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DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas Scott. Joel Bohy.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Northeast Region National Park Service Archeological Landscapes and the Stories They Tell" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Boston Massacre occurred at the Custom House on King Street on March 5, 1770 when British regular troops fired on colonists. Five colonists were killed and six wounded. One British officer and eight soldiers participated in the event. How did eight soldiers firing only one shot kill...