| 词条 | Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre |
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| name = Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre | logo = | image = AEIClogo.jpg | map_type = Saskatchewan | map_caption = Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre | map_size = 200 | map_relief = y | former_name = | established = 1994 | location = Herschel, Saskatchewan | coordinates = {{coord|51.655|-108.423|region:CA-SK|display=inline}} | type = First Nations History, Natural History, Ancient History | key_holdings = “The Disappearance and Resurgence of the Buffalo” | collections = Art, Archaeology, Paleontology, Geology, Biology | executive_director = Brittany Gilchrist | chairperson = Crystal Craig | website = www.ancientechoes.ca | network = }}Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre is a is a community-based museum and interpretive centre, founded in 1994, that educates, conserves, protects, and promotes the history, the peoples and the assets of the land forming the Eagle Creek Valley and Coal Mine Ravine located in Herschel, Saskatchewan.[1] OverviewThe Interpretive Centre began in the fall of 1994, after the closure of the local elementary school, which the Board of Directors bought from the school division for a small sum of money.[1] Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre is located northwest of Rosetown in the village of Herschel. It is a community-based project that serves the West central area of Saskatchewan for the educational and preservation purposes of the site and as a community centre. The Centre sits atop the Coalmine ravine and overlooks several fossil beds and a First Nations ceremonial complex designated a Municipal Heritage Site by the province of Saskatchewan. Over the years, several professional archaeology and paleontology excavations have taken place at the Centre. Ancient Echoes is now under the umbrella of the R.M. of Mountain View #318. The Centre has three key areas of focus: prehistoric era, aboriginal history, and the ecology of the area, which is native prairie. The area includes aboriginal historical sites including petroglyphs. They have archaeological dig-sites and paleontology excavation sites which includes many marine fossils like plesiosaurs and mosasaurs, including the only example of an Dolichorhynchops herschelensis in the world. There are guided hikes through the ravine area to see the different sites and exhibits that contain a natural history display, aboriginal artifacts and a permanent painting collection about the disappearance of the plains bison by Quebec artist, Jo Cooper. Outside the Centre is a life size statue of a plains grizzly bear created by William Epp that once roamed the prairie before they disappeared in the early 20th Century. The Centre also pays tribute to the James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk who came to this part of Saskatchewan, from Kinnaird, Scotland, in 1859 on a hunting expedition in search of large game including the plains grizzly. His diary details his encounter with a bear in the Bad Hills near Herschel. Ancient Echoes is a popular site for school tours throughout the year, offering custom-designed programs for students of all ages in the areas of Aboriginal History, Ecology and Archaeology. They also offer summer programs including traditional pottery making, drum making, ecology and paleontology hikes, full moon hikes, educational and craft days for children.[2] The Centre provides programs for school groups and the general public. They accommodate all age levels, interest levels and group sizes. We have special programs throughout the summer months and a few in the winter months. We are a seasonal facility open Tuesdays - Sundays from May to the end of August, and then by request through the winter and spring. History and TimelineIn October of 1994, what was called The Herschel Interpretive Centre, at that time, was officially established. It was staffed by a dedicated team of volunteers and funded by individual and corporate donations, as well as a small government grant. The Centre’s mandate is as follows: "Ancient Echoes is a community-based project which interprets, conserves, and promotes the history, the peoples and the assets of the land forming the Eagle Creek Valley and beyond the Coal Mine Ravine in Herschel, Saskatchewan." Over the years, Ancient Echoes has received many generous donations from local artisans and large companies. These include the contribution of several taxidermy pieces from local taxidermist Lyle Waddington. While preparations were being made to open the Interpretive Centre in 1994, Waddington donated many native bird and mammal species found in the Herschel area. These included a full 900 kilogram buffalo mount, which is proudly displayed at the centre to this day. Around this same time, Rosetown resident and woodcarver, Jack Klemmer, visited Ancient Echoes for the first time. Since then, his carvings have been on display at the Centre and the proceed from their sale have been donated to Ancient Echoes. Also in the late 90’s, the Centre received a $5,000 donation from Enbridge Pipelines to purchase shipping carts for the Centre’s displays and to help pay for the initial print run of renowned Metis artist, Jo Cooper’s paintings, entitled “The Disappearance and Resurgence of the Buffalo” which was displayed for the first time at Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre, where it remains today as a permanent exhibit. In the 1990s, the fossilized remains of three Dolichorhynchops Herschelensis were discovered in the Coalmine Ravine. During this excavation paleontologists uncovered the remains of varying marine life: two or three different shark species, numerous fish vertebrate fragments, and a mosasaur (large lizard like marine animal). Since then, paleontologists have continued and expanded their exploration work in the Coalmine Ravine. New dinosaurs, marine reptiles, plants and other fossils are being found in the ravine all the time. The Herschel area is now considered a hot spot for archaeology, paleontology, native plants and animals, and more.
1993 – Further excavations were undertaken at the petroglyph sites. Findings included various objects believed to be offerings. These served to show the continuous use of the site from approximately 600AD to 1900AD.
1998 - The community of Herschel decided to buy Jo Cooper's painting exhibition and have it on permanent display at Ancient Echoes. The tearing down of the elevator in town was the ideal project to raise money for the purchase of the paintings. Wood from the elevator was sold and largely responsible for the purchase of the paintings.
Dolichorhynchops herschelensisThe Ancient Echoes interpretive Centre is home to the only specimens of Dolichorhynchops herschelensis ever discovered. It was discovered to be a new species by Tamaki Sato in 2005. The fossils were discovered in the Bearpaw Formation of Saskatchewan, Canada, a Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to Maastrichtian) rock formation. The fossil was found close to the town of Herschel in south-western Saskatchewan, from which the species name is derived. The rock formation it was found in consists of sandstones, mudstones and shales laid down in the Western Interior Seaway, just before it began to revert to dry land. The D. herschelensis skeleton was discovered was scattered around the dig site. The skull, lower jaw, ribs, pelvis and shoulder blades were all recovered, but the spine was incomplete, so the exact number of vertebrae the living animal would have had is unknown. All four limbs are missing, with the exception of 9 small Phalanges (finger bones) and a small number of limb bones found close by which may belong to the animal in question. The fossil is believed to be that of an adult Dolichorhynchops herschelensis. It is also believed to have been substantially smaller than its close relative, D. osborni, as some juvenile specimens of D. osborni are larger than the adult specimen of D. herschelensis. Assuming that only a few vertebrae are missing from the skeleton, the animal is estimated to be about 2.5 to 3 metres in length. The snout is long and thin, with numerous tooth sockets. However, very few of the thin, sharp teeth remain. Permanent exhibitsAncient Echoes Interpretive Centre offers both indoor and outdoor educational tours of their paleontology sites and exhibits which include dinosaur and fossil displays, geological specimens and a dinosaur dig site. The Centre's prairie grasslands ecology exhibit and tour includes, endangered prairie plants as well as traditional first nations medicine and food, animals in the wild, and taxidermy displays. The First Nation's exhibit and tours includes the history of First Nations people in the Herschel area and tours of a traditional ceremonial complex which includes petroglyphs, a vision quest site, a turtle effigy, archaeological dig, tipi rings, buffalo jump, pemmican processing site, tool artifacts and pottery making displays.) Artifacts related to James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk's visit in 1959 round out the exhibits. The Centre also boasts an exhibit of art by renowned Metis artist, Jo Cooper, titled “The Disappearance and Resurgence of the Buffalo” which explores the history of the plains bison in the region. A life-sized sculpture by artist William Epp, of the now extinct, plains grizzly bear shot close to where the Centre now stands, by famed Scottish hunter, James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk on a hunting trip to the area in 1859, can be found on the grounds of the Centre along side a unique metal sculpture of a Dolichorhynchops herschelensis. Rotating ExhibitsAncient Echoes has just recently added an art gallery space to their walls. The new Prairie View Gallery contains numerous exhibits throughout the year celebrating new and established artists and photographers. Exhibits in this space are usually held at the centre for three months at a time. "From Heartbreak to Healing"(2018) is an exhibit by Saskatchewan artist, Jean A. Humphrey's, that explores her experience of her husband's Alzheimer's disease through sculptures and painting. The Valley View Tea and Craft RoomThe Valley View Tea Room is found inside Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre and is also run by local volunteers. The tea room offers coffee, tea, and other beverages, and features home-made baked goods where visitors can enjoy local favourites like Saskatoon berry pie. Meanwhile, the Centre's gift shop contains a variety of souvenirs for both children and adults related to the Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre as well as the community of Herschel. The tea room is open Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays from 2:30-4:30 P.M. CST during the summer and Fridays during the winter. The Herschel MuseumThe Herschel Museum is located in the former St. Boniface Catholic Church that was built in 1926. The church closed in 1969 and the building was sold and donated to the Village of Herschel in 1988 when it was officially opened as the Herschel Museum.[8] Displays include a local original kitchen, living room, bedroom, and household artifacts. Souvenirs of the Herschel School are collected here, although the school photos are displayed in an album at Ancient Echoes. There is a large collection of local sports memorabilia, tools, and agricultural equipment here. The Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318 has collections of books, maps, and artifacts on display as well. Access to the museum is granted only through Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre and educational programming and guided school tours focusing on history, nature/biology, First Nations culture, paleontology and archaeology are available. Local and Saskatoon-based school groups are common in the spring and summer. References1. ^{{Cite book|title=R.M. 318 Herschel & Stranraer: A Sequel to 'From Then Until Now' - Celebrating the Land|last=Bec|first=Linda, et. al.|publisher=Celebrating the Land History Book Committee|year=2005|isbn=978-1-896971-62-9|location=Saskatchewan|pages=368}} 2. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.ancientechoes.ca/|title=Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre|last=|first=|date=|website=www.ancientechoes.ca|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-01-26}} 3. ^{{Cite journal|title=A New Polycotylid Plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation in Saskatchewan, Canada|journal=Journal of Paleontology|volume=79|issue=5|pages=969–980|jstor = 4095068|last1 = Sato|first1 = Tamaki|year=2005|doi=10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[0969:ANPPRS]2.0.CO;2}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://royalsaskmuseum.ca/trex/education/blog/paradise-found|title=Paradise Found! Exploring Saskatchewan's Lost Beach Front Property « T.rex Discovery Centre|website=royalsaskmuseum.ca|access-date=2019-01-27}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://heritagesask.ca/events/item?id=659|title=Event Detail « Heritage Saskatchewan|website=heritagesask.ca|access-date=2019-01-28}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://nationaltrustcanada.ca/what-you-can-do/awards/2018-award-recipients|title=2018 Award Recipients|website=National Trust for Canada|access-date=2019-01-26}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://lejournalcanadien.com/2019/01/15/saskatchewans-ancient-echoes-interpretive-centre-receives-national-award/|title=Saskatchewan's Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre receives national award|last=admin|language=fr|access-date=2019-01-27}} 8. ^{{Cite book|title=R.M. 318 Herschel & Stranraer: A Sequel to 'From Then Until Now' - Celebrating the Land|last=Bec|first=Linda, et. al.|publisher=Celebrating the Land History Book Committee|year=2005|isbn=978-1-896971-62-9|location=Saskatchewan|pages=371}} External links
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