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Saturday Is Archaeology Day at Wickliffe Mounds

Saturday Is Archaeology Day at Wickliffe Mounds
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By The Associated Press
Aug. 27, 2019 | WICKLIFFE
By The Associated Press Aug. 27, 2019 | 05:25 AM | WICKLIFFE
Kentucky State Parks will host an Archaeology Day on Saturday, Sept. 21  at Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site.

A statement from the agency says the will include demonstrations and hands-on educational activities about archaeology. Some of the family-friendly activities will include a mock excavation for children, an artifact laboratory station, spear and atlatl throwing, a stickball game area, basket weaving and a drum circle.

Wickliffe Mounds is an archaeological site of a Native American village of the Mississippian culture, which flourished 1,000 years ago.

The event is sponsored in part by the Kentucky Heritage Council.

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