Newest Edition Of Avon Lecture Series Examines Shark Teeth

AVON, CT — A partnership of the Avon Historical Society, Avon Free Public Library, and Avon Senior Center will present the fourth lecture in their 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.”

The fourth lecture, "Use and Sources of Ohio Hopewell Fossil Shark Teeth,” will be presented by Katherine Sterner, assistant professor, Baltimore Community Archaeology Lab.

It will be held on Thursday, September 19, 2024, beginning at 7 p.m. via Zoom through a link from the library.

It is available free of charge. Sign up at: www.avonctlibrary.info.

Sterner’s main focus is analyzing material from sites dating from 7,000 to 10,000 years
ago.

This presentation will be on her current work of use-wear analysis on fossil shark teeth utilized
by native peoples 4,000-6,000 years ago.

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 state Department of Transportation construction project of the now completed bridge on Old Farms and Waterville Roads at Route 10 in Avon.

Partners in this series include the Farmington River Watershed Association, 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 this event, visit: www.avonctlibrary.info.