Anthropologist David Starbuck looks at the North Country's role in the French and Indian War through the relics left behind. Excavating the Sutlers' House: Artifacts of the British Armies in Fort Edward and Lake George (University Press of New England, 2010) catalogs his findings over two decades of digging, including the remains of a sutlers' house, the rarely unearthed mid-18th-century version of convenience store and corner bar.
David R. Starbuck
David R. Starbuck was a historical and industrial archeologist specializing in America’s forts and battlefields, utopian societies (such as the Shakers), and medieval and post-medieval sites in Scotland. Dr. Starbuck authored or edited nearly 20 books; published more than 130 journal articles, book chapters, and book reviews; and presented well over 500 papers and talks at local, regional, and national conferences and meetings. He was president of the Adirondack Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association, as well as a professor of anthropology at Plymouth State University.
