point in attracting US visitors to the Island.

Dr. Marley Brown, head of archaeological research at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, is currently on the Island to catalogue dozens of historic artefacts that have been dug up in St. George's.

"It's a very significant site and I think Americans would just eat this place up,'' Dr. Brown explained.

"Americans are much more interested in historical preservation and their heritage. It should be marketed as a tourism attraction, particularly for the type of people Bermuda is trying to recruit -- families. I think they would come here and appreciate Bermuda because it's exotic enough and different enough. Yet there is still so much in common with the past of places like Virginia.'' Dr. Brown has been holding an archaeological workshop throughout the week, with ten volunteers learning to work with, label, identify and mend artefacts dating back to the early 1600s. The workshop was organised in conjunction with the Archaeological Research Committee of the Bermuda National Trust.

Dr. Brown will be presenting a lecture on the history of archaeology in Bermuda at St. George's town hall tonight at 8.p.m. Tickets cost $5. And tomorrow there will be a one day workshop on identifying and handling artifacts. A team of experts will be on hand to identify any antique ceramics, metal or glass objects. For further information contact Linda Abend on 292 8425.

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