Seventeenth-Century Fort Ancient Mortuary Practices and Ritual Space at Augusta, Kentucky

Please join ARI in welcoming Gwynn Henderson and David Pollack for our November installment of Happy Hour History!

In 2023, after consultation with federally recognized tribes, it was determined that planned sewage treatment system improvements could not avoid impacting burials within the seventeenth-century Fort Ancient village of Augusta. Thus, the Kentucky Archaeological Survey investigated a cemetery and ritual space within this village. They will discuss the features documented and the animal bones, plant remains, and other types of artifacts recovered that reflect ritual activities. The patterns identified are similar to those documented at contemporary late Fort Ancient Kentucky sites: Fox Farm, Hardin, Larkin, Petersburg, and the lower Shawnee Town.

Join us starting at 5:30 PM for the Happy Hour portion with appetizers and drinks, the talk will begin promptly at 6:30 PM.

This talk is $5 per person, in person or online. You may purchase your webinar link here > https://donorbox.org/events/328613

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