Archaeologists have discovered what may be the remains of soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War. But it's a mystery whose side they were on; they could have been Yankees, British or even colonists who sided with the king, known as Loyalists.
Archaeologists are now planning to spend months, if not years, studying the skeletal remains to learn more about these three individuals, including, if possible, where their loyalties lay.
"I can't be 100% [certain] yet. I don't have that smoking gun" about whether these individuals were revolutionary soldiers, Nicholas Bellantoni, the interim emeritus Connecticut state archaeologist, told Live Science. "There's more work to be done."
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