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Barbadians urged to enjoy Prehistoric Week
11/26/2009
A FASCINATING journey into pre-historic Barbados is what awaits interested persons at the Museum this week.
Speaking to members of the media at the Barbados Museum on Monday night’s lecture entitled “Amerindian Barbados: c 2000 BC - c AD1492”, Curator of History and Archaeology, Kevin Farmer, said this week of activities would prove a delight for those interested in this part of Barbados’ past.
The lecture was delivered by Archaeologist Professor Peter Drewett.
“Professor Drewett will be celebrating 25 years of excavating in this island next week that has lent in fact to the new knowledge of the prehistory of Barbados,” Farmer said, noting in the years since his arrival in 1984, Drewett’s research has given a greater understanding of where the Amerindians lived on the island, their culture, and what they would have eaten.
“Prior to his research, many archaeologists believed that there were no Amerindians here, while others suggested that they came really late in that prehistoric period, but from his research we have a date of 2000 BC to more or less indicate when the earliest Amerindians arrived on this island. To have a prehistory that goes back to 2000 BC is quite interesting,” he stated.
Today, between 11 am and 4 pm the museum will be hosting an ‘Antique Roadshow’, where individuals possessing Amerindian artefacts are invited to bring these to that facility to be informed on their origin, use and age.
An additional lecture is planned for Friday entitled “Prehistoric Guadeloupe to Prehistoric Barbados”‚ and on Saturday, there will be a tour of several of the archaeological digs around the island including Chancery Lane, Silver Sands, Three Houses, Hillcrest and Port Charles, to name several. (JM)
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