HARRISBURG, PA — The State Museum of Pennsylvania will host an Archaeology Month series with four online sessions through October. Speakers will highlight current events taking place in the field of Pennsylvania archaeology, and will explore some of the efforts to preserve these unique resources for the future.
Registration is required to attend each free virtual program. Programs will begin at 12:15 p.m. and last approximately 20 minutes, and will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
The remaining sessions are:
Friday, October 17, Steven Brann, “Protecting Civil War Treasures at Gettysburg National Military Park”
Brann, a principal investigator at Stantec, will detail the archaeological monitoring efforts undertaken during a recent rehabilitation project on Little Round Top at Gettysburg National Military Park.
Friday, October 24, Brian L. Fritz, “How Buried Soil Horizons Form and Their Importance to Archaeology”
Fritz, a registered professional archaeologist and owner of Quemahoning, LLC, will explain how buried soil horizons—ancient land surfaces covered by sediment—serve as crucial clues to past human activity, including where people lived, what they hunted and how they traveled.
To learn more and to register, visit www.statemuseumpa.org/pa-archaeology.