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PRESS RELEASE<br>
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
March 25,
2015
Teresa Izzo<br>
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508-896-3867 ext. 137<br>
tizzo@ccmnh.org<br>
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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents<br>
<i>Digging into the Past <br>
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<i>A 3,800-Year-Old Canoe Construction Site from Marshfield,
Massachusetts<br>
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BREWSTER, MA The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster
continues its popular archaeology/history series, <i>Digging into the
Past, </i>with archaeologist Brianna Rae <b>Saturday April 25, 2015 at
1pm.<br>
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In the fall of 2013, Brianna was part of a team of archaeologists from
Archaeological and Historical Services, Inc. that excavated several sites
in advance of construction activity in the town of Marshfield,
Massachusetts. One large excavation block produced an uncommonly dense
assemblage of Native American artifacts dating to the Terminal Archaic
Period (4,100 to 3,600 years ago). Brianna will describe the site’s
unique characteristics, including the fortuitous circumstances that led
to its unlikely discovery. The talk will include photos of the multitude
of excavated artifacts which include stone knives, drills, pestles, and
fishing weights. Brianna will explain how and why the tools were made and
why the site is currently interpreted as a possible construction area for
a birch bark canoe. Join Brianna to learn about the ground-breaking (pun
intended!) results from analysis thus far, and what it tells us about
this period in Southern New England’s distant past. <br>
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Join Brianna Rae as she makes the exciting detective work of an
archaeologist fun and accessible to the amateur and interested public
alike.<br>
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The presentation will be held at the Museum on Saturday, April 25,
2015 from 1pm–2pm.<br>
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Free with Museum Admission<br>
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<b> </b>For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867
ext. 133.<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
508-896-8844 - fax</body>
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