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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Editors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I realize this might be coming to you later than it should. I would appreciate you sharing information about this before the event. T<span style="background:white">his should be a great program
and is our first program since the pandemic (we only had one before everything happened!). </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Thank you so much for considering,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Kate Roderick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Chapter Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">Image Attached is of Gregory M. Lott with statue of Leifur Erikisson. We have Gregory’s permission to use for publicity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">October 15, 20121 Kate Roderick, Chapter Chair <a href="mailto:capecod@massarchaeology.org" target="_blank">capecod@massarchaeology.org</a></span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">Cape Cod Chapter of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society</span></b><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">Public Meeting and Program</span></b><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">The Norse Discovery of America and Beyond!</span></i></b><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">with Archaeologist Gregory M. Lott</span></b><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#262626">BREWSTER, MA —The Cape Cod Chapter of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society presents <b><i>The Norse Discovery of America and Beyond!</i></b> with Archaeologist Gregory M.
Lott <b>Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 7:00 pm</b> at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History 869 Main Street/Route 6A Brewster.</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Gregory’s talk will go beyond </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">the theory of historian Professor Frederick J. Pohl that Leifur Erikisson (son of Erik the Red)
landed on Cape Cod in the 10th century and the extensive work done at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland by Norwegian explorer and author Helge Ingstad and his wife archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad on the only verified Norse settlement in North America. The
program will delve into numerous other Norse objects and possible locations in North America such as the runic inscription found on a boulder along the shoreline of Noman’s Isle south of Martha’s Vineyard, a Viking age coin found in Maine, a Viking sword and
axe in Ontario, Canada, to the Kensington Runestone discovered in Minnesota.</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">Gregory is an independent researcher and former field technician with the Plymouth Archeological Rediscovery Project based out of New Bedford. Growing up on Cape Cod led to a
lifelong passion in history and archaeology focusing on the Norse migration west. In 2019 he was involved with an Experimental Archaeological Project (creating iron with local raw materials) in Iceland. Presently he is the Vice President of the Massachusetts
Archaeological Society and Chair of the Society’s Southeast Chapter both based in Middleboro.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">Greg will also discuss the role the Massachusetts Archaeological Society plays and the importance of the various chapters across the state.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#262626">Anyone interested in archaeology or history is invited to participate by joining the Chapter or attending the program.</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">$5 per person or FREE to Cape Cod Chapter of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society Members</span></b><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#262626">The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is located at 869 Route 6A Brewster, MA 02631</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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