Historic Lecture: Native American Ritual Stone Construction in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Region
Venue: The Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd
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Date: Saturday, June 22, 2024
Time: 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
The Floyd County Historical Society presents the historic lecture titled "Native American Ritual Stone Construction in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Region" on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at The Floyd Center for the Arts.
In centuries past, Native American peoples of the Southeast built thousands of stone structures for ritual purposes. The illustrated talk will focus on native stone structures in the Blue Ridge region of Virginia, describing their forms and proposing interpretations consistent with what is known about Southeastern Native American cultures and beliefs through ethnography and analysis of material culture.
Dan Pezzoni is an architectural historian with the nationwide preservation consulting firm Landmark Preservation Associates based in Lexington, Virginia. He is the author of the National Register of Historic Places designation report for Floyd County’s Phlegar House and wrote “Blacksburg: An Architectural Overview,” a chapter in A Special Place for 200 Years: A History of Blacksburg, Virginia (1998). Since 2020 he has seen or documented thousands of native stone structures from Vermont to Colorado.
Admission is free and all are welcome.
Light refreshments will be served.
The Floyd Center for the Arts is located at 220 Parkway Lane South, Suite 1 in Floyd, VA.
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For more information, visit: https://floydhistoricalsociety.org/native-american-ritual-stone-construction-in-virginias-blue-ridge-region/ or https://www.facebook.com/floydcountyhistoricalsoc or https://www.facebook.com/events/978932903205701/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1399487783926947/ or call 540-745-3247.
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