The Friends of the Rye Public Library invite you to attend the
first in their 2013 programming series. Dr. Nathan Hamilton
comes ashore to share his archaeological adventures on the Isles
of Shoals. In just four years of an ongoing “dig” at the Isles
of Shoals, Nathan Hamilton and his archaeology students have
unearthed 250,000 artifacts. Those bones, stones, and fragments
of human occupation tell volumes about life on a rock. Learn
more about their work and findings at this entertaining and
educational presentation. Dr. Hamilton notes: “Many people who
live at the edge of the sea, deposit their refuse at the edge of
the sea.” And what makes this site, the western end of
Smuttynose, so useful for archaeologists is that it is
undisturbed.