“Connecticut’s Earliest European Settlers: Recent Finds from Glastonbury and Windsor” will be the topic of Connecticut’s State Archaeologist Dr. Brian Jones at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 12, at the Bruce Museum, One Museum Drive.
Dr. Jones has led these excavations that date between AD 1650 and AD 1721. He will explain how they bring to light Connecticut’s Colonial past and its earliest European settlers. Modern radar-based surveys have helped find these long forgotten sites.
Dr. Jones special interest is in Northeast Native American archaeology. After receiving his BS from Oberlin College, he lived and traveled in Southeast Asia, then studied European prehistory in Cologne and returned to the U.S. in 1992 where he completed his PhD at UConn. Before becoming the State Archaeologist, he served as Senior Archaeologist with Archaeological and Historical Service in Storrs. He has taught in the Anthropology Department at UCONN. He was appointed CT state archaeologist two years ago.
Programs are free to AAG, Bruce Museum members and students with an ID. Non-member admission is $15.
