Out of the Kiln — Archeology Lecture

NOV 16, 2023 to NOV 16, 2023

7:00pm – 8:00pm

ACUA Gallery
10554 110 St NW
Unit 100, Edmonton, AB

Join Sheila Macdonald, an archaeologist and a practicing potter, for a presentation on pre-contact archaeological pottery in Alberta.

Pottery in Alberta before European settlers is a rare find, but Indigenous people in Alberta had a pottery making tradition for almost 2000 years. These vessels are thick, coarse utilitarian cooking pots found at archaeology sites across Alberta with influences from the eastern regions of North America. This presentation will discuss pottery origins, how archaeologists study pottery from past cultures, and the pottery artifacts found here in Alberta from archaeological contexts.