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Archaeological Roadshow coming to Russell
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Ottawa Valley. That is Dr. Pilon’s speciality and he originally hails from Hawkesbury. Dr. Thibaudeau led the significant Casselman dig the past two summers, where Archaic Period artifacts collected numbered in the thousands. They hope residents will bring out items like arrowheads, spearheads, scrapers, pottery
shards, stone knives, grinding stones and worked flakes. This helps promote an understanding of the pre-European settlement periods. Although often called prehistory, the study of archaeology and oral histories have filled in many of the knowledge gaps and much is being learned about lives of the first peoples, from Palaeo-
Indian, Archaic periods, the more familiar Woodland peoples, and Algonquin nations. Both guests are willing to look at “found objects” from a known location, and at “old objects” passed down in a family and from an unknown location. So find those flint chips or arrowheads you stashed away— somewhere.
RUSSELL | The Russell Historical Society, in partnership with the Ontario Archaeological Society—Ottawa Chapter, is hosting an Archaeological Roadshow for artifacts found relating to the early peoples of this region. It will be held Saturday, May 12, venue to be confirmed. Two distinguished Canadian archaeologists will be on hand to identify artifacts. They will not be giving estimates of dollar values, but will try to determine age, use and makers of artifacts. Dr. Jean-Luc Pilon, Curator of Ontario Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and Dr. Paul Thibaudeau, from Carleton University, will also bring some artifacts to show. Artifacts are not to be confused with fossils, which are leaves, shells or bone preserved in rock. Both archaeologists are very familiar with the ancient history of this area, the lower
Think this is just a rock? Would you guess that it’s an archaeological find from the distant past? This piece of worked white quartz is one of hundreds found at the Casselman archaeological dig last summer. It is not a stone native to the area but was traded and knapped in quantity at the site. photo soumise Limoges: Banquet pour le nouveau Club Optimiste Lancé au mois de décembre, le Club Optimiste de Limoges s’apprête à passer à la vitesse supérieure, le 25 février à 18 hauCentrecommunautairedeLimoges, avec l’organisation de son banquet de remise de charte.
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