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Photographer: Dale K. Benington
Taken: July 15, 2019
Caption: Locating the Fort Marker
Additional Description: Close-up view of four features that are displayed on this marker. The captions read as follows: Top Left: Excavation units during Ball State University's 2011 archeological field school. Credit: Christine Thompson, Ball State University. Top Right: The 17 foot section of what appears to be original fort palisade wall, discovered in 2011. The trench is the lighter colored soil. Look closely to see the darker circles within the trench that are the post holes. Credit: Christine Thompson, Ball State University. Bottom Left: Ball State University graduate student Amanda Balough conducting ground-penetrating radar in 2016. Credit: Kevin C. Nolan, Ball State University. Bottom Right: Ball State University students and local visitor excavating and screening dirt during 2016 field school. Credit: Mark Pummell, The Daily Standard.
Submitted: August 4, 2019, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p486521
File Size: 0.209 Megabytes

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