A small stretch of ground beside a chain-link fence on the University of Washington campus has turned out to hold a far older story than anyone working there on an ordinary day might have expected. It began almost casually, with soil being turned over near a greenhouse and a piece of stone lifting free that didn’t quite match the usual rubble of campus landscaping. At first glance, it looked like something easily misplaced, but the shape and finish suggested it had travelled through a much longer stretch of time. What followed pulled archaeologists into a closer look at a place that, despite its modern buildings and constant foot traffic, still carries traces of earlier lives beneath its surface.
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