Archeologists Dig Up Woodstock Festival Site
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Paul Brown, of the Public Archaeology Facility at Binghamton University, measures a dig at the site of the original Woodstock Music and Art Fair, in Bethel, N.Y. The main mission of Binghamton University's Public Archaeology Facility is to help map out more exactly where The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin and Joe Cocker wowed the crowds 49 years ago (Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock)
Members of the Public Archaeology Facility at Binghamton University work at the site of the 1969 original Woodstock Music and Art Fair, in Bethel, N.Y. Information from the dig will help a museum plan interpretive walking routes in time for the concert's 50th anniversary next year (Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock)
Jesse Pagels, left, and Edgar Alarcon, of the Public Archaeology Facility at Binghamton University, start a new dig at the site of the original Woodstock Music and Art Fair, in Bethel, N.Y. Information from the dig will help a museum plan interpretive walking routes in time for the concert's 50th anniversary next year (Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock)
Members of the Public Archaeology Facility at Binghamton University work at the site of the 1969 original Woodstock Music and Art Fair, in Bethel, N.Y. Information from the dig will help a museum plan interpretive walking routes in time for the concert's 50th anniversary next year (Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock)
Aerial shot of Woodstock in 1969 (Marty Lederhandler/AP/REX/Shutterstock)
Hundreds of people driving to the concert in 1969 (Anonymous/AP/REX/Shutterstock)
Debris left in the field in 1969 (Bob Scott/AP/REX/Shutterstock)
Visitors to the Museum at Bethel Woods, view exhibits of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, in Bethel, N.Y. (Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock)
Members of the Public Archaeology Facility at Binghamton University work at the site of the 1969 original Woodstock Music and Art Fair, in Bethel, N.Y. Information from the dig will help a museum plan interpretive walking routes in time for the concert's 50th anniversary next year (Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock)
Visitors to the Museum at Bethel Woods, view exhibits of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, in Bethel, N.Y. (Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock)
Edgar Alarcon, Wade Lawrence. Wade Lawrence, right, museum director and senior curator at The Museum at Bethel Woods, looks at artifacts recovered from a dig at the site of the original Woodstock Music and Art Fair, in Bethel, N.Y. (Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock)
Members of the Public Archaeology Facility at Binghamton University work at the site of the 1969 original Woodstock Music and Art Fair, in Bethel, N.Y. Information from the dig will help a museum plan interpretive walking routes in time for the concert's 50th anniversary next year (Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock)
Members of the Public Archaeology Facility at Binghamton University work at the site of the 1969 original Woodstock Music and Art Fair, in Bethel, N.Y. Information from the dig will help a museum plan interpretive walking routes in time for the concert's 50th anniversary next year (Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock)