Come learn about the Cape Fear Region’s only archaeological outreach program, and how you can be involved!”

Join Jon Schleier, on October 5 at 6pm, for a talk introducing Public Archaeology Corps (PAC), its mission, methods and history.  Jon will touch on some of PAC’s past project, and place a particular emphasis on its current field project in downtown Wilmington.

Admission is free; $10 donation suggested, all proceeds benefit the Burgwin-Wright House.

In-person and virtual attendance options are available, please call 910-762-0570 or email [email protected] for more information.

Masks are required for everyone on-site and seating is limited.

About the Speaker:

Jon has been a practicing field archaeologist since his first project in high school; afterwards, he graduated from Franklin Pierce College in 1998 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology.  He then worked for several years as a contract archaeologist, with projects ranging throughout the Middle Atlantic and Southeast.  In 2010, he earned his Master’s Degree in Archaeology with graduate level certification in Geography.  He currently works at the Fort Bragg Cultural Resource Management Program, as a staff archaeologist and geographer.  In 2013, along with an “A team” of local historians and archaeologists, he helped to found Public Archaeology Corps.