The Museum of Ontario Archaeology, an affiliate of The University of Western Ontario, is letting the public be an archaeologist for a day.
The Wilfrid Archaeology Day, scheduled for Aug. 7, will allow the general public to walk in the footsteps of the citizens of London’s First village, while experiencing the thrill of digging for the past.
Participants will start the day in a training session, then head out with the archaeologists to excavate on the Lawson site, a 500-year-old Iroquoian Village. You will then return to the lab to learn how to clean and catalogue your findings.
The day-long excursion, open to adults and teen, is $50 and pre-registration is required. There will also be ongoing archaeological activities for all ages throughout the day (9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), including a children’s dig site, fossil making, artifact identification and archaeological displays. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for students/seniors, $3 for children and $12 for a family.
The Museum of Ontario Archaeology is a non-profit organization devoted to educating visitors of all ages on First Nations pre-contact and contact histories through the archaeological record of Ontario. The Museum is located at 1600 Attawandaron Road, off of Wonderland Road.
For more information, or to register, contact Katie Urban at 519-473-1360 or katrinaurban@gmail.com