Elliott Chan explains the team’s LEGO model of the Horton Site, based on original maps and excavation notes from the 1960s dig. (Nuha Abdessalam/H-F Chronicle)
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Young roboticists use Legos to help revive Flossmoor archaeology dig

Students from HF Robotics spent this season uncovering a piece of Flossmoor history that many residents never knew existed. 

At the Nov. 20 South Suburban Archaeological Society meeting, the Cricketeers stood before a full room at the Irwin Center to share what they learned about the Horton Site, a 1960s archaeological dig now hidden beneath a neighborhood along Butterfield Creek.

“This has been an enlightening, rewarding and fulfilling season for us,” team member Elliott Chan…

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