THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (UCONN)

The University of Connecticut has been a continued supporter of the Battlefields of King Philip’s War Project. Dr. Kevin McBride is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut, and specializes in the Colonial and Native American Archaeology and history in the Northeast. Professor McBride has incorporated Pequot War research topics into his courses and he manages the annual UConn Archaeology Field School which has focused on Battlefield Survey techniques in recent years as this project has progressed.

THE CONNECTICUT STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST

Dr. Brian Jones is the Connecticut State Archaeologist, whom heads the Connecticut Office of State Archaeology (OSA). Dr. Jones is an Assistant Extension Professor in UConn’s Department of Anthropology.

For more information about Jones please visit: http://www.cac.uconn.edu/nextstatearchaeologist.html 

THE CONNECTICUT STATE HISTORIAN

Walter Woodward was appointed Connecticut’s third State Historian in 2004. Prior to his career as historian and professor, Woodward was an award winning advertising executive, wrote highly successful jingles, won two Emmy Awards, and had two country hits in the top ten, most famously Marty Gray. In his newest book, Prospero’s America: John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture,1606-1676 he examines John Winthrop, Jr. who served as governor of Connecticut and founded New London.

THE TOWN OF MONTAGUE & THE BATTLEFIELD STUDY ADVISORY BOARD

In recognition of the historical and cultural significance of the Battle of Great Falls / Wissantinnewag-Peskeompskut that occurred on May 19, 1676, the Town of Montague, Massachusetts with support from the Battlefield Study Advisory Board comprised of representatives from the Towns of Montague, Greenfield and Gill, and the Narragansett, Aquinnah Wampanoag, Mohegan, Nipmuc, and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribes, received a Site Identification and Documentation grant from the National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP) to conduct a pre-Inventory Research and Documentation project to identify the likely locations of the King Philip’s War (1675-1676) Peskeompskut (Turners Falls) Battlefield and associated sites. Upon award from the Battlefield Study Advisory Board, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center has been fortunate to conduct the research phase of this project.