WAPANUCKET ARCHAEOLOGY EXHIBIT AT THE
MIDDLEBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY
Native American artifacts from the Wapanucket Site on Assawompset Pond in Middleborough are being displayed at the Middleborough Public Library in commemoration of the reprint of "WAPANUCKET", an important publication about this archaeological excavation.
The Wapanucket site excavation was started in 1952 and continued for about 25 years.. Several layers of materials show occupations dating from the PaleoIndian time of about 10,000 years ago up to the recent historic period. Analysis of various artifacts continues to this day.
The exhibit consists of stone objects such as ax heads, hammerstones, points, gouges, plummets (fishing weights), as well as bone fish hooks and a contact period iron hatchet. Some artifacts are from the actual Wapanucket site and others are typical artifacts of the period from other local sites.
Main case with artifacts on the library lower floor, as well as drawings and pictures of Native Americans in their everday life. The artist is Jean-Jacques Rivard of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society (MAS), who resides in Middleborough.
The trowel, brush and screen are among the archaeologists's tools. The artifacts in this case are historic and prehistoric and came from a cellar hole dating to about 1740. This exhibit is in the main library lobby.
The Middleborough Public Libary has a display of books on Archaeology and
Native American history.
This exhibit was created by Wayne Legge of West Bridgewater, a member of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society.
WAPANUCKET CELEBRATION HELD AT THE MIDDLEBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY
SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 2007
