LAKEPORT, Calif. – The fascinating discipline of archaeology – both locally and in other parts of the world – was the featured topic at a special event late last month.
The Lake County Museum's “Day of Archaeology” was held Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Historic Courthouse Museum in Lakeport.
Curator Tony Pierucci welcomed visitors of all ages who packed the building's upstairs courtroom for the presentation.
The featured speakers, and when they are shown in the video, are as follows:
– Curator Tony Pierucci: Welcome (0:26)
– Professor Douglas Prather of Mendocino College recounted his experiences on projects in Ireland and in South America (1:45).
– Assistant Curator Whitney Petrey discussed her work in underwater archaeology, from finding and documenting World War II plane crashes in Hawaii to working on the excavation of the pirate Blackbeard's wrecked flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, off the coast of North Carolina (32:28).
– Dr. John Parker of Lucerne discussed his decades of work chronicling Lake County's prehistoric archaeology (56:10).
Pierucci, who funded the event through a state grant as part of California Archaeology Month, said he hopes to have more of these programs in the future.
Visit the Lake County Museum online at http://museums.lakecountyca.gov/ .
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