Would you like to know more about the early European settlers in Connecticut? Tap into our state's fascinating history by joining Brian Jones, PhD, Connecticut State Archaeologist when he speaks about local archeology with his lecture "Connecticut’s Earliest European Settlers." Dr. Jones will speak at the Library on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. in the Adrian Lamb Room. Please register for this program at newcanaanlibrary.org.
On a number of digs this past summer, archaeologists unearthed clues about Connecticut’s colonial past. Dr. Brian Jones, Connecticut’s State Archaeologist who led these excavations, will discuss what these recent archaeological explorations in Windsor and Glastonbury tell us about Connecticut’s earliest European settlers.
Dr. Brian Jones has been working in the archaeology field for over 24 years, most recently as Senior Archaeologist with Archaeological and Historical Services, Inc. in Storrs, Connecticut. He received his undergraduate degree in Anthropology at Oberlin College in 1986. After living and traveling in Southeast Asia, he studied European prehistory at the University of Cologne, Germany. He returned to the U.S. in 1992 to complete his Ph.D. at UConn, Storrs. Brian was the Supervisor of Field Archaeology at the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation between 1998 and 2004, after which he worked at Archaeological and Historical Services. In 2008, he took the position of Associate Director of UMass Archaeological Services in Amherst. Brian has also taught as an adjunct in the Anthropology Department at UConn since 2004. His primary research focus is the archaeology of northeastern Native American cultures. He is also experienced in geoarchaeology (the relationship of archaeology to landscape and soil formation processes) and stone tool analysis.