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May 6, 2008 ARKANSAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2008 ANNUAL MEETING CALL FOR PAPERS The 2008 Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Archeological Society will be held October 3-5 in the lovely town of Hot Springs, Arkansas. This is a great place for the meeting, since it is enhanced by the availability of good restaurants, interesting attractions, and unusual shopping. Although the deadline is still some months away, I am now accepting proposals for papers, presentations, and workshops. Papers should be no more than 20 minutes in length, and can be on any topic. There are 14 time slots available. Places will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. If you drop me a note expressing interest, I will hold a spot for you and remind you to send a title and abstract later in the year. Deadline for titles and abstracts will be August 13. If you have an idea for a longer workshop, please also contact me to discuss it. Send all queries to Mary Kwas at <mkwas@uark.edu>.
May 6, 2008 ARKANSAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY TRAINING PROGRAM IN ARCHEOLOGY The Arkansas Archeological Society Training Program in Archeology and field excavation will be held June 14-29 at the Jones Mill Site near Hot Springs, Arkansas. Work was begun on this site last summer, and the plan for 2008 is to focus on exposing more of the Middle Archaic zone. The work will continue to provide data to address the issue of craft specialization and novaculite tool production and exchange. New this year will be a Kids' Archaeology Program, designed for ages 8-12 who are accompanied by a parent or guardian. In addition to exposure to archeological techniques, the Kids' Program will also offer handcrafts, demonstrations, and other activities for archeology-minded youngsters. The Kids' Program will run from June 15-20. For additional information or costs on either of these programs, see the Arkansas Archeological Society web site < http://www.arkarch.org/>, or contact Barbara Scott, <bhscott@uark.edu> or 479-575-3556. October 20, 2007 SOUTHEASTERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES 2008 PUBLIC OUTREACH GRANT CYCLE The Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC), in order to promote public awareness of archaeology in the Southeast, supports a program of small grants to finance public outreach projects. SEAC provides an annual grant of $2,000 per year to an applicant through a competitive application process. Projects proposed for grant funding should promote public awareness of archaeology in the Southeast through any of a variety of educational and outreach activities. Examples of suitable projects might include: teacher workshops, printed material for public consumption, exhibits, workshops for adults or children, Archaeology Week/Month activities, Project Archaeology workshops, Elderhostel programs, archaeology fairs, public field trips, or other public-oriented projects. The 2008 Grant Cycle is now beginning, and submissions are requested. Information about the SEAC Public Outreach Grant—including a history of the grant, description, requirements, and a grant application—can be found on the SEAC web site at http://www.southeasternarchaeology.org/grant.html . All submissions must be received by the committee chair no later than December 1. For additional information or queries contact Mary Kwas, Committee Chair, Arkansas Archeological Survey, 479-575-6549 or mkwas@uark.edu.
Mary L. Kwas
August 7, 2006 For Immediate Release by the Arkansas Archeological Survey: The Arkansas Archeological Survey and Southern Arkansas University report the theft of 26 prehistoric Caddo Indian pottery vessels from the Arkansas Archeological Survey's Research Station collections at Southern Arkansas University. The pottery vessels are all from the Cedar Grove site located on the Red River in Lafayette County, Arkansas. The vessels belong to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and are federal property. Photographs and complete documentation of each pottery vessel exist so they will be very difficult to sell on the open market. The vessels are from Indian graves subject to the provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, a federal law. If the vessels were transported across state lines they will be subject to the federal Archeological Resource Protection Act. Hence, the thieves can be prosecuted under two separate federal laws as well as state law. For these reasons, the SAU Police Department is working with the El Dorado office of the FBI in the investigation. For a list and photographs of the stolen pottery vessels see: http://www.projectpast.org/sau/SAUCedarGroveMissingList_v3.pdf For more information call:
Thomas J. Green
or
Jamie C. Brandon
May 3, 2006 New meeting time for West Louisiana Archaeology Club.
Contact: John Guy (President)
337-238-3277 New meeting time: 6:00 PM on third Thursday of the Month excluding October and December. Location: Museum of West Louisiana, 803 S 3rd St., Leesville, LA 71446
July 4, 2004
There's a new book out on Middle Archaic and Poverty Point earthworks and contemporary cultures in the Southeast. Published by the University of Alabama Press, edited by Jon Gibson and Phi Carr, and titled:
May 3, 2004 The Northwest Chapter of the LAS now meets regularly on the first Monday of each month. Meetings begin at 6:30 pm and are held at the Bossier History Center, 2206 Beckett St., Bossier City, LA (www.bossierhistory.org). For more information contact Jeff Girard, Northwest Regional Archaeologist, (318) 357-5471 or girardj@nsula.edu.
January 21, 2003 The LAS Executive Committee recently voted on two resolutions. The resolutions and the voting results are:
(1) Resolution 1: Shall the LAS establish the Saucier Award.
The Saucier Award (named in honor of our former president and
colleague Roger Saucier) will be initiated by the LAS to honor those
individuals who, while not having a professional career in archaeology,
none-the-less found the time and energy to make a substantial
contribution to the field. Criteria for consideration for this award
will include at least one of the following: 1) providing numerous and
significant ancillary analyses
in a related field such as geology, botany, zoology, etc.; Any member of the LAS can nominate an individual for
the award, which will be considered by the Executive Committee. The
award will be given whenever appropriate and need not be awarded on a
regular basis.
Resolution #1 passed: 11 yes; 0 no
(2) Resolution 2: Give Marc Dupuy, Jr. either the Saucier Award or a Special Award.
Bob Neuman has nominated Marc Dupuy, Jr., for an award by the LAS.
If the Saucier Award is approved by the Executive
Committee, Marc Dupuy would be the first recipient of that award, to be
given at the 2003 Annual Meeting in Baton Rouge. If the Saucier Award
is not approved, Marc Dupuy would be presented with a Special
Recognition Award by the LAS (following the pattern established by
previous awards to Francis Thompson and CEI, Inc. - see discussion in
LAS Newsletter, Vol. 29 (2).
Resolution #2 passed: 10 Yes; 1 Abstention
October 26, 2002 The LAS Executive Committee recently voted on five resolutions. The resolutions and the voting results are: (1) Junior Doughty is the web master of the new LAS web page. The first resolution is to formally appoint Junior Doughty as editor of the Louisiana Archaeology Web Page and to make him a voting member of the Executive Committee. Vote = 10 yes; 0 no. (2) Three Society members will be asked to judge student presentations at the LAS meetings to select the “best student paper.” The judges will be appointed by the President and will be composed of one professional archaeologist, one avocational archaeologist, and a teacher/educator. Vote = 10 yes; 0 no. (3) Mr. Tony Ortman, graduate student from Tulane, has requested funding ($1785) for radiometrically dating (AMS) three samples from his recent excavations at Poverty Point. The Executive Committee recommended that the LAS fund the dating of one of the samples. Mr. Ortman will be required to submit a report on the provenience of the sample and its age to the Louisiana Archaeology Newsletter. The cost for dating one standard AMS sample is $595. Vote = 9 yes; 1 no. (4) The Division of Archaeology has requested $200 for postage during Archaeology Week. Vote = 10 yes; 0 no. (5) Make the contents of the Special Publications 1 (Stone Points and Tools of Northwestern Louisiana, by Clarence H. Webb) and 3 (Louisiana's Archaeological Radiometric Database, by Charles R. McGimsey and Josette van der Koogh) available on the web page. Some members are worried that if we do this, no one will purchase the hard copy, and we have plenty of them left. The senior author of SP #3, Dr. Chip McGimsey, is willing to make the text available on line. But, if one purchases a hard copy of #3, he/she will receive the booklet and future updates of the data base in an electronic format (Excel). Should the contents of the Special Publications be put on the web page? Vote = 8 yes; 2 no. Resolutions #1, #2, #3, and #4 passed. Resolution #5 failed.
The Archaeological Conservancy has acquired the Mott site in Franklin Parish. In May, the Conservancy closed on the first parcel utilizing P.O.I.N.T. funds. In July, the Conservancy used Acquisition Funds to close on the larger, second parcel. Consisting of over 200 acres, the Mott Archaeological Preserve represents one the Conservancy’s largest acquisitions in the Southeast to date. The site will be used for research and educational purposes, beginning when Joe Saunders of ULM and T.R. Kidder of Tulane test the large mounds. A site the size of Mott, and its excellent condition, provide archaeologists with a unique opportunity to study the social dimension of prehistoric cultures. It will be possible to establish the chronological sequence of mound construction at the site. This will provide the baseline data necessary to estimate the population size and level of social organization associated with the development of Mott. The Conservancy expects many exciting discoveries at the Mott site in coming years. We look forward to reporting these finds as they are made.
Alan and Jennifer Gruber
The Ancient Mounds Heritage Area and Trails Advisory Commission has provided funding for a Giddings Coring rig, mounted on an ATV, to explore mound sites in Louisiana. Continuous soil cores provide an efficient and virtually nondestructive means for defining mound stratigraphy, construction sequence, and the recovery of organic samples for radiometric dating. The ATV mounted rig was selected because it gives archaeologists the mobility necessary to core previously unaccessible mound sites in wooded areas and/or steeply-sided mounds. The rig is equipped to recover 2-inch cores to a depth of 20 feet.
June 9, 2002 There's a new book on the Woodland period: David Anderson and Robert Mainfort, Jr.: The Woodland Southeast. Just printed, it's about the early ceramic periods: Tchefuncte, Marksville, Baytown, and Coles Creek. Should have a lot on Louisiana.
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