Colonists displaced the Mohicans from their homeland in the 1780s. This summer the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians and Williams College opened two archeology digs to search for new evidence of their history in the Berkshires.
Historians have said they felt that the Berkshires was more of a seasonal hunting grounds. But the digs found evidence to suggest that there were many permanent residents and over a longer period of time.
I found this story while working on another one about old growth forests for the Smithsonian Magazine. You can see more of my
Boston based photography on my website.