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Tea & History Speaker Series: 407 Archeological Excavation
April 23 @ 7:00pm - 8:30pm
The Joseph Picard Site: The Archeological Excavation of a Huron-Wendat Village in Whitby
with guest speaker Robb Bhardwaj
Tuesday, April 23
7:00pm
Whitby Central Library
Meeting Room 1
The Joseph Picard site was the first ever large-scale excavation of a Huron-Wendat village in Whitby. Over the course of many field seasons, the excavations revealed a large Huron-Wendat village dating to the early 1400s, and consisted of ten long houses, three large midden areas and over 120,000 artifacts such as wooden beads, spearheads, and pottery. It is thought that approximately 150 – 200 people lived on the Joseph Picard site over the course of 10 to 15 years.
Join guest speaker Robb Bhardwaj, Associate Archaeologist at ASI, to learn more about a fascinating discovery during the construction of the 407.
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