ITHACA, N.Y. -- Archaeologists from the Public Archaeology Facility of Binghamton University will present a slide-illustrated lecture Oct. 21 that describes recent excavations on land that was part of the Ezra Cornell estate, located on what is, today, the West Campus of Cornell University. The event is scheduled for 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Tompkins County Museum, 401 E. State St., Ithaca.

Excavations uncovered a mid-to-late-19th century site consisting of artifacts associated with the Christopher Carney family, who lived at 111 University Ave. Carney was an Irish immigrant who worked as a laborer for Ezra Cornell and his family.

The lecture, free and open to the public, will be led by project director Andrea Zlotucha Kozub and will include slides of the excavations, as well as historic maps that led to this discovery. A selection of artifacts uncovered by the Binghamton University archaeological team will be on display for the event and refreshments will be served.

This program is presented as part of New York's Archaeology Month celebrations, throughout October, in cooperation with the DeWitt Historical Society, Cornell University's Office of Community Relations and Trowbridge and Wolf, landscape architects.