Rich archaeological finds at 5,000 year-old Berbice settlement

By Alva Solomon On In Guyana News |
Guyanese archaeologist, George Simon (left) and his colleague from the University of Wisconsin, Neil Whitehead sit before what the duo termed ‘exhibit A’, a book in which the former recorded all the relevant information on the Berbice Archaeology project.
Guyanese archaeologist, George Simon (left) and his colleague from the University of Wisconsin, Neil Whitehead sit before what the duo termed ‘exhibit A’, a book in which the former recorded all the relevant information on the Berbice Archaeology project.

Guyanese archaeologist George Simon and a team of scientists are on the verge of making key discoveries on human settlements which may have existed in the Berbice area as long as 5000 years ago.

The team has been working in the Berbice River community of Dubulay and will this weekend hold a public forum at the Umana Yana to unveil their findings. The team of 12 had been working at Dubulay for a three-week period on the project which is called the Berbice Archaeology Project.

During an interview with this newspaper yesterday, Simon and University of Wisconsin professor of anthropology, Neil Whitehead stated that