Free Connecticut Native American Archaeology Presentation

The Connecticut State Archaeologist, Dr. Brian Jones, will be giving a free presentation on Connecticut Native American Archaeology on Wednesday, November 7th at 7 pm at the Riverfront Community Center in Glastonbury. Ninety-seven percent of the history of Connecticut occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans, yet this period is only cursorily covered in the state’s secondary school curriculum. In fact, Connecticut provides an important laboratory for the global study of human adaptation to changing social and natural environments. Five key topics stand out that everyone in Connecticut should understand about its deep past. These are: 1) the colonization of an uninhabited Ice Age landscape, 2) adaptation to post-glacial habitats, 3) the development of formalized exchange networks, 4) strategies for feeding a growing population, and 5) the development of politically complex societies. An examination of these topics indicates that the archaeology of the state provides fertile ground for understanding not only Native American life-ways of the past, but the social, economic and political challenges shared by many societies around the globe. Brian will provide an introduction to these five key topics that we should all understand about Connecticut's ancient history.

Dr. Brian Jones is Connecticut’s State Archaeologist and is associated with the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History at UConn. Brian has worked as an archaeologist since 1992 and received his Ph.D. in Anthropology at UConn in 1998. Brian has a broad background in New England archaeology that spans the Paleoindian period through the industrial era. His special fields of interest include the peopling of the New World, lithic analysis and geoarchaeology. He has recently made the archaeology of 17th Century Connecticut one of his top priorities. Brian is a very knowledgeable and charismatic presenter so this presentation is expected to very interesting, so the public is strongly encouraged to attend.

Brian's Connective Native American Archaeology Presentation will be shared at the Wednesday, November 7th meeting of the Eunice Cobb Stocking Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the Riverfront Community Center, 300 Welles Street in Glastonbury. The meeting will begin at 7 pm with the Native American Archaeology presentation, followed by refreshments and the DAR meeting. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend the presentation and refreshments.

The Eunice Cobb Stocking Chapter of the DAR is headquartered in Glastonbury and has over 60 active members from the surrounding community. Their chapter meets six times a year with interesting educational meeting topics. Any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background is eligible for membership and welcome to join the DAR, if they are descended from a patriot of the American Revolution. If you are interested in joining the DAR then please consider attending the November 7th meeting or email StockingChapter.DAR@gmail.com.