Excavation Open House

• Visit Indiana University’s 2007 excavations at the Hovey Lake archaeological site. Cheryl Ann Munson and her assistants will explain research methods, interpret the deposits and materials exposed, and answer questions.

• University of Evansville faculty and students will show how screening of excavated soil helps systematically collect artifacts.

• Dr. Michael Strezewski, University of Southern Indiana, and students will demonstrate methods archaeologists use to study artifacts recovered during excavations.

• Indiana University graduate students will organize hands-on activities for all ages including flintknapping, corn grinding, and more. Experience life as it might have been lived by families at the Hovey Lake village.

• Sunday, 2-4pm, Dr. Nelson Shaffer, Indiana Geological Survey, will demonstrate the use of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to detect differences in soils below the ground surface.