The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation, Inc. (LAF) exhibited at the 66^th Annual Waterford Homes Tour and Crafts Fair on October 3 to 5, 2009. Over 2700 individuals (Friday 740, Saturday 820, and Sunday 1160) visited our tables to view and interact with exhibits, and to discuss historic preservation and archaeological subjects. More than half of our visitors were pre-school and elementary school-aged children, many of whom have attended Dr. Clarks programs at Waterford Elementary School or elsewhere in Loudoun County.

We were again surprised and honored by the presence of William Jack Hranicky, nationally renowned for his archaeological work on typology and nomenclature of North American Eastern Woodland Indian stone tools and technology and author of numerous books on this subject. During our conversation, Jack generously praised the Loudoun Archaeological Foundation, Inc. for its grass roots efforts in bringing archaeological public outreach to the community. He commented that those efforts should be a future course of archaeology. He was impressed by the broad range of Foundation hands on exhibits to engage the public.

The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation, Inc. will be at the Waterford Homes Tour & Crafts Exhibit on October 2-4, 2009, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., please join us. The LAF will be at the archaeology exhibit, so please stop by and find out what we are doing. We look forward to seeing you there. The Waterford Fair is the oldest juried crafts fair in Virginia and winner of the 2007 Loudoun Convention & Visitors Association Best Event of the Year. In addition to historic homes open for tour, 155 juried heritage craftspeople provide hands-on demonstrations, entertainers provide continuous traditional music and dance, Colonial and Civil War-era militia encamp and demonstrate, and there are children’s activities throughout the weekend.

For more information please check the Waterford website:

http://www.waterfordva-wca.org/index.shtml

Learn about local history and other engaging topics at the Lucketts Community Center First Friday Lecture Series. The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation, Inc. and Dr. David T. Clark will be participating in the in the Lucketts Community Centers, First Friday Lecture Series, on Friday the fourth of September at 7:30pm. Dr. David T. Clark will be lecturing on Archeology and Historic Documents.

For more information please contact the Lucketts Community Center at:
42361 Lucketts Road. 
Leesburg, VA. 20176
703-771-5281.

The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation, Inc. (LAF) had the pleasure of participating in the 37^th Annual Lucketts Fair in Lucketts, Virginia on August 22 -23, 2009 (Saturday and Sunday). Although Saturday was marred by mud and humidity left from Friday rainfalls and another rainfall on Saturday afternoon, 1,102 individuals visited our exhibit booth and participated in a number of interactive and passive exhibits. Approximately two-thirds of our visitors were pre-school and elementary school-aged children.

We were particularly honored by the presence of one entirely unexpected but most welcome visitor: William “Jack” Hranicky. Jack Hranicky is nationally-renowned for his work on the typology and nomenclature of North American Eastern-Woodland Indian projectile points and author of numerous books on this interesting subject (all students of Dr. Clarks class in “Northern Virginia Prehistoric Archaeology” are intimately familiar with Jack Hranicky books as they are major resources for student-projects identifying prehistoric artifacts from local collections).

Thanks also to Larry Baker who took some time off from celebrating his 16^th wedding anniversary on Saturday and Sunday to assist in presenting our exhibits and special thanks to Larrys lovely wife for sharing her special occasion with us.

The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation will conduct a public archaeology program at the annual Lucketts Fair celebration on August 22-23. It will be a fun, exciting, and educational event for all ages. This program will introduce ancient technology of Native Americans and how archaeologists discover secrets about ancient people. There will be artifacts that archaeologists have found at Prehistoric and Civil War sites. There will be several hands on activities for children and adults. Please check The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation’s website and The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation’s Facebook page for future activities for children this summer. Thank you.

The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation and the Claude Moore Historic Park joined forces to present The Archaeology Field Camp Program, July 27-31. The program was all hands-on with artifacts and walks around the park to look at how people used the land in the past. The children worked with historic and prehistoric archaeology in a fun way with all kinds of artifacts, hands-on activities, and games. They kept an Archaeology Journal of all activities. The children had fun drawing what they had seen, and writing creative artifact stories. They investigated stone tool making with an archaeologist. The children had fun with the Atlatl, they made pottery, and played Archaeology games; gameboards, activity sheets, pottery, puzzles. The children took daily archaeology discovery walks, studied skeletons to learn about people; Foodways. They washed artifacts and classify seeds, food, charcoal. Everyone had a lot of fun, children and adults.

Digging Through the Past: Archaeology AT Claude Moore Park

The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation and the Claude Moore Historic Park have join forces to present an exciting, historical and educational event, Digging through the Past. You will discover and work with Loudouns ancient artifacts, and see how tools were made long ago. You can search out spots in CMP where early people found stones to make their tools. You will be able to use clay from the ground to make and fire your own pot. Dr. David T. Clark and the staff from the Loudoun Archaeological Foundation will help you explore the ancient world as you try out the methods of field archaeology. Come and join the fun!

Please Call 571-258-3700. WWW.LOUDOUN.GOV/PRCS/CAMPS

Location: Claude Moore Park.  

(Entering Grades 2-6) $200.00

Monday - Friday

July 27- 31

9:00am - 3:00pm.

The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation conducted a public archaeology program at the annual Fourth of July celebration at Claude Moore Park Historic Area. The adults and children saw artifacts that archaeologists have found at Prehistoric and Civil War sites. The program introduced ancient technology of Native Americans and how archaeologists discover secrets about ancient people. There were several hands on activities for children, the children and adults had a lot of fun. It was an exciting and educational event for all ages. Please check The Loudoun Archaeological Foundations website and The Loudoun Archaeological Foundations Facebook page for future activities for children this summer. Thank you.

Old Fashioned Fourth of July (All ages) 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation will conduct exhibition at the annual Fourth of July celebration at Claude Moore Park Historic Area. It will be a fun exciting educational event for all ages. This program will introduce ancient technology of Native Americans and how archaeologists discover secrets about ancient people. There will be artifacts that archaeologists have found at Prehistoric and Civil War sites. There will be several hands on activities for children and adults. Please check The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation website and The Loudoun Archaeological Foundation Facebook page for future activities for children this summer. Thank you.

On Saturday May 26 the Loudoun Archaeological Foundation was present for the Purcellville Preservation Associations Heritage Day 2009 celebration. It was an exciting and educational event for all ages. The adults and children saw artifacts that archaeologists have found at Prehistoric and Civil War sites. There were several hands on activities for children. The children and adults had a lot of fun. Please check The Loudoun Archaeological Foundations website and The Loudoun Archaeological Foundations Facebook page for future activities for children this summer. Thank you.