Digging Up Woodstock

An archaeological investigation of the famous festival site unearthed evidence hidden in the haze of memory

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Nov 4 · 7 min read
A crowd of people sitting in a muddy field full of garbage.
A crowd of people sitting in a muddy field full of garbage.
The 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair left behind garbage and other materials that can be traced by archaeologists. Photo: Owen Franken/Corbis via Getty Images

By Maria O’Donovan

On a cloudy morning in October 2017, I found myself on a hillside in Bethel, New York, thinking about the most efficient way to remove leaves that covered the hill’s rocky surface. Below the wooded hill…

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