Flintknapping Workshop with Jeff Kalin
Looking for a workshop that will rock your world? Spend a day exploring how stone tools were made, sharpening your own skills and making your very own point during a […]
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Archaeology
Before the Bow and Arrow: An Atlatl Workshop with Gary Nolf
The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United StatesSaturday, May 5, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Did you know that before the bow and arrow many Native Americans used atlatls to hunt? Such dart throwers enabled hunters to […]
LHAC Lecture Series – Recent Excavations at the Templeton Site in Western Connecticut, by Zachary Singer, Ph.D.
Dr. Singer is a specialist on the Paleo-Indian period in American history, the earliest known human epoch in Northeastern North America, which followed the end of the Wisconsin glaciation. (Even […]
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Artifact Identification Day
Join the conversation as Director of Research & Collections, Lucianne Lavin, Ph.D. identifies and provides interesting commentary about your local stone objects and Northeastern Native American cultural items. While we […]
Digging Detectives: Archaeology Day
The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United StatesHow do people today figure out what life was like a long time ago? Until someone invents a time machine, we have to carefully look for clues that people in […]
Digging and Dugout Canoe Rides at Lake Waramaug
For thousands of years, the Native inhabitants of the Eastern Woodlands were able to make dugout canoes using natural materials found in their environment. Travel back in time with IAIS […]
Digging and Dugout Canoe Rides at Lake Waramaug
For thousands of years, the Native inhabitants of the Eastern Woodlands were able to make dugout canoes using natural materials found in their environment. Travel back in time with IAIS […]
Digging and Dugout Canoe Rides at Lake Waramaug
For thousands of years, the Native inhabitants of the Eastern Woodlands were able to make dugout canoes using natural materials found in their environment. Travel back in time with IAIS […]
Summer Camp!
If your kids are restless as summer draws to a close one solution is to enroll them in a brand new week long program at the Institute for American Indian Studies in […]
Artifact I.D. Day
The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United StatesJoin the conversation as Director of Research & Collections, Lucianne Lavin, Ph.D. identifies and provides interesting commentary about your local stone objects and Northeastern Native American cultural items. While we […]