The Mound City Archaeological Society will be returning to the
Sutter-Meyer site this weekend, October 16 1nd 17.

Hopefully, this past week's rains have softened the ground a bit and
will make the work a little easier. This time we'll be opening up a
unit where we believe the original cistern may have been located, plus
a couple of other promising spots as we pursue the site's elusive
privies.

We have excavation tools (and two new screening tables!), as well as
kits for washing, labeling, and cataloging artifacts. We have cameras
and notepads for documenting our work, too. We have tables and chairs
and tarps and buckets. We have just about everything we need.

Except YOU.

This may be our last weekend of good weather for a while, so if you can
spare just a few hours, you'll help make this project a success (after
all, there are no baseball or football games or political debates in
town this weekend; if you stay at home to watch TV, you'll just be
inundated with political and automobile ads, so here's your chance to
get some fresh air and excercise and help add to our knowledge about
this historically significant site).

Even if you aren't up to actually participating in the excavation, I
invite you to stop by and say "hi".

The address of the Sutter-Meyer site is 6826 Chamberlain Ct. To get
there, go east on Olive from I-170 about two and a half miles to
Ferguson Ave, turn left (north) onto Ferguson Ave and go one block to
Chamberlain Ct. Turn left (west) onto Chamberlain Ct and go one block
to the end of the street. The house is on the left. Parking shouldn't
be a problem; park in the driveway or, if there's no room, on the
street.

We'll work from 8:30am to 4:30pm both days. Again, you don't need to
commit to both days, or even a whole day, although you'll probably find
it most rewarding if you can work for at least a two- or three-hour
stretch.

Beverages (water, soda, and HOT CHOCOLATE) will be provided. Also, we
now have running water inside the Sutter-Meyer house, which means that
we have access to a working bathroom (all the comforts of home!).

If you can help or need more information, please e-mail me at
bgpaulus@... or call me at (314) 704-3507.

Thanks again and look forward to seeing you this weekend!

Greg
President, Mound City Archaeological Society
bgpaulus@...
(314) 704-3507


--- "B.G. Paulus" <bgpaulus@...> wrote:

> Built just after the end of the Civil War, the Sutter-Meyer House is
> the oldest standing home in University City, Missouri. The original
> owners were some of the first dairy farmers in the area, beginning in
> the 1830s. The names of nearby streets reflect the influence of these
> early inhabitants and, at one point, the local community that grew up
> around this farm was large enough to be given it's own post office.
>
> The current owner, the City of University City, has kindly given the
> Mound City Archaeological Society permission to conduct an
> archaeological survey of the property on which this house sits to see
> if we can help add to what is already known about this locally
> important historical site. We are doing this with the guidance and
> supervision of Dr. Carol Diaz-Granados, a professor of Anthropology
> at Washington University in St. Louis.
>
> We began our fieldwork a few weeks ago with a preliminary survey of
> the property and collected artifacts from test units around the
> outside perimeter of the house. This weekend, September 25 and 26, we
> will pick up where we left off and re-open a one-by-two meter unit
> north of the house, trying to find the remnants of some of the
> outbuildings that once existed in that area.
>
> If we can get enough volunteers (on this admittedly short notice), we
> would like to open up a couple more units to take advantage of the
> excellent weather that has been forecasted. If you would like to
> participate, please call or e-mail me as soon as you can at (314)
> 704-3507 or bgpaulus@.... You do not need to commit to
> both days or even an entire day, however, it would probably be best
> if you could spare a block of at least three or four hours on either
> day between the hours of 8:30am and 5:30pm.
>
> If you can't participate this weekend, but might be available some
> other time, please let me know and I'll gladly add you to the list of
> potential volunteers. Also, if you'd like to just stop by to visit
> and view our progress, please feel free to contact me and I'll be
> happy to give you directions to the site.
>
> By the way, if you get my voice-mail, please leave a message and I'll
> call you back just as soon as I can.
>
> Thanks and have a nice day,
>
> Greg
>
> Greg Paulus
> President, Mound City Archaeological Society
> bgpaulus@...
> (314) 704-3507
>
>
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