ALBANY MISSES THE BOAT IN EXPLORING ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAST.(MAIN)

Byline: TERRENCE P. CUMMINGS VALATIE

The March/April issue of Archaeology magazine contains a very interesting and well-written article titled ``New York's Mythic Slum: Digging lower Manhattan's infamous Five Points.'' In it, Rebecca Yamin describes recent archaeological work at the site of a new federal courthouse in lower Manhattan. A consulting firm from New Jersey conducted …