MASS: DHPT to host talk on archeology at Southworth Library on July 25

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DARTMOUTH — Join the Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust, Inc. (DHPT) as the organization commemorates the 250th anniversary of the 1762 Akin House this summer.

As a special treat for archaeology buffs, DHPT is pleased to announce that the Massachusetts Archaeological Society (MAS) of Middleborough will be participating in celebratory activities honoring the Akin House's birth, some 14 years before the Declaration of Independence.

In the first in a series of public events planned during July, August and September, DHPT will present a lecture by MAS featuring the pre-contact and contact periods of Titicut — as the Native Americans called "the place of a great river" — in the northwest portion of Middleborough.

The talk, "A Review of Archaeological Finds in the Titicut Area of the Taunton River" will be presented by William B. Taylor, assisted by Frederick A. Robinson, Jr., from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Southworth Library, 732 Dartmouth Street, Dartmouth.

Mr. Taylor has served on the board of trustees for the MAS and the Robbins Museum of Archaeology for many years. A graduate of Northeastern University, Taylor has collected and studied artifacts from the Titicut area, which encompasses the towns of Bridgewater, North Middleboro, and Raynham for 65 years. He has written many articles over the years for the MAS.

Mr. Robinson is vice-president of the MAS and an avocational archaeologist.

The public is encouraged to bring in artifacts from their own personal collections for review by the MAS. The suggested donation $5.00.

For more information, contact DHPT president Diane Gilbert by calling (508) 965-7265 or e-mailing d.m.gilbert@comcast.net.