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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260817
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260819
SUMMARY:Dig: The Tram Site (Weekend 2)
DESCRIPTION:This summer the Morgan Chapter returns to the Tram Site. The Tr
 am Site (Hne 6-4) is that of a large\, palisaded Seneca Iroquois village o
 f an estimated 800 to 1000 persons residing there from about A.D. 1580 to 
 1595\, a period when the Seneca were on the brink of cultural change. They
  were just beginning to acquire small amounts of exotic European goods suc
 h as glass beads\, iron tools and brass kettles\, although probably not ye
 t meeting European traders face to face. Unbeknownst to anyone at the time
 \, of course\, was the impact that Europeans and the goods they would supp
 ly in exchange for furs would eventually have on the traditional Seneca wa
 y of life and culture. Traces of the palisade enclosure (i.e.\, oval ditch
  and embankments) still remained when a Smithsonian survey of the site was
  undertaken by Ephraim Squier around 1850\, but these have now all but dis
 appeared. Although we know a great deal about the material culture of thes
 e people through excavations that have taken place at the site over the la
 st 160+ years\, the extent of the village and the size and distribution of
  the residential structures in it remain open to question. There is slight
  evidence that the palisade may have been repositioned—either to expand 
 or contract the size of the village\, at some point in its history. These 
 questions regarding the site’s settlement pattern will represent the foc
 us of this year’s Morgan Chapter excavations.
LOCATION:The Tram Site
URL:https://morganchapter.org/events/dig-the-tram-site-weekend-2
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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