We are pleased to present the Battlefields of the Pequot War – project website!

Thank you for visiting our website, and thank you for your interest in the “Battlefields of the Pequot War” project, funded by the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center. We are so enthused about this new website – a great new way to share news and information with our interested public, and for our interested public to communicate with us.

Please continue to visit the website and blog for updates on research undertaken by Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center’s “Battlefields” staff. Look for our researchers and their Guest Blogs, fun archaeology photos and news from the field, and upcoming public programs.

Thank you again! We are looking forward to seeing you soon.

All the best,

The “Battlefields of the Pequot War” Staff

The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center is identifying and preserving battlefields and historical sites associated with the Pequot War.

The primary goal of this project, funded through a grant from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program, is the identification of battlefield sites and obtaining physical evidence through non-invasive archaeological investigations.

Partnering with the Office of the Connecticut State Archaeologist, the Connecticut State Historian, and local historical societies and museums, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center has undertaken a comprehensive study to research all aspects of the Pequot War.

The Pequot War consisted of far more than the single attack by the English and their Native allies on the Pequot’s fortified village at Mystic, Connecticut on May 26, 1637. The war lasted for more than two years with major battles in Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. Indigenous people, including the Sasqua of Fairfield, the Quinnipiac of New Haven, the Western Niantic, the Mohegan, the Narragansett, the Nipmuck, the Wangunk, the Podunk and the Mohawk of New York fought both with and against the Europeans and the Pequot.

In 2006, the History Channel included the “Massacre at Mystic” as the first episode in its highly-acclaimed series 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.