Dear Mound Citizens,

A color flyer for the May 1 lecture with flintknapper Larry Kinsella -- courtesy
of the Missouri Historical Society -- is now available on-line at
http://moundcity.missouriarchaeology.org/lectures/2007/pdf/MCAS20070501.pdf . To
open this PDF file, you'll need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free copy of
which you can download at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html .

Please help us promote this lecture by printing off some copies and posting them
in places like your local coffee shop, book store, community center, church, or
school.

One more note about next week's lecture: Please be aware that May 1 is also a
Twilight Tuesday concert night at the History Museum (the talented Denise Thimes
will be performing). Like the I-64 Reconstruction Project, this event may create
traffic and parking challenges for some of us, but I hope that you will look for
and find opportunities to overcome these inconveniences, such as arriving at the
museum a little earlier than usual, carpooling with friends, or riding the Metro
(there's a Metrolink station just one block north of the museum -- visit
http://www.metrostlouis.org/ for more information).

Your feedback on this or any other topic is always welcome. Please feel free to
contact me if you have any comments or suggestions.

Looking forward to a great program next Tuesday,

Greg

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

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

> The Mound City Archaeological Society sponsors programs on
> the first Tuesday of every month at the Missouri History
> Museum in Forest Park (5700 Lindell Blvd, Saint Louis, MO
> 63112).
>
> The next lecture will be at 7:00pm on May 1, 2007. Please
> join us as we welcome Larry Kinsella as he discusses
> "Bustin' My Axe: Adventures in Experimental Archaeology".
>
> Archaeology is more than just "digging up stuff".
> Understanding how an artifact was made can help us
> understand the people who made it. In the summer of 2001,
> a cache of 70 stone celts (axe heads) was excavated by
> archaeologists near O’Fallon, Illinois. Join
> internationally recognized professional flintknapper
> Larry Kinsella as he recounts his efforts to reproduce
> the largest celt in the collection, which weighs 25
> pounds and is 18 inches long.
>
> This event is co-sponsored by the Missouri Historical
> Society (http://www.mohistory.org/). A business meeting
> of the Mound City Archaeological Society will precede
> the lecture at 6:30pm. Both the meeting and lecture are
> free and open to the public; you do not need to be a
> member to attend.
>
> On Tuesdays, exhibits at the museum are free, so if your
> schedule allows, come a little early, take in an exhibit
> or two, enjoy a cup of coffee in the museum's restaurant
> and browse the Louisiana Purchase gift shop. Remember,
> Missouri Historical Society members get 10% off purchases
> in both the gift shop and the restaurant.
>
> For more information about this or any other Mound City
> Archaeological Society event, please e-mail
> bgpaulus@... or call (314) 704-3507.

The next meeting of the Sedalia-West Central chapter of the Missouri
Archaeological Society will feature Greg Paulus discussing

"LOST IN THE WOODS: Rediscovering the Maddin Creek Petroglyph Site in Washington
County, Missouri"

7:30pm
Saturday, April 28, 2007

Farm Credit Services Building (2600 S Limit Ave, Sedalia, Missouri 65301)

The largest concentration of Missouri petroglyphs is in Washington State Park,
which is about 50 miles southwest of St. Louis. Most of these stone images were
carved by Native Americans hundreds of years before European settlers arrived in
the area. Join Mound City Archaeological Society President Greg Paulus as he
talks about the 2005 archaeological survey of the little-known Maddin Creek
Petroglyph Site, which is located in a remote part of Washington State Park.

The lecture will be preceded by a Chapter business meeting at 7:00pm. Doors open
at 6:30pm. This event is free and open to the public; all are welcome.

For more information, please e-mail tragan@... or call (660) 827-4900.

Friends, this is just a quick update on our working field trip on Saturday,
April 21, to help Mark Leach continue his preservation and restoration of the
Blake Mound in Chesterfield, Missouri.

In case you missed the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article on Mark's efforts to
reverse decades of looting and neglect at this archaeological site in west St.
Louis County, click here: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SLARK/message/920

Even though the weather forecast for Saturday couldn't be more perfect, I still
recommend that you dress in layers; it might be a little chilly when we start
working at 9am, but could warm up quite a bit by the time we knock off around
noon. We'll provide a big bottle of sunblock, just in case.

SPECIAL NOTE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE EAST OF HAMPTON AVENUE: In case you
haven't already heard, I-64 will be completely closed this weekend between
Hampton and Oakland Avenues for the demolition of the Tamm Avenue overpass, so
please consider alternate routes and allow for extra travel time. Visit
http://www.thenewi64.org for more information.

Given the scope of the I-64 Reconstruction Project, this is just the first of
many inconveniences St. Louisans will face over the next few years. In my
opinion, we have only two choices: 1) we can either look for ways to adjust and
adapt to these changes, or 2) we can take the easy way out and use this as an
excuse to not go to lectures and events like this. I hope you will select the
first option and not the second one.

To underscore that, there's still have room in my car for a couple more
passengers so, if you'd like to carpool with me from my home in the Central West
End, please call me at (314) 704-3507 before 10pm Friday, April 20. I'll be
leaving around 7:30am Saturday morning. If we get to Blake's Mound before 9am,
maybe we'll scope out the local Starbucks for a cup of coffee.

If you're still undecided on whether or not you want to join us, let me offer
just a few more reasons why you should participate:

1) We'll be LITERALLY following in the footsteps of the people who originally
built the mound did (kinda wild to think about, eh?).

2) Use this as an excuse to celebrate Earth Day, which is this Sunday.

3) This a GREAT reason to get out in the fresh air and get some exercise (don't
worry if you don't feel up to carrying forty-pound bags of dirt -- we have a
variety of tasks to fit a range of physical abilities).

4) Mark is scheduled to be our featured speaker for our August 7 lecture at the
History Museum in Forest Park, so this will be your chance to get a special
"sneak preview".

5) If not now, then when? If not you, then who?

Again, keep in mind that the location of this archaeological site is
CONFIDENTIAL. If you have any trouble with the directions, please call me and
I'll be happy to help you with them.

Hope to see you Saturday,

Greg

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

It was just pointed out to us that, although we did snail-mail printed copies of
the minutes of March 6, 2007 business meeting of the Mound City Archaeological
Society and distributed them at the April 3 meeting, we completely forgot to
send out the on-line version.

We apologize for the oversight and regret any confusion this may have caused.

The March 6 minutes are now available on-line at
http://moundcity.missouriarchaeology.org/minutes/2007/pdf/MCAS20070306.pdf

Note: to view this PDF file, you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, a
free copy of which you can download at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

For those of you who are unable to access the PDF version, a text-only version
is available on-line at
http://moundcity.missouriarchaeology.org/minutes/2007/txt/MCAS20070306.txt

If you have any questions or suggestions, please e-mail
moundcity@... or call (314) 704-3507.

The minutes of the April 3, 2007 business meeting of the Mound City
Archaeological Society are now available on-line at
http://moundcity.missouriarchaeology.org/minutes/2007/pdf/MCAS20070403.pdf

Note: to view this PDF file, you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, a
free copy of which you can download at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

For those of you who are unable to access the PDF version, a text-only version
is available on-line at
http://moundcity.missouriarchaeology.org/minutes/2007/txt/MCAS20070403.txt

For those of you who also receive snail-mail copies of these minutes, please
look for them in your mailbox within the next few days.

You can also pick up a printed copy of the minutes during our May program, which
will begin at 6:30pm on Tuesday, May 1, at the Missouri History Museum in Forest
Park. This month's guest, Larry Kinsella, will begin speaking at 7pm.

For more information, please e-mail moundcity@... or call
(314) 704-3507.

The Mound City Archaeological Society sponsors programs on the first
Tuesday of every month at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park
(5700 Lindell Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63112).

The next lecture will be at 7:00pm on May 1, 2007. Please join us as we
welcome Larry Kinsella as he discusses "Bustin' My Axe: Adventures in
Experimental Archaeology".

Archaeology is more than just "digging up stuff". Understanding how an
artifact was made can help us understand the people who made it. In the
summer of 2001, a cache of 70 stone celts (axe heads) was excavated by
archaeologists near O’Fallon, Illinois. Join internationally recognized
professional flintknapper Larry Kinsella as he recounts his efforts to
reproduce the largest celt in the collection, which weighs 25 pounds
and is 18 inches long.

This event is co-sponsored by the Missouri Historical Society
(http://www.mohistory.org/). A business meeting of the Mound City
Archaeological Society will precede the lecture at 6:30pm. Both the
meeting and lecture are free and open to the public; you do not need to
be a member to attend.

On Tuesdays, exhibits at the museum are free, so if your schedule
allows, come a little early, take in an exhibit or two, enjoy a cup of
coffee in the museum's restaurant and browse the Louisiana Purchase
gift shop. Remember, Missouri Historical Society members get 10% off
purchases in both the gift shop and the restaurant.

For more information about this or any other Mound City Archaeological
Society event, please e-mail bgpaulus@... or call (314) 704-3507.

--- Missouri Archaeology <missouri.archaeology@...> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:03:53 -0500
> From: "Missouri Archaeology" <missouri.archaeology@...>
> Subject: Fall Archaeology Symposium
>
> Woodland Symposium
>
> Saturday, September 8                  9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
>
> Arrow Rock State Historic Site in Arrow Rock, Missouri
>
> The 2007 fall symposium will be held at the Arrow Rock
> State Historic Site in Arrow Rock, Missouri, a National
> Landmark Site. The 2007 symposium theme is the Woodland
> Period of Missouri. There will be from six to eight
> speakers to present on various topics of Woodland
> research. A list of speakers has not been finalized, so
> if you are interested in presenting, please contact Tim
> Baumann at 660-831-4229 or missouri.archaeology@...
> or contact Joe Harl at 314-426-2577 or archcen@....
>
> This symposium is free and open to the public, but we
> ask that you send an RSVP to Tim Baumann (see above). The
> public is also encouraged to bring their artifacts for
> identification.
>
> There will be refreshments at the symposium, but you will
> be responsible for your own lunch. We recommend that you
> make lunch reservations at the Arrow Rock Tavern or the
> Arrow Rock Station, or sandwiches will be available from
> the Arrow Rock Country Store or the Hodgepodge Ice Cream
> Shop.
>
> Lunch (11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
> Arrow Rock Country Store (sandwiches) – Phone: 660-837-3221
> Arrow Rock Tavern (reservations required) - Phone: 660-837-3200
> Arrow Rock Station (reservations required) - Phone: 660-837-3310
> The Hodgepodge Ice Cream Parlor (sandwiches) - Phone: 660-837-3124
> The Vine Wine Bar & Garden (beer, wine, and light food) - Phone: 660-837-3118
>
> After the symposium, we encourage you to explore the
> museums and historic sites of Arrow Rock, to stay for
> a pig supper from 4 to 7 p.m. by the local volunteer
> fire department, and to attend the play "Smoke on the
> Mountain Homecoming" at the award winning Lyceum Theatre
> http://www.lyceumtheatre.org/ . This play will be at
> 8 p.m. on Saturday night or at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
>
> If you would like to spend the night on Friday or
> Saturday night, there are a number of Bed & Breakfasts
> in Arrow Rock, as well as, at the state park campground.
> The closest hotel/motels are in Blackwater (10 minutes
> away) or Boonville and Marshall (both are 20 minutes
> away).
>
> State Park Campground (reservations required)
> Call toll-free 1-877-422-6766, http://www.mostateparks.com/campres.htm
>
> Bed & Breakfasts (reservations required)
> Arrow Rock Bed & Breakfast - Phone: 660-837-3280 or 800-795-2797,
http://www.virtualcities.com/ons/mo/a/moa8a01.htm
> Arrow Rock Station Bed & Breakfast - Phone: 660-837-3310,
http://www.virtualcities.com/dining/mo/a/moa31r20.htm
> Borgman's Bed and Breakfast - Phone: 660-837-3350  E-mail: kborgman@...,
http://www.virtualcities.com/ons/mo/a/moab5010.htm
> Bunny's Bed and Breakfast - Phone: 660-837-3352,
http://www.virtualcities.com/ons/mo/a/moa9301.htm
> Down Over Bed and Breakfast - Phone: 660-837-3268  E-mail: lblevins@...,
http://www.downoverbedandbreakfast.com/
>
> Hotels
> Iron Horse Hotel (Blackwater) – 660-846-3001, http://www.ironhorsehotel.com/
> Comfort Inn (Boonville) – 660-882-5317
> Holiday Inn Express (Boonville) – 660-882-6882
> Comfort Inn (Marshall) – 660-886-8080
> Super 8 Motel (Marshall) – 660-886-3359
>
> For more information on Arrow Rock sites, see the following links:
>
> Town Web Site - http://www.arrowrock.org/
> Arrow Rock State Historic Site - http://www.mostateparks.com/arrowrock.htm
> Friends of Arrow Rock - http://www.friendsar.org/
>
> Sponsored by: Arrow Rock State Historic Site,
> Missouri Archaeological Society, Missouri
> Association of Professional Archaeologists,
> Missouri Valley College, and The Friends of
> Arrow Rock

Friends, the table for the Mound City Archaeological Society's Trivia Team is
filling up fast, but we do have room left for a couple more Mound Citizens.

If you need a reason to participate this Saturday night, I'll give you three (no
extra charge for the second and third reasons):

  1) All of the proceeds from this event go to benefit the Powell Archaeological
Research Center and the Cahokia Mounds Museum Society.

  2) The Cahokia Archaeological Society and Three Rivers Chapter are each putting
together tables for an organizational re-match (if you'll recall, we had a
friendly little wager between the three organizations at last year's vent, which
the MCAS team won, so our collective societal honor is at stake).

  3) It'll be fun (if you don't believe me, just ask anyone who went last year).

If you'd like to participate, please contact me right away. If any of you are
interested in carpooling (especially you folks who live WAAAY out west in
frontier outposts like Richmond Heights, Brentwood,
Clayton, etc), I might be able to help you with that, too.

Remember, you don't need to be an expert in archaeology -- or anything else, for
that matter. Everyone reading this has a range of interests and variety of
experiences which they can bring to an event like this, and you never know what
useless little bit of information that happens to be stuck in YOUR brain will
mean the difference between us going home with our heads held high or our tails
between our legs.

Like I said, this is gonna be f-u-n FUN. Call or e-mail me if you want me to
cajole you personally (lemme hear from you within the next 24 hours and I'll
throw in a generous amount of wheedling for FREE!).

Hope to hear from you soon,

Greg

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

--- MrMounds@... wrote:

> To: SLARK@yahoogroups.com
> From: MrMounds@...
> Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:17:11 EDT
> Subject: [SLARK] Reminder: Trivia Night at Cahokia Mounds
>          on April 14
>
> This is a reminder that the Powell Archaeological Research
> Center and the Cahokia Mounds Museum Society are hosting the
> second Annual Trivia Night fundraiser at Cahokia Mounds on
> Saturday, April 14 from 7-10 pm. There are several tables
> left for teams or individuals. Cost is $10 per person for
> tables of 8-10 people. First place table wins $150, 2nd $100
> and 3rd $80.
>
> You can bring your own snacks and drinks (soda, beer, wine)
> and there will be sodas available. There will be 10 rounds
> of questions, some general, others topical (geography, history,
> entertainment, etc) including one generic archaeology round
> with questions everyone should be able to answer.
>
> There will also be a silent auction with lots of unique items,
> including jewelry, artwork, gift certificates, and books on
> Indians and archaeology (duplicates from the Cahokia Mounds
> library or donated books), gift baskets, etc.
>
> For more information or to register, call (618) 344-7316.
>
> ----------
>
> The remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native
> civilization north of Mexico are preserved at Cahokia Mounds
> State Historic Site. Within the 2,200-acre tract, located a
> few miles west of Collinsville, Illinois, lie the archaeological
> remnants of the central section of the ancient settlement that
> is today known as Cahokia.
>
> Cahokia Mounds has been recognized as a U. S. National Historic
> Landmark, and in 1982 the United Nations Educational, Scientific,
> and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Cahokia Mounds
> a World Heritage Site for its importance to our understanding
> of the prehistory of North America. Cahokia Mounds is managed
> by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
>
> For more information, visit http://www.cahokiamounds.com/ .

[For more information on the Archaeological Research Center of St. Louis, visit
http://arc-stl.com/ . For more information on the St. Ferdinand excavations,
visit http://1789stferdinand.missouriarchaeology.org/ . -- Greg]

--- Archaeological Research Center <archcen@...> wrote:

> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:30:57 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Archaeological Research Center <archcen@...>
> Subject: Missouri Conference on History
>
> The 49th Annual Missouri Conference on History will be held
> in St. Louis at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, April 19 and 20, 2007.
> For more information and a list of presentations go to:
>
> http://www.umsystem.edu/shs/mch/
>
> As part of this conference Joe Harl of the Archaeological
> Research Center of St. Louis, Inc. will be describing the
> results of the archaeologcial excavations performed at the
> St. Ferdinand Church Complex in Florissant, Missouri. His
> presentation will be on Friday, April 20, between 10:30am
> and noon.

Attached to this e-mail are the minutes from the February 2007 business
meeting of the Mound City Archaeological Society. The minutes are in a
PDF file, and you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it,
a copy of which you can download for free at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html .

Printed copies of the minutes will also be available at the March
program, which will begin promptly at 6:30pm on Tuesday, March 6, at
the Missouri History Museum. This month's guest, Dr. Kathleen Ehrhardt,
will begin speaking at 7pm. A booksigning in the museum gift shop will
immediately follow the lecture.

For more information about this or any other MCAS event, please e-mail
bgpaulus@... or call (314) 704-3507.

Thanks and have a nice day,

Greg

Greg Paulus
President, Mound City Archaeological Society

"Archaeology is reading the book of the Earth." -- Carter Revard

The Mound City Archaeological Society is pleased to welcome Dr.
Kathleen Ehrhardt to the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park at 7pm
on Tuesday, March 6, 2007. The title of her lecture is "Rethinking
Technological Change: European Metals in Native Hands". Copies of her
recent book on the same subject will be available for purchase and
signing in the Museum Gift Shop following the lecture (remember, MHS
members get a discount on gift shop purchases).

A PDF copy of the flyer for this lecture is attached to this e-mail.
You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it.

For more information about this lecture or any other MCAS event, please
e-mail bgpaulus@... or call (314) 704-3507.

Hope to see you there,

Greg

Greg Paulus
President, Mound City Archaeological Society

"Archaeology is reading the book of the Earth." -- Carter Revard

Hello, everyone. Although I generally try to avoid too much
"personalization" of the announcements that go out on this listserve, I
hope you'll bear with me while I make an exception this time...

As Missouri and Illinois Archaeology Months start to wind down, this
coming Saturday morning, I'll be participating in both segments of the
first annual ten-kilometer "Walk Through the PARC" to benefit the
preservation of archaeological sites (see below). There's still room
for a few more participants, but I'm directing this appeal mostly to
those of you who are unable to walk with us that day.

Keep in mind that all of the money raised for this event will go
DIRECTLY to the Powell Archaeological Research Center
(http://powellarchaeology.org/) and their efforts to save
archaeological sites from destruction by ongoing development in the
metropolitan St. Louis area.

So far, I've collected almost $200 in pledges, but I'd very much like
to increase that amount. Therefore, as an added incentive, I'm offering
the following challenge: if I collect enough pledges total at least
$500, I promise to climb the 150-plus steps to the top of 100-foot tall
of Monks Mound (http://cahokiamounds.com/mound38.html) AT THE END of
the six-mile walk on Saturday.

For those of you who may not be familiar with Monks Mound, that's
roughly equivalent to climbing from the pedestal to the head of New
York's Statue of Liberty AFTER walking around the edge of Ellis Island
about eleven times.

To make a pledge for this little challenge of mine, please follow these
three easy steps:

  1) Go to http://powellarchaeology.org/PARCwalkregistform.pdf and print
off the third page (the pledge form).

  2) Fill out the pledge form and mail it with your check to the Powell
Archaeological Research Center.

  3) Send an e-mail to me at bgpaulus@... to let me know
how much you pledged (your check probably won't arrive via snail-mail
before Saturday, but I'll take your word for it).

For those of you who've already pledged (especially you, Teri-Ann!) and
for those of you who are about to, thank you VERY much; your
tax-deductible donations are vital to PARC's continuing mission of
preserving the past for the future.

Thanks for your time and hope to hear from you soon,

Greg

Greg Paulus
Archaeology Information Hunter-Gatherer and Perambulation-Participant
bgpaulus@...

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

> [The forms and map mentioned in the following posting can be found at
> http://slark.missouriarchaeology.org/flyers/PARCwalkregistform.pdf
> and http://slark.missouriarchaeology.org/flyers/PARC_Walk_Map.pdf ,
> respectively. As usual, you'll need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader;
> to download a free copy, visit
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html . For more
> information on the Powell Archaeological Research Center (including a
> nice on-line bookstore), visit http://powellarchaeology.org/ . See
> you on Saturday, September 30! -- Greg]
>
> A WALK THROUGH THE PARC
> Benefit Walk for the Preservation of Archaeological Sites
> Saturday, September 30, 2006
>
> Put on your walking shoes and join us Saturday, September 30 for an
> information packed benefit-walk that will help fund the preservation
> of archaeological sites in the Metro East area of St. Louis.
>
> The Powell Archaeological Research Center (PARC), located on the
> western edge of the Cahokia Site in Fairmont City, is a 501(c)(3)
> not-for-profit organization (i.e., contributions are tax-deductible)
> dedicated to the preservation of archaeological sites in the area.
> This benefit walk will take place on Saturday, September 30 at 9:00
> am. In conjunction with Illinois Archaeology Awareness Month we
> encourage interested people to participate in a guided walk along the
> Indian Lake Heritage Trail* from the East St. Louis Mound group (the
> 2nd largest Mississippian mound center in the United States), where
> lots have been purchased with mound remnants, to Cahokia Mounds State
> Historic Site. The complete walk is approximately 6 miles and is
> expected to take 2.5–3 hours. The walk, however, will be broken into
> two segments and participants may opt to walk one of the two legs.
> The first will begin near the area of the former Cemetery Mound, 505
> Collinsville Avenue (near Interstate 55/70) in East St. Louis to
> Fairmont City ending at the Chucalo Mound (~2.5 miles). The second
> will begin at the Chucalo Mound and end at the Cahokia Mounds
> Interpretive Center (~3.5 miles) (see attached map).
>
> Advanced registration is $30. Registration the day of the walk is
> $35.
> Each participant will receive an event T-shirt. We are encouraging
> each participant to seek additional pledges for their participation.
> Each participant who has $50 worth of pledges will receive a free
> membership in PARC and those who are able to get $100 in pledges will
> receive a signed copy of the book The Cahokia Mounds by Warren K.
> Moorehead, edited and with an introduction by John Kelly. Warren
> Moorehead was instrumental in the preservation of Cahokia Mounds. The
> walk is limited to 40 people per walk segment, so be sure to sign up
> early. If you can't participate in the walk but support our efforts,
> please consider making a pledge.
>
> Dr. John Kelly (Washington University) will guide the walk describing
> the archaeological history of the area as well as point out
> archaeological features such as remaining mounds, and the location of
> lost mounds. Bill Iseminger (Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site) will
> end the tour beginning at the Woodhenge and guiding the group to
> Monks Mound and the Interpretive Center. For more information, please
> contact Lucretia Kelly at lkelly@... or call (618)
> 281-5369. The registration/waiver form and pledge forms can be found
> on the Illinois Aarchaeological Survey (IAS) website, SLARK website,
> as well as on PARC's website. In case of inclement weather, the walk
> will be held the following Saturday, Oct. 7 at the same times.
>
> Additional Important Information:
> Participants will meet at the Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center and
> will be transported to their starting point. For those choosing to do
> the complete walk or the first leg from East St. Louis, meet at 8:45
> am. For those opting to do the second leg, meet at 10:15 am.
>
> *The Indian Lake Heritage Trail connects the two premier
> Mississippian
> mound centers of East St. Louis and Cahokia and primarily follows
> Collinsville Road from East St. Louis to the Interpretative Center at
> Cahokia Mounds. See the map.
>
>
>
>

[The excavations at the site of the original St. Ferdinand Church
Complex are open for viewing by the public from 9am to 5pm, Wednesdays
through Sundays. For more information about this project (including a
blog with recent photos), visit http://1789stferdinand.org/ -- Greg]

STLtoday.com: Unearthing an 18th century rectory
By Norm Parish of the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Thursday, Sep. 21 2006

FLORISSANT

The remains of an 18th century building found below a half-foot of dirt
at a Florissant park are credited by archaeologists as being part of
one of the oldest Catholic rectories discovered in the Midwest.

"This is very significant," said Joe Harl, vice president of the
Archaeological Research Center of St. Louis, a privately owned center
involved in the dig. "This is the first time anyone has intensely
studied an area surrounding a church in the St. Louis area."

The discovery comes from a three-year excavation project of the area
surrounding the former St. Ferdinand Catholic Church. The 18th century
church's remains were found at Spanish Land Grant Park at Rue St. Denis
and St. Ferdinand Street.

Florissant officials decided to have an archaeological dig as part of
the Lewis and Clark celebration. The project is scheduled to end Oct.
1.

"This means a lot for the city," said Gretchen Crank, head of a
committee of Florissant residents helping to oversee the project. "We
are now finding facts instead of hearsay."

The $50,000 project is financed from a combination of public and
private funds.

The artifacts probably will be stored at the Museum Support Center at
the University of Missouri at Columbia and eventually be available for
public display in Florissant and possibly throughout Missouri, Harl
said.

Overall, six archaeologists helped uncover about 10,000 items at the
park.

Built in 1789, St. Ferdinand was one of the first churches in the area.
Historians said French settlers used the log church until 1821, when
they built the St. Ferdinand Shrine, which is nearby at 1 Rue St.
Francois. After the shrine was built, the old log church was used for
rental property or was occupied by priests until it burned in 1836,
officials said.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

Archaeologists have had difficulty locating remains of the church. They
have found impressions in the dirt from three posts belonging to the
church, Harl said.

The rectory's remains are among the most significant findings from the
archaeological dig. The rectory was built about the same time as the
church.

Items directly tied to the rectory include mostly food items, such as
fish bones, plus fragments from plates, cups, bowls, pipes, wine
bottles, bullets, silver coins, Indian jewelry items and coffins.

"The kinds of things they have been finding there are consistent with
that time period," said Vergil Noble, archeologist for National Park
Services in Lincoln, Neb., and a French colonial settlement expert.
"For anything of this era to survive in an urban setting is certainly
unusual. Certainly, any physical remains would be quite important for
improving our understanding of the settlement of St. Louis."

Most items are simply fragments, Harl said. For example, archaeologists
found an 18th century French plate last week that was one foot in
diameter. The clay plate has to be glued together by archaeologists. It
contained green arches.

"There were a lot of different serving dishes found," said Mayor Robert
Lowery, whose administration has been a backer of the project. "They
are able to discover a lot about the types of foods that were served.
There were a lot of soups and broths. ... We are able to now know a lot
about our city. This is of great historical value."

nparish@... 314-372-8505

Copyright © 2006 St. Louis Post-Dispatch L.L.C. All rights reserved.

Of course, given the Mound City Archaeological Society's direct support
of this project, this means that we'll likely need some additional
Mound Citizens to help out during those extra two weeks. If you'd like
to volunteer, please contact Gretchen Crank at (314) 838-5085 or
gcrank@...

Thanks and have a nice day,

Greg

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

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

> For those of you who have been following the archaeological
> excavations in Florissant, Missouri's Spanish Land Grant Park,
> there's BAD news and GOOD news:
>
> The BAD news is that because of various scheduling issues, the
> excavation, which is normally open for viewing by the public
> Wednesdays through Sundays from 9am to 5pm, will NOT be open this
> Sunday, September 17.
>
> The GOOD news is that additional funding that has become available
> at virtually the last minute that will allow the excavations to
> continue for an additional two weeks, beyond the original end date
> of September 17! This means that excavations will continue through
> tomorrow, September 16, and then resume on Wednesday, September 20.
>
> You can read more details about this wonderful news, as well as
> some VERY interesting discoveries by the dig team on their dig blog
> at http://1789stferdinand.org/ .

For those of you who have been following the archaeological excavations
in Florissant, Missouri's Spanish Land Grant Park, there's BAD news and
GOOD news:

The BAD news is that because of various scheduling issues, the
excavation, which is normally open for viewing by the public Wednesdays
through Sundays from 9am to 5pm, will NOT be open this Sunday,
September 17.

The GOOD news is that additional funding that has become available at
virtually the last minute that will allow the excavations to continue
for an additional two weeks, beyond the original end date of September
17! This means that excavations will continue through tomorrow,
September 16, and then resume on Wednesday, September 20.

You can read more details about this wonderful news, as well as some
VERY interesting discoveries by the dig team on their dig blog at
http://1789stferdinand.org/ .

Sunday, September 17, 2–3pm

"Archaeology in Scott Joplin’s Neighborhood"

Timothy Baumann, Ph.D., an associate professor of anthropology at
Missouri Valley College, will present a lecture on the 2006 summer
excavations on a series of late 19th–early 20th-century row houses and
a billiards hall in Scott Joplin's St. Louis neighborhood.

Free and open to the public, at the Scott Joplin House State Historic
Site, 2658 Delmar Blvd. For more information about this event, contact
Victoria Love at 314-340-5790 or vicky.love@....

For more Missouri Archaeology Month events, visit
http://coas.missouri.edu/mas/archmonth/moarchmonth.html

The 2006 field season of the archaeological excavations at the site of
the original St. Ferdinand Church Complex in Florissant, Missouri's
Spanish Land Grant Park resumed yesterday (Wednesday, September 6).
Professional archaeologists from the Archaeological Research Center of
St. Louis, with the support of volunteers from the Mound City
Archaeological Society, will continue their research into the remains
of the church and other buildings, built on the site in the late 1700s
and destroyed by fire in 1836.

The excavation site be open for viewing by the public from 9am to 5pm,
Wednesday through Sunday, for the next two weeks. There is no charge to
visit the site, which is located in the southeast corner of the park,
near the intersection of St. Ferdinand and St. Louis streets.

A new web site (http://1789stferdinand.org/) has been created for this
project, along with a blog (web log) that will be updated every few
days by members of the excavation crew.

Raffle tickets for eight cash prizes ($1,000 Grand Prize, $250 1st
Prize, $100 2nd Prize, etc.) will be available for purchase, with the
proceeds directly supporting this project. Only 500 tickets will be
sold at $10 each. Prizes will be awarded on October 8. To purchase
raffle tickets, please visit the excavation site or contact
raffle@... or (314) 704-3507.

Also, Gretchen Crank will present a paper on this project at the MAS
2006 Fall Symposium in Columbia, Missouri, on Saturday, September 16.
The Symposium is free and open to the public. For more information on
the MAS 2006 Fall Symposium, visit
http://coas.missouri.edu/mas/archmonth/symposium.html .

For more information about the Mound City Archaeological Society or any
of its other upcoming activities, visit
http://moundcity.missouriarchaeology.org/ or contact
moundcity@... or (314) 704-3507.

Hope to see you at the dig,

Greg

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

Due to the strong response, the Academy of Science of Saint Louis has
kindly offered a small number of additional FREE seats for Mound City
Archaeological Society members on its bus trip to the Illinois State
Museum in Springfield tomorrow (Friday, September 8). Lunch is included
in this package. The bus will leave the St. Louis Science Center at
about 8am and return about 6pm.

To take advantage of this offer, you MUST be a member in good standing
of the Mound City Archaeological Society, and you MUST make your
reservation before 4pm today (Thursday, September 7). Please do not
just "show up" at the Science Center without a reservation.

For more information or to make a reservation, please contact
bgpaulus@... or (314) 704-3507 (if you get voice-mail,
leave a detailed message; someone WILL call you back).

Hope to see you tomorrow,

Greg

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

Jefferson County Mo.is trying again to construct a long needed "Unified
Development Order". Article 6 deals with creating a commission to setup
Historical Districts and Landmarks. First step will be to survey of all
Historical and Archaeological Sites in county. Some questions and
concerns have already been raised. Some TRC members have been invited
by the county to attend their workshop on Sept. 9 at Jefferson County
Administration Center. 729 Maple Street, Hillsboro, Mo. at. 9:00am.
This workshop deals with Article 6 Historic Preservation. If you are
invited and are unable to attend but still have questions or comments
please forward them to me I will raise them at the workshop. Or if not
invited and you have read the article and have comments I would be
interested in hearing them.
(Personal note: Article seems to deal adequately with the Historical
aspects, but no so with the Prehistoric Archaeological sites.)
Contact me at EricSmithTRC@...
Read UDO at:
http://www.jeffcomo.org/planning/main/DraftUDO.html - Go to Article 6

This September marks the 10th Annual Missouri Archaeology Month, and to
celebrate, the Mound City Archaeological Society is pleased to exhibit it's
display titled, "Lost in the Woods: Rediscovering the Maddin Creek Site (23WA26)
in Washington County, Missouri" for the entire month of September at the
Northwest Branch of the Jefferson County Library in High Ridge.

The largest concentration of Missouri patroglyphs is in Washington State Park.
Located in a remote part of the Park, the Maddin Creek Petroglyph site was
rediscovered in the 1950s by an amateur archaeologist who recorded the site,
taking photos and drawing motif maps. In November 2005, Mound City
Archaeological Society volunteers, with the permission of the Missouri
Department of Natural Resources, revisited the site to assess its current
condition. They documented damage caused by a tornado that had swept the area in
2003, plus widespread growth of saplings, moss, lichen. They also noted the
absence of one petroglyph boulder and evidence of attempts to remove another.

This display summarizes those efforts and describes some of the techniques they
used.

This display is being exhibited in conjunction with a lecture by the same name,
which will be presented by members of the Mound City Archaeological Society on
Saturday, September 16, at 1:30pm. The lecture will go into much more detail and
be followed by a question-and-answer session and an opportunity to meet the
speakers following the lecture.

Both the display and the lecture are free and open to the public during regular
library hours. Free posters commemorating 2006 Missouri Archaeology Month will
be distributed at the lecture.

The Library is located at 5680 State Rd. PP, High Ridge, MO 63049. For more
information about the library and its hours, contact
northwest@... or (636) 677-8186.

The Mound City Archaeological Society is the St. Louis Chapter of the Missouri
Archaeological Society. For more information, contact
moundcity@... or (314) 704-3507.

[Here you go, folks! Hope to see y'all at one (or more) upcoming events! --
Greg]

--- Tim Baumann <baumannt@...> wrote:

> Subject: Missouri Archaeology Month Programs and Poster
> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:21:17 -0500
> From: "Tim Baumann" <baumannt@...>
> To: <bgpaulus@...>
> CC: <galenm@...>
>
> Missouri Archaeology Month
> September 2006
>
> September is Missouri's 10th Archaeology Month, which celebrates our
> shared cultural heritage and promotes historic preservation of
> archaeological sites. During this month, there are over 50 lectures,
> events, and exhibits available across the state, with an organized
> symposium "Saving the Past for the Future: Archaeology and
> Preservation in Missouri" on Saturday, Sept. 16th from 9 a.m. to 3
> p.m., at the Quality Inn, 1612 N. Providence Road, in Columbia. For
> additional programs and events, see the following website:
> http://coas.missouri.edu/mas/archmonth/moarchmonth.html
>
> FREE Missouri Archaeology Month posters are also available at the
> Missouri Archaeological Society headquarters in Columbia, Missouri.
> A copy of the poster will be sent to each Missouri Archaeological
> Society member, to all Missouri K-12 schools, to the State
> Legislators, and to most historical societies and museums in
> Missouri. If you would like or need additional posters in the St.
> Louis area, then please contact Alan Banks at 314-291-1165 or
> ABanks7@... . Those outside the St. Louis area should contact:
>
> Melody Galen
> Missouri Archaeological Society
> Museum Support Center
> 101a Rock Quarry Road at Hinkson Creek
> Columbia, Mo. 65211-3170
> 573-882-3544
> 1-800-472-3223 (in Missouri)
>
> GalenM@...
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Tim Baumann, PhD
> Missouri Archaeology Month Coordinator
> 660-831-4229

Good morning, everyone.

There's still time to volunteer for the Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse
excavation for either this Saturday or Sunday, August 12-13 (or both,
if you're feeling particularly energetic).

REMEMBER: IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE DON'T JUST "SHOW UP" -- LET
US KNOW WHICH DAY(S) YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

If we don't hear from a couple more folks by NOON TOMORROW (Friday,
August 11), we may have to cancel Saturday's outing. In terms of crew
size, Sunday is starting to look pretty good, but we can always use
extra help; the more volunteers we have, the more work we'll get done.

Again, we're assuming that it's going to be hot in the afternoons (but
remember what they say about St. Louis weather -- keep your parkas and
galoshes handy), so we'll be starting both days at 7am and knocking of
around noon-ish. If the weather cooperates and enough folks can stick
around on either day, we may continue into the afternoon, but as with
any outdoor activity, we'll have to wait and see how it goes.

WE'LL PROVIDE WATER, GATORADE, AND SUNBLOCK. PLEASE BE SURE TO DRESS
ACCORDINGLY and, of course, let us know if you have any questions or
suggestions.

Thanks and hope to hear from you soon,

Greg

Greg Paulus
Archaeology Information Forager-Scavenger and Volunteer-Wrangler &
President, Mound City Archaeological Society
bgpaulus@...
(314) 704-3507

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

> Aaaarrrggh! This what happens when I try to do more than one thing at
> a time (like walking AND chewing gum, or typing AND thinking, for
> example).
>
> Folks, it was just pointed out to me (thanks, Jim) that there's a
> typo in the first sentence of my e-mail (below), which might cause
> some confusion. It should have said, in part "we won't be working the
> excavation ... this weekend (August 5-6)". To put it another way, as
> far as the Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse project is concerned, we're off
> today and tomorrow.
>
> To recap the next few weeks:
>  - August 05-06: Off
>  - August 12-13: Excavating 7am to noon-ish
>  - August 19-20: Off (see you at the St. Ferdinand Fundraising
> Dinner?)
>  - August 26-27: Off (see you at the Cahokia Mounds Archaeology Day?)
>  - September 02: Open House (ALL HANDS ON DECK!)
>
> Please let me know as soon as you can if you'd like to volunteer for
> any of these dates (particularly the Open House on September 2), or
> if you have any questions or suggestions.
>
> Greg
>
> Greg Paulus
> President, Mound City Archaeological Society
> bgpaulus@...
> (314) 704-3507
>
> --- "B.G. Paulus" <bgpaulus@...> wrote:
>
> > Good afternoon, everyone.
> >
> > Although the weather forecast for this weekend has improved
> > considerably over what we experienced last weekend, I'm afraid we
> > won't be working the excavation at the Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse site
> in
> > University City this weekend (August 12-13) as I had mentioned at
> > this past Tuesday's Mound City Archaeological Society lecture. To
> be
> > honest, both Carol and I have too much on our plates at the moment
> > and just need a little time to get caught up before we resume the
> > fieldwork next weekend.
> >
> > So, consider this a heads-up for the weekend of August 12-13. Since
> > we'll still be in the middle of a St. Louis August, we're going to
> > assume that it'll be hotter than two-dollar pistol and will start
> > work both days at 7am. We'll plan on knocking off sometime around
> > noon-ish, but we could either extend that if the weather cooperates
> > AND enough folks can stick around, OR we may cut it short if the
> heat
> > index starts heading for the stratosphere again.
> >
> > We'll then skip the next two weekends (August 19-20 and August
> 26-27)
> > because of the St. Ferdinand Fundraising Dinner in Florissant on
> > August 19 and Cahokia Mounds Archaeology Day in Collinsville on
> > August 26, both of which we hope to see you at (more on both events
> > coming soon, I promise).
> >
> > Also, please MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Saturday, September 2; to help
> > kick off the tenth annual Missouri Archaeology Month, we're going
> to
> > hold an open house at the Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse site and we'll
> need
> > every available person we can get to help demonstrate excavating,
> > screening, note-taking, and surverying, plus at least a couple of
> > extra folks to talk with visitors, offer complimentary beverages,
> > explain what we're doing, answer questions, and hand out brochures
> > and such. we'll send out more details shortly, but we do expect
> this
> > to be an all-day event, so please try to commit to at least a
> > half-day (morning, afternoon, either, or both).
> >
> > We've also invited our professional videographer (remember that
> video
> > we're making?) to come out that day, since there should be a wide
> > variety of photo opportunities to take advantage of. He's being
> paid
> > out of the grant that Carol received to produce the video, so let's
> > have a healthy turnout and make sure he doesn't waste his time (or
> > Carol's grant money).
> >
> > As before, please contact me if you'd like to volunteer for any of
> > this, or if you have any questions or suggestions. We have tasks
> big
> > and small for all ages, schedules, and skill levels; the only
> > requirement we have right now is that you be a current member of
> the
> > Mound City Archaeological Society.
> >
> > Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope to hear from you
> soon
> > AND to see you next weekend.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > Greg Paulus
> > President, Mound City Archaeological Society
> > bgpaulus@...
> > (314) 704-3507
>
>
>
>

Aaaarrrggh! This what happens when I try to do more than one thing at a time
(like walking AND chewing gum, or typing AND thinking, for example).

Folks, it was just pointed out to me (thanks, Jim) that there's a typo in the
first sentence of my e-mail (below), which might cause some confusion. It should
have said, in part "we won't be working the excavation ... this weekend (August
5-6)". To put it another way, as far as the Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse project is
concerned, we're off today and tomorrow.

To recap the next few weeks:
  - August 05-06: Off
  - August 12-13: Excavating 7am to noon-ish
  - August 19-20: Off (see you at the St. Ferdinand Fundraising Dinner?)
  - August 26-27: Off (see you at the Cahokia Mounds Archaeology Day?)
  - September 02: Open House (ALL HANDS ON DECK!)

Please let me know as soon as you can if you'd like to volunteer for any of
these dates (particularly the Open House on September 2), or if you have any
questions or suggestions.

Greg

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

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

> Good afternoon, everyone.
>
> Although the weather forecast for this weekend has improved
> considerably over what we experienced last weekend, I'm afraid we
> won't be working the excavation at the Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse site in
> University City this weekend (August 12-13) as I had mentioned at
> this past Tuesday's Mound City Archaeological Society lecture. To be
> honest, both Carol and I have too much on our plates at the moment
> and just need a little time to get caught up before we resume the
> fieldwork next weekend.
>
> So, consider this a heads-up for the weekend of August 12-13. Since
> we'll still be in the middle of a St. Louis August, we're going to
> assume that it'll be hotter than two-dollar pistol and will start
> work both days at 7am. We'll plan on knocking off sometime around
> noon-ish, but we could either extend that if the weather cooperates
> AND enough folks can stick around, OR we may cut it short if the heat
> index starts heading for the stratosphere again.
>
> We'll then skip the next two weekends (August 19-20 and August 26-27)
> because of the St. Ferdinand Fundraising Dinner in Florissant on
> August 19 and Cahokia Mounds Archaeology Day in Collinsville on
> August 26, both of which we hope to see you at (more on both events
> coming soon, I promise).
>
> Also, please MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Saturday, September 2; to help
> kick off the tenth annual Missouri Archaeology Month, we're going to
> hold an open house at the Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse site and we'll need
> every available person we can get to help demonstrate excavating,
> screening, note-taking, and surverying, plus at least a couple of
> extra folks to talk with visitors, offer complimentary beverages,
> explain what we're doing, answer questions, and hand out brochures
> and such. we'll send out more details shortly, but we do expect this
> to be an all-day event, so please try to commit to at least a
> half-day (morning, afternoon, either, or both).
>
> We've also invited our professional videographer (remember that video
> we're making?) to come out that day, since there should be a wide
> variety of photo opportunities to take advantage of. He's being paid
> out of the grant that Carol received to produce the video, so let's
> have a healthy turnout and make sure he doesn't waste his time (or
> Carol's grant money).
>
> As before, please contact me if you'd like to volunteer for any of
> this, or if you have any questions or suggestions. We have tasks big
> and small for all ages, schedules, and skill levels; the only
> requirement we have right now is that you be a current member of the
> Mound City Archaeological Society.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope to hear from you soon
> AND to see you next weekend.
>
> Greg
>
> Greg Paulus
> President, Mound City Archaeological Society
> bgpaulus@...
> (314) 704-3507

Good afternoon, everyone.

Although the weather forecast for this weekend has improved considerably over
what we experienced last weekend, I'm afraid we won't be working the excavation
at the Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse site in University City this weekend (August
12-13) as I had mentioned at this past Tuesday's Mound City Archaeological
Society lecture. To be honest, both Carol and I have too much on our plates at
the moment and just need a little time to get caught up before we resume the
fieldwork next weekend.

So, consider this a heads-up for the weekend of August 12-13. Since we'll still
be in the middle of a St. Louis August, we're going to assume that it'll be
hotter than two-dollar pistol and will start work both days at 7am. We'll plan
on knocking off sometime around noon-ish, but we could either extend that if the
weather cooperates AND enough folks can stick around, OR we may cut it short if
the heat index starts heading for the stratosphere again.

We'll then skip the next two weekends (August 19-20 and August 26-27) because of
the St. Ferdinand Fundraising Dinner in Florissant on August 19 and Cahokia
Mounds Archaeology Day in Collinsville on August 26, both of which we hope to
see you at (more on both events coming soon, I promise).

Also, please MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Saturday, September 2; to help kick off the
tenth annual Missouri Archaeology Month, we're going to hold an open house at
the Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse site and we'll need every available person we can get
to help demonstrate excavating, screening, note-taking, and surverying, plus at
least a couple of extra folks to talk with visitors, offer complimentary
beverages, explain what we're doing, answer questions, and hand out brochures
and such. we'll send out more details shortly, but we do expect this to be an
all-day event, so please try to commit to at least a half-day (morning,
afternoon, either, or both).

We've also invited our professional videographer (remember that video we're
making?) to come out that day, since there should be a wide variety of photo
opportunities to take advantage of. He's being paid out of the grant that Carol
received to produce the video, so let's have a healthy turnout and make sure he
doesn't waste his time (or Carol's grant money).

As before, please contact me if you'd like to volunteer for any of this, or if
you have any questions or suggestions. We have tasks big and small for all ages,
schedules, and skill levels; the only requirement we have right now is that you
be a current member of the Mound City Archaeological Society.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope to hear from you soon AND to see
you next weekend.

Greg

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

Hello, everyone.

I hope this finds all of you in good health and unaffected (or, at least,
recovered from) the recent storms and the power outages they caused.

Carol and I have been holding off sending this out because we know that some of
you have regained power just within the past day or so and we didn't want to
distract from the efforts of getting back to normal.

That, and we were hoping that the weather forecast would give us some hope of
relief from the current heat wave. No such luck, unfortunately; this weekend
promises to be *H*O*T* -- HOT.

As we discussed at our July 11 business meeting, we intend to resume our
excavations at the Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse site in University City this weekend
(July 29-30), but because we'll be under an EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH most of that
time, we're going to start at 7AM both Saturday and Sunday and knock off around
1pm (possibly earlier, depending on the heat index).

By the way, did we mention how HOT it's going to be this weekend? For another
perspective on archaeological fieldwork in the Midwest, be sure to read the
following recent article titled "Hot Archaeology: July in the Midwest" at
http://archaeology.about.com/b/a/257633.htm

It goes without saying (but I'll say it anyway): you MUST be in good physical
health to participate in this project and you MUST dress appropriately for the
heat. We HIGHLY recommend that everyone wear a hat and apply sunscreen. We'll
provide plenty of water and gatorade. You're welcome to bring your own personal
excavation gear (trowels and such), but we'll provide the rest of the equipment.

Of course, the science of archaeology is much more than just "digging up stuff",
so we can always use a couple extra volunteers to help take notes and pictures.

Our initial focus will be on the recently-discovered cistern located off the
kitchen in the rear of the house. Besides being a large enough area to
accomodate multiple teams, it should be in shade for most of the morning, giving
us a little more relief from the heat. We'll also spend a little time sprucing
up the property (the City's groundskeepers do a good, basic job of things like
keeping the lawn mowed, but they have trouble working around our excavation
units, so we need to help them by doing a little weed-whacking and such).

MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL: Although we certainly welcome everyone who wants to
participate, please do not just "show up" unannounced for this work; if we need
to adjust our schedule for some reason, then might need to contact everyone
quickly so, if you want to volunteer for either day, please either send me an
e-mail or call me at (314) 704-3507 (if you get my voice-mail, please leave a
message and I promise I'll get right back to you).

Thanks and hope to hear from you soon,

Greg

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

[Here's another one that came in during the power outages. For more information
on the Missouri Archaeological Society's Missouri Archaeology Month Symposium,
visit http://coas.missouri.edu/mas/archmonth/symposium.html (I know there's not
much there right now, but I'm sure it will be updated very soon). -- Greg]

--- Archaeological Research Center <archcen@...> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:15:05 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Archaeological Research Center <archcen@...>
> Subject: MAS Symposium
> To: "B.G. Paulus" <bgpaulus@...>
>
> We are still looking for speakers for the MAS Fall Symposium
> to be held on September 16, 2006 in Columbia, Missouri. This
> year's theme is "Historic Preservation". Presentations can
> include anything dealing with efforts to preserve
> archaeological sites.
>
> Presentations we have thus far include:
>
> 1. Mark Leach's efforts to preserve the Blake Mound and
>    other preservation efforts in the City of Chesterfield.
>
> 2. Gretchen Crank and the City of Florissant's work at the
>    French Colonial St. Ferdinand Church site. Their efforts
>    resulted in the first archaeological investigations of a
>    French Colonial site in the Greater St. Louis area within
>    Missouri. These excavations were open to the public,
>    volunteers manned the information tables and gave tours
>    of the site.
>
> 3. Bob Reeder's review of MoDOT's efforts to document sites
>    in Missouri.
>
> 4. Andrew Weil and the O'Fallon Community Foundation
>    excavations at Fort Zumwalt. The excavations were open
>    to the public and the results of the excavations have
>    been shared through various public presentation.
>    Information from the excavations will be used to
>    reconstruct the fort.
>
> 5. Greg Paulus and the Mound City Archaeological Society
>    (the Saint Louis chapter of the MAS) on efforts to
>    document and preserve the Maddin Creek petroglyph site
>    in Washington County.
>
> You all have similar stories of efforts that you have been
> involved with. If you would like to give a presentation
> just send to Joe Harl:
>
> 1. Title of presentation.
>
> 2. Abstract.
>
> 3. Presenters name and any other authors, as well as
>    affiliation.
>
> 4. AV needs; slide projector, LCD projector, etc.
>
> THANKS
>
> Joe Harl
> Archaeological Research Center of St. Louis, Inc.
> 2812 Woodson Rd
> Saint Louis, MO  63114
> Phone: (314) 426-2577
> Fax:   (314) 426-2599
> Email: archcen@...

[Please note that despite the similarity of their names, the State Historical
Society of Missouri (SHSM) is NOT the same organization as the Missouri
Historical Society (MHS). You can learn more about the SHSM at
http://www.umsystem.edu/shs/ and the MHS at http://www.mohistory.org/ . Also, to
help protect the listserves that I moderate from viruses and whatnot,
attachments are automatically removed from posted messages so, to read more
about the new SHSM's new Missouri History Speakers’ Bureau, visit
http://www.umsystem.edu/shs/speakers.shtml -- Greg]

--- Melody Galen <galenm@...> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:16:17 -0500
> From: Melody Galen <galenm@...>
> Subject: FW: NEW! MO Speakers Bureau
> To: bgpaulus@...
>
> FYI, ­the deadline for applying to become a member of the new
> speakers bureau (below) is September 30, 2006.
>
> Melody
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dr. Gary Kremer, Director of the State Historical Society
> of Missouri, is setting up a new Missouri Speakers Bureau,
> and I am contacting you to make sure you know about it.
>
> Presentation topics need to be on Missouri history -- or
> connect directly into Missouri history, for example,
> historic Missouri Native American Tribes were pushed from
> the east into Missouri; the Oregon-CA Trail "began" in
> Missouri; the Pony Express began in St. Joseph; cattle
> drives from Texas came through Missouri to catch the trains
> bound for Chicago until the tick fever epidemics; etc.
>
> The attachment contains detailed explanations and
> requirements.
>
> Thank you and best wishes,
>
> Laurel Boeckman
> Sr Reference Specialist, Reference Library
> State Historical Society of Missouri
> 1020 Lowry St  [University of MO Campus]
> Columbia, MO 65201-7298
> (573) 882-1187
> boeckmanL@...

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[While digging through my backlog of e-mails that had built up during the recent
power outages, I've uncovered a couple of older items that I apparently forgot
to post (and my sincere apologies to Mark for not putting this up when he
originally asked me to). Enjoy! -- Greg]

--- "Mark W. Leach" <leachmrk@...> wrote:

> Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 15:39:09 -0700
> From: "Mark W. Leach" <leachmrk@...>
> To: bgpaulus@...
> Subject: New MO Arch Website for 4th Graders
>
> Below is a link to a new website designed to help 4th grade
> instructors teach about Missouri's ancient cultures. Could
> you please post it in SLARK?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mark Leach
> Trustee-Missouri Archaeological Society
> -----
> Here's your invitation to check out a new website designed to
> help 4th grade instructors teach about Missouri's ancient
> cultures. You'll never teach Native American history the same way!
>
> Type this address into your web browser:
>
> http://coas.missouri.edu/mas/macquest/
>
> or
>
> GOOGLE search: Mac Quest
>
> Thank you,
> Mark Leach
> Trustee-Missouri Archaeological Society
> (314) 313-5715

Just a quick housekeeping note to the various Yahoo! listserves which I
moderate to let you know that power has been restored to my part of the
St. Louis metropolitan area. And my fridge is nice and empty now, too,
but I'll be restocking it with all kinds of perishables later this
week, thank you very much.

According to the AmerenUE website at 8:20pm CDT, there are over a
quarter of a million customers who are still without power, many of
whom since the first set of storms hit last Wednesday evening (do the
math, folks -- that's almost 100 hours without electricity), but that's
less than half of the 500,000+ who were down following the second line
of storms that steamrolled us on Friday. So keep your fingers crossed
that the nice weather will hold and that we'll all be back on our feet
very soon.

So, if you post a moderated message to one of these listserves or
e-mail me directly at bgpaulus@..., please understand
that I'll get to it with as little delay as humanly (and
technologically) possible.

And, of course, best of luck to everyone who's in the greater St. Louis
metropolitan area, whether you've been directly affected by this or
not; we're all in this together.

Greg

Greg Paulus
Archaeology Information Hunter-Gatherer and Air-Conditioning-Worshipper
bgpaulus@...

[Please note the time correction, folks. Hopefully, this will allow more people
to attend. -- Greg]

--- "Mark W. Leach" <Leachmrk@...> wrote:

> To: SLARK@yahoogroups.com
> From: "Mark W. Leach" <Leachmrk@...>
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 7:24:15 -0700
> Subject: [SLARK] Time Correction-Chesterfield Arch Award
>
> The time listed on the message about the Chesterfeild Arch Award was
> mistakenly listed as 6:30 PM.  The event will be at 7:00PM, on
> Monday, June 19.
> Thank you,
> Mark Leach
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
> If you have any questions about the St. Louis Archaeology
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