An afternoon with Dr Robert Goodby
Sat, Nov 02
|267 Springfield Rd
Almost 13,000 years ago, small groups of Paleoindians endured frigid winters on the edge of a river in what would become Keene, New Hampshire. This begins the fascinating story of Native Americans In southwestern New Hampshire. Dr Goodby presents his work with this remarkable topic.
Time & Location
Nov 02, 2024, 4:00 PM
267 Springfield Rd, 267 Springfield Rd, Charlestown, NH 03603, USA
About the event
Robert Goodby is Professor of Anthropology at Franklin Pierce University. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Brown University and has over thirty years of experience excavating Native American archaeological sites in New England. He is a past president of the New Hampshire Archaeological Society, a former Trustee of the Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum, and served on the New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs. He has directed over four hundred archaeological studies authorised by the National Historic Preservation Act and his work has appeared in anthropological journals and in anthologies published by the Smithsonian Institution Press and University Press of New England. He is a long-time presenter for the New Hampshire Humanities “Humanities to Go” program and the author of A Deep Presence: 13,000 Years of Native American History, published by Peter E. Randall Publisher in 2021.