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Archaeology Human Remains Detection Dogs: Another Tool in the Toolbox
How dogs can assist archaeologist and historians in non-invasive ways to locate lost burials that can be important to telling the whole story.
Speaker: Kathleen Connor DVM
I’ve been a search and rescue dog handler for over 25 years. With local, regional, national and international deployments. My current working partner is Seamus, an eight year old Labrador. We’ve been training for and working as an AHRD dog team for 6 years and have helped archaeologists at Fort Niagra, NY, Fort Necessity, PA, Haines, AK and Richmond Hills, GA. A lot of our work has been locally for Civil War battlefields in Richmond VA. I am also training up Seamus’s replacement, Keegan, a two year old Labrador.
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We encourage everyone to consider joining the Archeological Society of Virginia.
The purposes of the ASV are:
- To promote the study of archeology and anthropology, especially but not limited to the prehistoric and historic periods in Virginia
- To work for the proper conservation and exploration of archeological sites and materials
- To encourage the scientific study of archeological sites and materials and to discourage careless, misdirected, or commercial collecting of artifacts
- To promote the spread of archeological knowledge through the media of publications, meetings, lectures, exhibits, etc.
- To collaborate with other organizations and agencies that serve the same purposes as those of this society
- To serve as a bond between individual members and as a link with similar organizations in other states