000 years ago. Evidence from numerous prehistoric sites indicate that Mashantucket was an important resource gathering area for Native peoples since that time. Sites dating from the mid-1600s to the present document the unwritten record of Pequot life on the Mashantucket Reservation.
Some of the most important sites are examined in more detail through the links provided below:
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The Hidden Creek Site: a small Late Paleoindian encampment
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The Sandy Hill Site: an Early Archaic base camp
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The Lake of Isles Research Project
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