Last Avon Archaeology Lecture Series Event of 2024 Is Thursday

Avon Historical Society

AVON, CT — The final edition of a popular Avon lecture series focusing on local archaeology will take place later this week.

A partnership of the Avon Historical Society, Avon Free Public Library, and Avon Senior Center

will present the fifth and final lecture in the fourth annual five-part webinar series
“Unearthing History: The Discovery of a 12,500-year-old Paleo-Indian Site along the Farmington River in Avon, CT.”

The final lecture entitled “Paleoindian Discovery in America” will be presented by Dr.Brad Lepper, senior archaeologist, the World Heritage Program, Ohio History Connection.

It will be on Thursday, Oct. 10, beginning at 7 pm via Zoom through a link from the library. It
is available free of charge. Sign up at: www.avonctlibrary.info.

The Paleoindian discovery of America was the last great human migration into an unpeopled
world.

It is the foundation of all that came after it across the Indigenous Americas. Archaeologists are still seeking the answers to many of the most important questions about this first chapter in American history.

The fourth annual "Unearthing History" series, sponsored by a grant from the Lower Farmington
River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Committee is being held in response to the 2019 excavation of a 12,500-year-old Paleo-Indian site 6 feet below ground during a CT Department of Transportation construction project on Old Farms and Waterville Roads at Route 10 in Avon.

Partners in this series include the Farmington River Watershed Association, the Institute of American Indian Studies, Washington, CT, and The Avon Land Trust.

To watch the webinars from the 2021, 2022, and 2023 series on YouTube, visit: www.youtube.com/user/afplct

To register to attend/view this event, visit: www.avonctlibrary.info.