Robert Goodby will present “A Deep and Enduring Presence: Using Archaeology to Write Native American History” in the next installment of the Monadnock Summer Lyceum series Sunday, July 3, at 11 a.m. at Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church, 25 Main St.
Virginia Eskins will provide music at 10:30 a.m.
Rich Holschuh, a spokesperson for the Elnu Abenaki Tribe and founder of the Atowi Project, which uses culture, linguistics and Indigenous history for modern insights, will moderate the presentation. Goodby will share his research on the Native Americans who camped along the Contoocook River, hunted caribou and lived their lives for many years, and were later scalped by white bounty hunters.
Goodby, who teaches anthropology at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, earned his doctorate in anthropology at Brown. He has over 30 years experience excavating Native American archeological sites in New England. He has directed over 400 studies authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act and has published widely, including selections in anthologies published by the Smithsonian Institution Press. His new book, “A Deep Presence: 13,000 Years of Native American History,” was published in 2021.
The event will be live and in person, but will also be available online. Visit monadnocklyceum.org for details.