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Archaeological Roadshowcoming to Russell
C ANDICE V ETTER candice.vetter@eap.on.ca
OttawaValley.ThatisDr.Pilon’sspeciality andheoriginallyhailsfromHawkesbury.Dr. Thibaudeau led the significant Casselman dig the past two summers, where Archaic Period artifacts collected numbered in the thousands. Theyhoperesidentswillbringoutitems likearrowheads,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,thestudyofarchaeologyandoral histories have filled in many of the knowledge gaps andmuch is being learned aboutlivesofthefirstpeoples,fromPalaeo-
Indian, Archaic periods, the more familiar Woodlandpeoples,andAlgonquinnations. Both guests are willing to look at “found objects” froma known location, and at “old objects”passeddowninafamilyandfroman unknown location. So find those flint chips or arrowheads you stashed away— somewhere.
RUSSELL|TheRussellHistoricalSociety, in partnership with the Ontario Archaeological Society—Ottawa Chapter, is hosting an Archaeological Roadshowforartifactsfoundrelatingto theearlypeoplesofthisregion.Itwillbe held Saturday, May 12, venue to be confirmed. Two distinguished Canadian archaeologists will be on hand to identify artifacts.Theywillnotbegivingestimatesof dollar values, but will try to determine age, use and makers of artifacts. Dr. Jean-Luc Pilon,CuratorofOntarioArchaeologyatthe Canadian Museum of Civilization, and Dr. PaulThibaudeau,fromCarletonUniversity, will also bring some artifacts to show. Artifacts are not to be confused with fossils, which are leaves, shells or bone preservedinrock. Botharchaeologistsareveryfamiliarwith 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 workedwhitequartzisoneofhundreds foundattheCasselmanarchaeological diglastsummer.Itisnotastonenative totheareabutwastradedandknapped inquantity at the site. photosoumise Limoges: Banquet pour le nouveau Club Optimiste Lancéaumoisdedécembre,leClub OptimistedeLimogess’apprêteàpasser àlavitessesupérieure,le25févrierà18 hauCentrecommunautairedeLimoges, avec l’organisationde sonbanquet de remisedecharte.
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