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Old French Village of Peoria among sites to be discussed at MC lecture
Release Date: February 21, 2005
MONMOUTH, Ill. — “Roads to the Past:
Highway Sponsored Archaeology in Western Illinois” is the title of
an archaeology lecture to be presented at Monmouth College on Feb.
23 at 7:30 p.m. in the lower level classrooms of the Huff Athletic
Center.
The talk will be delivered by David Nolan, coordinator of the
Western Illinois Survey Division for the Illinois Transportation
Archaeological Research Program at the University of Illinois. It
will describe the basic processes used to find, document, evaluate
and excavate archaeological remains located in the paths of proposed
highway projects.
Nolan said the results of recent archaeological investigations
undertaken in the west central portion of the state will be
highlighted, including the discovery of remains from the Old French
Village of Peoria.
Sponsored by the Western Illinois Society of the Archaeological
Institute of America (AIA) and the MC Classics Department, the
archaeology lecture series is free and open to the public.
Released
by the Office of College Communications
Barry McNamara, Associate Director of College Communications
Phone: 309-457-2117
Fax: 309-457-2330
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