Michigan State Archaeologist Dean Anderson will present the second summer Archaeology Lecture on Wednesday, July 27 at the Niles District Library, 620 East Main St.
In keeping with this year’s theme, the topic of his presentation will be “Trade Between Cultures: The French Period in the Western Great Lakes Region.” The meeting of Native Americans and French immigrants during the early 1600s launched a complicated relationship that involved politics, alliances and importantly, trade. Anderson will examine how that trade relationship worked by focusing attention on the Indians’ side of the trade.
The location for the lecture is the downstairs community room in the library at 7:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided. The event is free.
The dates of the other lectures are Aug. 3 and 10.