Understanding Prehistoric Artifacts

ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain 1 College St, Burlington, VT, United States

Examine Native American artifacts and replicas, and learn how they were made and used through time. This presentation will be a good introduction to archaeology for both kids and adults. There will be opportunities for hands-on learning. Attendees are also welcome to bring artifacts that have for a show, tell, and learn!

Hubbardton Battlefield Hike

Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site 5696 Monument Hill Rd, Hubbardton, VT, United States

Trek around the Hubbardton Battlefield with site interpreter and long-time reenactor Bob Franzoni. You will explore the main points of the battle, military tactics, key personalities of the battle, and see a replica soldier's kit. Wear sturdy shoes and dress for the weather. Included in regular site admission ($3.00 adults/free under 15). Experience this stunning […]

Historic Bingo Cemetery Restoration and Clean-Up

Bingo Road Rochester, VT Bingo Rd, Rochester, VT, United States

Retired National Forest archaeologist Dave Lacy will lead a work group to clean & repair the historic stones in Bingo Cemetery. Bingo is an active town cemetery, but most of the stones are from the 19th c and could use attention. The National Forest takes an interest in this cemetery because it owns much of […]

Free

UVM Fleming Museum Panel on the Concept of “Home”

UVM Fleming Museum of Art 61 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT, United States

As part of the Fleming’s autumn House to Home exhibit, this discussion highlights anthropological and archaeological perspectives on what makes a home. Panelists consider what objects of material culture, stories, and other traces of occupation from communities in historical Vermont, the Caribbean, and the itinerant Romani people of Europe, can tell us about the diverse […]

Waterford Historical Society Kid’s Day

Davies Memorial Library 532 Maple St, Lower Waterford, VT, United States

A week-long coached "dig" by kids in the barnyard of a historic barn yielded evidence of the farm's past uses, and lit interest in archaeology for grades 4-8 students in Waterford. See their discoveries and hear about this community collaboration. waterford-vt-history.blogspot.com

Galick Site Open House

Helen W. Buckner Preserve at Bald Mountain Galick Road, West Haven, VT, United States

Join Castleton University archaeologist Matt Moriarty and other project team members at an informal presentation of artifacts and results from three seasons of archaeological research at the Galick site in West Haven.

Archaeology Day

Montshire Museum of Science 1 Montshire Rd, Norwich, VT, United States

How did Vermonters live in the past? What tools did they make and how did they make them? What has happened in the Upper Connecticut Valley during the last 12,900 years, and, most importantly, how do we know? Find out for yourself at Archaeology Day—a day-long celebration of us—the humans! Examine real artifacts in our […]

Winooski Historical and Archaeological Walking Tour

Heritage Winooski Mill Museum 20 Winooski Falls Way, Suite 302, Winooski, VT, United States

Brennan Gauthier, VTrans Archaeologist After meeting at the Winooski Museum, participants will take a walking tour of important historical and archaeological locations near the Champlain Mill in Winooski. This year, Brennan Gauthier will focus on the bridge over the Winooski River and its importance in the history of the region.

“The Americas in a New Age of Discovery” by Jago Cooper, PhD

Fleming 1 UVM University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States

Dr. Jago Cooper, Curator for the Americas at the British Museum, will give a presentation on his research in areas of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Free

VAS-NHAS Joint Spring Meeting

Dartmouth College Moore Psychology Bldg, Hanover, NH, United States

Saturday, March 30, 2019 Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 9:00 am - Registration opens.  Morning refreshments. 9:50 am - Opening remarks 10:00 - 11:45 am - Speakers 11:45 - 1:15 pm - Lunch on your own 1:45 - 3:15 pm - Speakers 3:15 - 3:45 pm - Reception for meeting attendees in the Hood Museum atrium. […]

$10.00

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