It's time for our annual "What the Heck Is It?" session - my very most favorite BDC program of the year! It's always fun to see what folks have stashed away in their homes - artifactually speaking. Over the past years, we've seen arrowheads, spearpoints, fossils, Cold Charlotte, 1st century lamps, tourist produced pens (thought by the owner to be an Egyptian receptable for poison), a Nazi flag taken during World War II, and even some 20th century concrete garden statuary from Home Depot. So there's no need to be embarrassed if what you have turns out to be entirely something else. We are honored for the fifth time to have Dr. Eric Poplin, Archaeologist at Brockington & Associates from Mt. Pleasant, SC here to identify your objects. We are grateful for the continued support of the Archaeological Society of South Carolina for this program.
Anyone owning an artifact with an unknown provenance, date of origin or identification is invited to bring it to "What the Heck is It?" for identification our expert archaeologists. No fee; No registration; No limit - though you must be able to haul the artifacts to the 2nd floor and back out to your car!
Even if you don`t have an unidentified item, come in anyway to learn
about the artifacts which have been brought in for analysis. It`s fun.
This event is free and open to the public.
Event
Name: “What the Heck Is It? - Year 5”
Short
Description of Event: Drop in with your
artifacts and try to stump our learned archaeologist, Dr.
Eric Poplin. No registration. No limit of the number of items you can bring.
Just understand that whatever you bring, you have to do all the lifting and
toting to get it into the building and to get it back to your vehicle.
Co-sponsor: Archaeological Society of South Carolina.
Time
and Date of Event: Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
Location
of Event: BDC@ Beaufort Branch, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902
Price of Event: Free; Ages 12 - Adults
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