Ridgefield Skeletons Is Focus on 2nd Lecture in New Canaan Library’s Exploring Connecticut Archaeology Series on June 16 from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
This is a free event.
New Canaan Library’s three-part series, “Exploring Connecticut Archaeology” continues with a look at neighboring Ridgefield, as former State Archaeologist Nick Bellantoni and Friends of the Office of State Archaeologist President Scott Brady present “The Ridgefield Skeletons.” The talk will take place via live webinar on Tuesday, June 16 at 7 p.m.
Please register online at newcanaanlibrary.org; Zoom sign-in information will be provided upon registration.
Nick Bellantoni and Scott Brady will discuss the 2019 discovery and excavation of human skeletal remains from the basement of a historic home in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Among other discussion points they will explore the current working hypothesis that the remains may belong to combatants from the Revolutionary War’s April 25, 1777 Battle of Ridgefield.
The third and final lecture in the series, “The Contact Period in Connecticut: Looking at Indigenous Sites from the 1630s and 1670s,” will be presented via webinar on Tuesday, June 23 at 7 p.m.
Scott M. Brady currently serves as President of the Friends of the Office of Sate Archaeology, Inc (FOSA). He was been a FOSA member and an avocational archaeologist since 2012 when he retired after a career with the City of Hartford. He also serves as a board member of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut.