Congratulating Kenneth Burkett

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Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Kenneth Burkett, a Jefferson County resident, for receiving the Crabtree Award from the Society for American Archaeology.

This award is given annually to an outstanding avocational archaeologist in remembrance of Don Crabtree. Mr. Crabtree brought experimental archaeology to prominence.

Recipients of the Crabtree Award are archaeologists who have contributed to advance the understanding of local, regional, and national archaeology through excavation, research, publication, site preservation, or collections preservation, all in collaboration with the professional community or public outreach.

This award is well deserved for Kenneth, as he has spent his career conducting archaeological research and excavations in western Pennsylvania, focusing on the lifeways of prehistoric Native Americans who once lived in the Redbank Creek watershed.

Kenneth is currently the executive director of the Jefferson County History Center as well as a field associate with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He spends time working closely with the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology 29th Chapter, located in North Fork.

Kenneth has a true passion for bringing our history to life and sharing the artifacts of the people who walked this Earth before us.

Once again, I want to congratulate Kenneth on this well-deserved accomplishment.

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