AKIN HOUSE ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT OPEN HOUSE
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Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust
The Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust (DHPT) is a private, non-profit preservation organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of architecturally and historically significant structures in Dartmouth and the surrounding communities. The structures and sites will be protected via acquisitions of, and easements placed upon, those historic sites, members indicated.
By Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust
Published on 08/4/2008
The public is cordially invited to an Open House for the Akin Archaeology Project on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at the Elihu Akin House, 762 Dartmouth Street, Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The all day open house from 9:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. will feature tours of the Akin House and site including a display of the artifacts uncovered and processed during this summer’s field session.
TALK PRESENTED BY DR. CHRISTINA HODGE
The public is cordially invited to an Open House for the Akin Archaeology Project on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at the Elihu Akin House, 762 Dartmouth Street, Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The all day open house from 9:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. will feature tours of the Akin House and site including a display of the artifacts uncovered and processed during this summer’s field session.
Dr. Christina Hodge, the Akin Project’s archaeologist will be on hand to explain the new units that have been opened during the July/August season and her preliminary conclusions about how the Akin family and later their tenants used the house and land. She will also present a short talk, the Akin House as Public Archaeology, first presented at the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust’s Annual Meeting. The talk focuses on the results of the 2007 Akin Project, public archaeology, and the role it plays in building community and youth and adult education. Her talk is scheduled for 11:00 A.M.
As she noted in the Project’s Dig Diary, July 20 – 23 for the Akin House Archaeology Project at http://akinhouse.blogspot.com, one of the most exciting finds long pre-dates the building of the house in 1762.
"We finished excavating this unit last week, but (thanks to a volunteer who also volunteers at the Massachusetts Archaeological Society museum) we have new information on an important artifact found here! A small flake of what's known as Pennsylvania jasper was recovered from soils a little over a foot below the current ground surface, at the interface between topsoil and subsoil levels. This small stone artifact was made by "flaking," striking or pressing a stone in order to remove thin flakes. Pennsylvania jasper was widely traded in New England during prehistoric times. This flake's reddish color probably results from heating. It may have been burned when the property was cleared before the house was built. This small artifact is a material token of the long Native American history in Dartmouth and on the Akin House property. Dartmouth is located within traditional homelands of the Wampanoag people.”
Join us at the Open House on August 13th to meet the crew of volunteers who have been working to expand our knowledge of Akin House, the land surrounding it and Dartmouth’s history from pre-colonial times to the present. This a rare chance to explore a working archaeology site from excavation units to the artifacts they contain. There is no charge for admission.
The Elihu Akin House is managed by the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust, a 501 ( C ) 3., non-profit preservation organization dedicated to “Preserving Dartmouth’s Heritage from the Foundation Up.”
For additional information, please contact Diane M. Gilbert, President, the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust, (508) 993-1216, cell (508) 965-7265, d.m.gilbert@ComCast.net or Peggi Medeiros, Clerk, (508) 992-9624 or (508) 997-7431, pmedeiros@ComCast.net.
Dr. Christina Hodge, the Akin Project’s archaeologist will be on hand to explain the new units that have been opened during the July/August season and her preliminary conclusions about how the Akin family and later their tenants used the house and land. She will also present a short talk, the Akin House as Public Archaeology, first presented at the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust’s Annual Meeting. The talk focuses on the results of the 2007 Akin Project, public archaeology, and the role it plays in building community and youth and adult education. Her talk is scheduled for 11:00 A.M.
As she noted in the Project’s Dig Diary, July 20 – 23 for the Akin House Archaeology Project at http://akinhouse.blogspot.com, one of the most exciting finds long pre-dates the building of the house in 1762.
"We finished excavating this unit last week, but (thanks to a volunteer who also volunteers at the Massachusetts Archaeological Society museum) we have new information on an important artifact found here! A small flake of what's known as Pennsylvania jasper was recovered from soils a little over a foot below the current ground surface, at the interface between topsoil and subsoil levels. This small stone artifact was made by "flaking," striking or pressing a stone in order to remove thin flakes. Pennsylvania jasper was widely traded in New England during prehistoric times. This flake's reddish color probably results from heating. It may have been burned when the property was cleared before the house was built. This small artifact is a material token of the long Native American history in Dartmouth and on the Akin House property. Dartmouth is located within traditional homelands of the Wampanoag people.”
Join us at the Open House on August 13th to meet the crew of volunteers who have been working to expand our knowledge of Akin House, the land surrounding it and Dartmouth’s history from pre-colonial times to the present. This a rare chance to explore a working archaeology site from excavation units to the artifacts they contain. There is no charge for admission.
The Elihu Akin House is managed by the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust, a 501 ( C ) 3., non-profit preservation organization dedicated to “Preserving Dartmouth’s Heritage from the Foundation Up.”
For additional information, please contact Diane M. Gilbert, President, the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust, (508) 993-1216, cell (508) 965-7265, d.m.gilbert@ComCast.net or Peggi Medeiros, Clerk, (508) 992-9624 or (508) 997-7431, pmedeiros@ComCast.net.