Delaware Archaeology Month

 

2008 Delaware Archaeology Month Schedule of Events

 

Saturday, May 3, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm - Dover,  Archaeology at ‘Old Dover Days.’ The Delaware Archaeology Museum at Museum Square will host various activities, exhibits, and presentations at 316 S. Governors Ave., Dover.   For more information, call 302-739-4266 for Delaware State Museums or 302-734-1736 for Old Dover Days.

Saturday, May 3, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm - Price’s Corner area,  Brandywine Springs Park Excavation.  Help the Friends of Brandywine Springs work on the Power Station Site!  Family fun for everyone!  Bring gloves.  Corner of Newport Gap Pike & Faulkland Rd.  Sponsors: Friends of Brandywine Springs and Archaeological Society of Delaware; for information, call Mike Ciosek, 302-994-0536.

Saturday, May 10, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm - New Castle,  Symposium on 17th-c. Archaeology; The Archaeological Society of Delaware’s annual meeting will follow at 4:30 pm.  New Castle Courthouse Museum,  Delaware St.  Sponsored by the Archaeological Society of Delaware and the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs; for information, call Cindy Snyder, 302-323-4453 or Craig Lukezic, 302-736-7400.  The public is encouraged to attend, and it’s FREE.  

Tuesday, May 13, 6:30 pm - Dover, Underwater Archaeology, Bill Taylor, Maritime Chapter, ASD.  The Delaware Archaeology Museum, 316 S. Governors Av, Dover.  Sponsored by the People's Chapter of the Archaeological Society of Delaware; for information, call Alice Guerrant, 302-736-7400.

Friday, May 16, 7:30 pm - Lewes, Archaeology at Avery's Rest.  Dan Griffith, Project Director, Archaeology Society of Delaware, and Craig Lukezic, Historic Archaeologist, Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, at Lewes Presbyterian Church Hall, 133 Kings Hwy.  Sponsor:  Lewes Historical Society.  For information, call Michael Di Paolo, 302-645-5071.

Saturday, May 17, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm - New Castle,  A Day in Old New Castle.  Exhibits in the New Castle Court House. Various historic house and garden tours. Tickets required for house and garden tours.  For more information see www.dayinoldnewcastle.org.

Sunday, May 18, 12:00 pm to 4:30 pm - Newark area,  Archaeological Festival at Iron Hill.  This year's theme is "Hungry for History: Food Through Time".  Help archaeologists dig! Learn about Native American heritage! Living history presenters, hands-on activities and demonstrations at Iron Hill Museum, 1355 Old Baltimore Pike, Newark.   For more information, call 302-368-5703. FEE CHARGED ($4 per person, under age 4 free, members, $2).

Saturday, May 24, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, and Sunday, May 25, 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm - Lewes,  Zwaanendael Archaeology Festival.  Archaeological exhibits, a continuing exhibit on the Severn, and the history of Lewes. At the Zwaanendael Museum, 102 Kings Highway (at Savannah Rd.), Lewes.  For more information, call 302-645-1148.

 

Delaware Archaeology Month is sponsored by a committee of the Archaeological Society of Delaware, partnered with professional and avocational archaeologists living and/ or working in Delaware, and concerned about preserving Delaware's rich heritage of archaeological sites.  Contact Craig Lukezic or Alice Guerrant at 302-736-7400, for further information.

The committee includes members from the Archaeological Society of Delaware, City of Wilmington Department of Planning, Delaware Department of Transportation, Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Delaware State Parks, Delaware State Historic Preservation Office, Delaware State Museums, GAI Consultants, Inc., Gannett Fleming, Inc., Greenbank Mill Associates, Inc., Hunter Research, Inc., Iron Hill Museum of the Delaware Academy of Science, John Milner Associates, Inc.,  MAAR Associates, Inc., McCormick, Taylor and Associates, Inc., Preservation Delaware, Inc., The Louis Berger Group, Inc., Thunderbird Archeological Associates, Inc., University of Delaware Department of Anthropology, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.  This celebration of the past would not be possible without the generous participation of the speakers, festival volunteers, and sponsors.

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