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DISCOVERING NORTHERN KENTUCKY'S PAST: The Archaeology of a Fort Ancient Village
"The only way to be an archaeologist is to do archaeology."
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The modern farm in the picture to the right was not always empty. At one time, it may have looked similar to the illustration above―people rushing off to their corn fields, men greeting each other after returning from hunting, children playing games. Yet all that is left of this once industrious village is what has been buried over time.
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Picture taken of students in a 2003 Archaeological Field Methods course (ANT 215).
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Throughout the last sixteen years, anthropology students from Northern Kentucky University (NKU) have participated in the excavation of a small prehistoric American Indian village in Northern Kentucky. The analysis of artifacts from this site confirms that it was a part of the Fort Ancient culture. The Fort Ancient culture occupied northern and eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio, western West Virginia, and southern Indiana from 1000 A.D. to 1700 A.D. (after the Adena and Hopewell cultures). This exhibit offers a glimpse into the past, and illustrates what this Fort Ancient village once was. We invite you to discover archaeology and the processes involved with uncovering the past, to look at the objects that have been recovered from this site, and to learn what these objects reveal about the Fort Ancient culture. |
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