Archaelogical Dig in Canfield

Robert K. Yosay | Posted July 24th 2009

Fourteen students in an advanced archeology field methods class at YSU are participating in a dig on a property next to the old Mahoning County Courthouse on Court Street in Canfield. Matt O’Mansky, class instructor, said the students have been working to uncover a jail dating back to the mid-1800s that is buried there. “I wanted to get them out there,” he said. “You don’t learn archeology in the classroom. You learn it out in the field.”