Okay thank you all for joining us this evening tonight on the very eve of the children 50th anniversary of the boston massacre we will hear from professor serena with a great new book the boston massacre, Family History. As a regular guest notes we pull together small exhibition from our collection that highlights the material we have within our holdings that eliminates the discussion today we have an entire exhibition. We did not need a small exhibition this time. That only to have a small exhibition bar exhibition actually features our speaker this evening. If you do not see it shes on the video monitors upstairs and was also very generous with her time helping us pull in the exhibition and sitting for interview. We certainly could not of done our current exhibition without her help, we owe her a debt of gratitude. Serena is a professor of Early American History and directory of a program of american studies at carleton college. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees her
Leading Archaeology Research there for 50 years. James we are currently 46 kilometers southwest of pittsburgh, pennsylvania in Washington County on the north bank of cross creek, which is a small tributary of the ohio river. In 1972, there was a vacancy in the Anthropology Department at the university of pittsburgh. I joined the faculty there. One of the parameters of which job was to set up an Archaeological Training Program that would train not only graduate and undergraduate students in anthropology and archaeology and the protocols of modern excavation, but also to train people in ancillary fields, geologists, climatologists, floral and fauna specialists and so forth. Because i didnt have the opportunity to search for a location for this field operation, due to research commitments in eastern mediterranean, i circulated word amongst my colleagues who directed me to see this particular site, which had actually been discovered in 1955 by the landowner, albert miller. At that particul
Unfiltered at cspan. Org coronavirus. Thank you for joining us this evening. Im gavin, the director of programs exhibitions and Community Partnerships for the massachusetts historical society. Tonight on the very eve of the 250th anniversary of the boston massacre we will hear from professor on her great new book, the boston massacre, Family History. As our regular guests know we very frequently pulled together a small exhibition from our collection that highlights some material that we have within our holdings. That helps with evening discussions. Today we have an entire exhibition. We did not need a small exhibition this time. Not only that but our exhibition actually features our speaker this evening. So if you didnt see it shes on a video monitor upstairs and was also very generous with her time helping us plan the exhibition and sitting for an interview. We certainly cannot have done our current exhibition without her help. We owe her a debt of gratitude. Is a professor of Early A
Doctor prescribes. You can watch archival films reel Public Affairs on america here on American History tv. Announcer located about one hour drive southwest of pittsburgh in rural western pennsylvania, Meadowcroft Rockshelter has been the site of extensive archaeology work since 1973. After university of pittsburgh students painstakingly removed layer after layer of sediment, evidence of human activity as early as 19,000 years ago was revealed. We visited meadowcroft, the National Historic landmark to learn the story from james adovasio, who has been leaving leading Archaeology Research there for 50 years. James we are currently 46 kilometers southwest of pittsburgh, pennsylvania in Washington County on the north bank of cross creek, which is a small tributary of the ohio river. In 1972, there was a vacancy in the Anthropology Department at the university of pittsburgh. I joined the faculty there. One of the parameters of which job was to set up an Archaeological Training Program that
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