This Tuesday Night: Susquehanna River Expedition”, will be presented by Deb Twigg

The 100th anniversary of the "Susquehanna River Expedition”, will be presented by Deb Twigg, cofounder of the Susquehanna River Archaeological Center, (SRAC) located at 345 Broad Street in Waverly, NY on Tuesday, August 2nd,  2016 - 6:30 – 7:30pm.

100 years ago, in the summer of 1916, Warren K. Moorehead formed a controversial expedition of the Susquehanna River and the Native American sites found there. SRAC's executive director, Deb Twigg will tell this story of the expedition that started at the mouth of the Susquehanna in Cooperstown, NY to the Chesapeake Bay and met with local historical societies and antiquarians to learn more about the Native Indian cultures, and it would be the Murray Farm in Athens PA that in the end would be the most significant site of the whole trip.

Twigg added, "Personally, I remember years ago - going in to the Spaulding Library and into the locked glass case to get my hands on this book for the first time.....This is a VERY important event for our Valley - and OUR VALLEY is the highlight of this book...ALSO - one of the people that traveled with this group was a young man by the name of Ellsworth Cowles...who would later become one of our co-founders at SRAC."

With letters from the actual people who were involved in the expedition including Moorehead himself, as well as official reports, and many pictures, Twigg will share a very informative and entertaining report.

The doors will open at 6pm, with the program running from 6:30 – 7:30pm. Admission is $6 Adults, $4 for SRAC members and students. The public is advised that the SRAC gift shop and exhibit hall will also be open during this time as well and to please consider arriving early to browse these areas before the program.

For more information, call 570-565-7960 or email info@sracenter.org.

The 100th anniversary of the "Susquehanna River Expedition” to be presented

The 100th anniversary of the "Susquehanna River Expedition”, will be presented by Deb Twigg, cofounder of the Susquehanna River Archaeological Center, (SRAC) located at 345 Broad Street in Waverly, NY on Tuesday, August 2nd,  2016 - 6:30 – 7:30pm.

100 years ago, in the summer of 1916, Warren K. Moorehead formed a controversial expedition of the Susquehanna River and the Native American sites found there. SRAC's executive director, Deb Twigg will tell this story of the expedition that started at the mouth of the Susquehanna in Cooperstown, NY to the Chesapeake Bay and met with local historical societies and antiquarians to learn more about the Native Indian cultures, and it would be the Murray Farm in Athens PA that in the end would be the most significant site of the whole trip.

Twigg added, "Personally, I remember years ago - going in to the Spaulding Library and into the locked glass case to get my hands on this book for the first time.....This is a VERY important event for our Valley - and OUR VALLEY is the highlight of this book...ALSO - one of the people that traveled with this group was a young man by the name of Ellsworth Cowles...who would later become one of our co-founders at SRAC."

With letters from the actual people who were involved in the expedition including Moorehead himself, as well as official reports, and many pictures, Twigg will share a very informative and entertaining report.

The doors will open at 6pm, with the program running from 6:30 – 7:30pm. Admission is $6 Adults, $4 for SRAC members and students. The public is advised that the SRAC gift shop and exhibit hall will also be open during this time as well and to please consider arriving early to browse these areas before the program.

For more information, call 570-565-7960 or email info@sracenter.org.

Tonight - Tuesday July 5th!

Council Rocks Archaeoastronomy Site, 

by David Gutkowski

Tuesday, July 5th  

At SRAC, 345 Broad Street, Waverly, NY
from  6:30 - 7:30pm

Dave Gutkowski has been giving lectures and presentations at various archaeology meetings and state conventions and has traveled as far as New Hampshire to present the site to audiences and professionals.  He has recently been invited to speak in Europe at an international gathering of archaeoastronomy professionals.

Dave will discuss and share a video presentation about a recently found stonehenge-like site with rock shelter called Council Rocks in Northeastern Pennsylvania.   Mr. Gutkowski is an avocational archaeologist who has been researching the site since its discovery in 2007.  Council Rocks appears to be an archaeoastronomy site, ceremonial in nature and used to track the sun's passage while marking the four seasons. Dave dates the site to 1825 BCE with a significant modification at 125 BCE. The video he produced compresses nine years of his research into a twenty minute film. While its precise location is still confidential, he expects this site to be a substantial find for our area in years to come.  In addition to the film, Dave will discuss more recent developments at the site and current research of an associated rockshelter.

Doors will open at 6pm and admission is $5, SRAC members $4 - Hope to see you there!