Hey Greg et al. - I believe I've heard from Larry Kinsella that the RFT is
actually gathering interviews and such for a larger story on the
discovery, and I assume it would be out maybe next week?
Kristi

Greg Paulus [bgpaulus@...] asked Ananova to send you this story from
http://www.ananova.com

Greg wrote :
Hello, SLARK subscribers,

I wish there was more to this interesting little article, but I just don't have
time right now to chase it down. If you or someone you know has more details,
please feel free to e-mail it to the group at SLARK@yahoogroups.com

Thanks,

Greg


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Ancient unused axe heads uncovered in Illinois

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare stash of 900-year-old axe heads that were
never used.

Researchers in Illinois uncovered the 70 weapons during a dig near the town of
O'Fallon.

Very few similar collections of stone axe heads, or celts, have ever been found
in the area and only one was bigger.

The University of Illinois' Tim Pauketat, who led the field study, said: "Stone
axe heads such as these have been found at large important centres and may be a
marker of 'wealth' or social status."

Nicholas Wisseman, an anthropology student, said: "They were brand new when they
were buried, so they probably were placed in the pit in some kind of
commemorative ritual."

The 70 axe heads are made of a volcanic rock found only in Montana and would
have been brought to the site along the Mississippi river.

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Here's another very interesting article courtesy of Dr. Laura Kozuch.
Thanks, Laura!

If anyone else has any archaeological news or event information they'd
like to share, just e-mail it to me at bgpaulus@..., or
post it directly to the SLARK group by e-mailing it to
SLARK@yahoogroups.com

Later, y'all,

Greg

--- ScienceDaily Magazine <info@...> wrote:
> From:     ScienceDaily Magazine <info@...>
> To:       Greg Paulus <bgpaulus@...>
> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 14:59:51 (GMT)
> Subject: ScienceDaily: Artifact Analyses Dispute Assumptions About A
> Prehistoric Society
>
> Laura Kozuch (lkozuch@...) has sent you this story from
> ScienceDaily Magazine (http://www.sciencedaily.com).
>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Source:        University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
>                (http://www.uiuc.edu/)
> Date Posted:   Friday, August 03, 2001
> Web Address:
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/08/010802080753.htm
>
> ARTIFACT ANALYSES DISPUTE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT A PREHISTORIC SOCIETY
>
> CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Fragments of red stone artifacts – bits of smoking
> pipes, decorative ear lobe spools and a figurine, all plucked out of
> rich prehistoric soil in the U.S. Midwest – used to tell one story
> about the complex culture and the ancient people who left them
> behind. Now they tell another.
>
> So say University of Illinois scientists, whose recent mineral
> analyses of red stone artifacts from Cahokia are upsetting an apple
> cart of important archaeological assumptions. Among other things,
> their study shoots down the idea that the great mound-building mecca
> in what now is southwestern Illinois traded extensively with distant
> cultures to the northwest.
>
> One of several Middle Mississippian chiefdoms, Cahokia was inhabited
> from A.D. 700 to 1400, and at its peak at about 1100, it had a
> population of 20,000. Cahokia was the most sophisticated prehistoric
> native civilization north of Mexico, a culture that seems to have
> been focused on religion. The new findings about the ancient culture
> are discussed in the current issue of Plains Anthropologist.
>
> Using X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic analysis, Thomas Emerson,
> an archaeologist, and Randall Hughes, a geologist, have discovered
> that most of the red stone fragments found at Cahokia are not made of
> the rare catlinite stone that originates in western Minnesota, but
> rather, are a more local Missouri red flint clay. This finding
> shatters the long-held belief that the presence of catlinite in
> Cahokia proved that the Cahokian people traded on a large scale with
> their Upper Mississippi River Valley neighbors. The new tests also
> show that the catlinite that was found at Cahokia arrived after the
> great Cahokian culture had disappeared – with Oneota people in the
> 14th century or with later protohistoric or historic groups in the
> 16th and 17th centuries.
>
> Extensive trade, Emerson said, "is often touted as an important
> factor in early civilizations," but, based on the new evidence, such
> was not the case for Cahokia. "Essentially, our argument is that
> large-scale political and social complexity does not automatically
> entail large-scale economic networks."
>
> False assumptions have always colored the study of red stone
> artifacts in general and red stone pipes in particular, the UI
> researchers wrote, including the general consensus that all
> aboriginal red pipes were made of catlinite. Because most
> investigators have been unable to distinguish between visually
> similar red siltstones, pipestone and catlinite, they have
> misidentified most archaeological specimens as catlinite. Moreover,
> until now, few mineralogical studies of red pipes have been
> conducted. The new study demonstrates that catlinite is
> mineralogically different from similar stones in that it doesn’t
> contain quartz. In their work, the UI team used a new piece of
> experimental equipment in the field: the Portable Infrared Mineral
> Analyzer (PIMA), which they are testing under a National Science
> Foundation grant. "The technique appears to be most useful as a
> first-line method of mineral identification and in those instances
> where destructive sampling is prohibited," the authors wrote.
>
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Hello, Slarkies,

The attached article is a follow-up to an earlier one that was printed
on 07/26 (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SLARK/message/24). As I said
before, in my completely SUBJECTIVE opinion, this guy got off WAAAAY
too easily.

Thanks, Laura, for the heads-up!

Ttfn,

Greg

--- lkozuch@... wrote:
> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 09:37:58 -0500 ()
> From: lkozuch@...
> To: bgpaulus@...
> Subject: Grave Goods: Arrest marked a first success in thwarting sale
> of artifacts
>
> This Evansville Courier & Press (http://www.courierpress.com/) story
> has been sent to you from lkozuch@...
>
> Message from sender:
> Perhaps you could post this to SLARK?   Cheers, Laura Kozuch
>
>
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> Grave Goods: Arrest marked a first success in thwarting sale of
> artifacts
>
> By MAUREEN HAYDEN, Courier & Press staff writer<br>(812) 464-7433 or
> <a href='mailto:maureenh@...'>maureenh@...</a>
>
http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?200107/29+GRAVE02901_news.html+2001\
0729
>
>                                -----------------
>
> An hour before the sun rose on New Year's Day 1999, Sean Long and a
> friend climbed into a pickup truck and headed to the highest point in
> Western Kentucky.
>
>     With videotape rolling, the duo talked eagerly about their
> destination, what Long's companion called “the mama of all rocks.”
>
>     Jutting high above surrounding countryside, Pilot Rock is the
> stuff of legend and lore: a remote teen-age party place outside the
> eyes of the law; a landmark for local storytellers who claim 3,000
> stolen gold coins are buried nearby.
>
>     But when the 19-year-old Long arrived at Pilot Rock that winter
> morning, he and his companion were looking for treasure of a
> different kind.
>
>     Breathless after a steep climb up the rock, they paused before
> crawling through a narrow hole into what Long’s companion called the
> “catacombs” — the burial grounds of Indian tribes who roamed the area
> for 12,000 years before the first Europeans arrived.
>
>     With a lantern to light their way, and a pick ax to break through
> frozen earth, the duo would spend hours digging in the narrow caves.
>
>     They had begun the day with high hopes, speculating about what
> they might find: beads, gorgets, jewelry and other grave goods that
> native tribes buried with their dead.
>
>     “We're going to get it all today,” Long had promised his
> companion.
>
>     But how the day ended remains their secret.
>
>     Complaining that the video camera wasn’t working right, Long cut
> short the filming, moments after telling his companion hopeful news:
> “We've hit an intrusive burial ...”
>
>     Less than two months later, the videotape would be in the hands
> of the FBI and Long would be under arrest.
>
>     The charges: Trafficking in the human remains of Native
> Americans.
>
>     ***
>
>     On Wednesday, more than two years after his arrest, Long, now 21,
> stood before a federal judge in Owensboro, Ky., for sentencing.
>
>     Under a plea agreement, he had admitted he violated a federal law
> that protects Indian burial sites and makes it illegal to possess or
> profit from their contents.
>
>     Long was sentenced to two months of house arrest, 18 months of
> probation and 100 hours of community service.
>
>     It wasn’t the Pilot Rock trip that got him in trouble, though.
>
>     It’s what he did a few weeks later when he offered to sell three
> human skulls to two undercover FBI agents posing as collectors of
> Indian artifacts.
>
>     Long’s asking price for the Indian skulls was $900.
>
>     The agents bought one of the skulls, then returned the next
> morning to arrest him.
>
>     Long’s parents were infuriated with the government.
>
>     “This should never have happened,’’ said Linda Long.
>
>     She believes her son is the victim of a bad law and an
> overzealous prosecutor.
>
>     Long’s attorney, meanwhile, describes his client as a small-time
> artifact collector who has never dug an Indian grave.
>
>     He noted that the charges Long pleaded guilty to were for selling
> the American Indian skulls, and not for digging in burial sites.
>
>     Yet during the undercover operation, Long told the two FBI agents
> that he frequently “excavated” Indian burial grounds. He showed the
> agents photographs of himself and a friend digging in a cave, and
> even offered to take the agents to Indian burial sites.
>
>     After Wednesday’s sentencing, Long’s attorney said his client was
> simply “puffing himself up” with the stories.
>
>     “It’s like selling cars,’’ said defense lawyer Ron Sheffer. “Just
> stories to make the sale.”
>
>     ***
>
>     Long’s arrest was the first time federal prosecutors in Kentucky
> used a decade-old law designed to put a dent in what they say is the
> lucrative business of looting Indian graves.
>
>     It’s only the fourth time the law, known as the Native American
> Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) has been used in a
> criminal prosecution east of the Mississippi.
>
>     Coupled with another federal  law, the Archeological Resources
> Protection Act, NAGPRA is part  of the weaponry federal prosecutors
> are using to combat what they say is an international,
> multibillion-dollar, black-market trade in antiquities.
>
>     Its rare use doesn’t reflect the frequency of the crime, say
> prosecutors, but the difficulty in catching and prosecuting the
> criminal.
>
>     “We’re at the tip of the iceberg,” said Randy Ream, the assistant
> U.S. attorney who prosecuted Long. “There are thousands of
> archaeological sites in this country that have been looted and
> plundered for profit.”
>
>     The Long case marks the first time federal agents in Kentucky
> staged an undercover operation in an Indian burial case.
>
>     But Ream doubts it will be the last. Over the last decade, the
> buying and selling of Indian grave goods has moved from a cottage
> trade to a major industry
>
>     “The reality is, you’ve got a better chance of looting a grave
> and getting away with it than getting caught selling drugs,” said
> Ream. “There’s a huge market out there for this stuff.”
>
>     ***
>
>     About two weeks after Sean Long spent the morning at Pilot Rock,
> he got a phone call from a man in Owensboro.
>
>     The caller said he’d seen the ad Long had placed in a local
> newspaper offering to sell Indian artifacts.
>
>     The man, who described himself as a transient construction
> worker, wanted to make sure it was worth the 45-minute drive to
> Madisonsville, Ky., to see what Long had to offer.
>
>     Long assured the caller it was, claiming a collection that
> numbered more than 10,000 items, including arrowheads, Clovis points,
> and what Long called “field grave goods.”
>
>     Long told the caller that he “excavates” sites in search of items
> to add to his collection.
>
>     “See, I don’t just surface hunt,” Long told the man. “I’m kinda
> walking (in) people’s footsteps.”
>
>     The two made arrangements  to meet in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
>
>     But what Long didn’t know,  was that the conversation was being
> tape-recorded and that the caller was undercover FBI agent Paul Pape.
>
>
>     ***
>
>     Over the course of a month, Pape and fellow agent Gary Coffey
> tape-recorded five conversations with Long.
>
>     Three of the conversations took place in Long’s home, where the
> agents wore hidden microphones under scruffy work clothes to maintain
> their cover as laborers who gutted and restored cheap rental houses.
>
>     During their third conversation, Long told the agents how he had
> acquired some of his collection, and showed them a photograph of him
> and a friend with shovels in a narrow cave.
>
>     “Well, we broke through and all these skeletons (are) in there
> laying around.”
>
>     They were “burials,” Long said.
>
>     “Yeah,” he continued. “And that’s where you get your stuff, man.
> That’s where them babies come from.”
>
>     Eventually, Long offered to show the agents a 4,000-year-old
> human skull.
>
>     “Is it authentic?” asked Pape.
>
>     “Oh, yeah, I dug it up,” responded Long.
>
>     In a later conversation, Long would reveal that he had names for
> two of the skulls in his possession: “Pumpkinhead” and “Slim Jim.”
>
>     When asked what he did when he discovered human remains, Long
> offered two different answers.
>
>     In one conversation, his described “busting the sh--” out of the
> human bones he’d come across.
>
>     But in a later conversation, Long said he treated the remains
> with respect.
>
>     He described how he would dig a skeleton out of a burial site and
> place the bones on a tarp.
>
>     “(T)hen after we get done, we just fill it in, lay it just like
> it was.”
>
>     He explained how he put his own grave goods back in:
>
>     “Yeah, I give it a glass to drink in, a pocketknife, and uh, can
> of dip.”
>
>     The dip, said Long, was tobacco.
>
>     “Tobacco, that’s a grave offering,” explained Long. “I use that
> for a grave offering.”
>
>     Long assured the agents it was the right thing to do.
>
>     “Yeah, well, it’s not like they care anymore, they’d rather me
> come dig it up than a coal shovel come along and bust (it.) ”
>
>     But Long also told the agents that sometimes he kept the skulls
> for himself.
>
>     “...‘(C)ause skulls, you know, are worth a lot of money.”
>
>     ***
>
>     It was Pape who decided that he and Coffey should pose as
> transient laborers who worked on old rental houses.
>
>     Both men are in their 40s, trim and physically fit. Both knew a
> little about about carpentry and plumbing. When Pape was a state
> trooper in Ohio, before joining the FBI, he’d renovated old homes to
> make extra money.
>
>     Neither knew anything about Indian artifacts, but they got quick
> education by going to the Internet.
>
>     When they went to Long’s home, they drove what Pape called “an
> old junker” of a car.
>
>     Still, the agents knew Long was wary.
>
>     “He had his suspicions,” said Pape. “But it’s not like we had to
> fool the Mafia.”
>
>     After their first meeting, Long joked about his suspicions.
>
>     “You guys could be FBI agents,” Long said. “You could be wearing
> a wire. … Maybe I should pat you down.”
>
>     It was a fear Long joked about again in their last meeting, the
> evening he offered to sell the men the three skulls. The agents
> bought one, paying $100 for it and promised to return for the others.
>
>
>     An excerpt from the transcript contains this exchange:
>
>     Long: “Y’all, y’all do favor FBI agents.”
>
>     Pape: “Really?”
>
>     Long: “Yeah”
>
>     Pape: “X-Files.”
>
>     Long: “Huh?”
>
>     Coffey: “I watch it a lot ... Mulder.”
>
>     Pape: “Yeah, you’re Scully.”
>
>     Long ended the conversation: “Mm, I don’t know. I’m gonna start
> patting these damn guys down for wires.”
>
>     ***
>
>     The next morning, Pape and Coffey arrived back in Madisonville,
> this time with an arrest warrant and a search warrant.
>
>     They seized the two remaining skulls, later identified through
> forensic pathology as belonging to Native American females, between
> the ages of 29 and 49. The remains are at least 2,000 years old.
>
>      Also seized were 50 items that were identified as “grave goods,”
> items that government experts say were taken from Native American
> burial sites.
>
>     The skulls and the grave goods will be reburied soon by members
> of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
>
>     The Peoria Tribe has been identified as among the descendants of
> the native tribes who lived in what is now Western Kentucky.
>
>     Tribal chief John Froman greeted the Long investigation and its
> conclusion with mixed emotions of grief and anger.
>
>     He’d hoped Long would have  been sent to prison for his crime.
> And he doesn’t look forward to reburying the remains of his ancestors
> — a task he’s performed before.
>
>     “These are sacred remains,’’ said Froman. “They were meant to
> stay that way and not become looted treasure. ... I don’t know how
> anyone could justify treating them as anything but sacred.”
>
>     As part of a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice,
> defendant Sean Long, center, and his attorney allowed the U.S.
> attorney to use the evidence from the investigation for any
> “educational endeavor or other legitimate purpose.” The images shown
> of artifacts were among photographs, videotape and audio transcripts
> made available to the Evansville Courier & Press by the U.S. attorney
> in the Western District of Kentucky.
>
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The following posting comes to us by way of the Archaeology Theory and
Method group. Please feel free to visit their site at:

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Also, you'll find a link to Luther College's Department of Anthropology
(and many others) in the Schools folder of the SLARK Bookmarks section
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Betts" <bettscol@...>
Subject: Position Opening

Luther College, a small private liberal arts school in northeast Iowa,
is looking to fill the following position:

Anthropology/Archaeology Laboratory and Collections Manager

Responsibilities will include training and supervising undergraduate
work study students, managing the college's archaeological and
ethnographic collections, exercising supervision over daily laboratory
operations and budget, and working with anthropology faculty to insure
compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Act (NAGPRA).  The successful candidate should also be able to
supervise the laboratory component of the biennial archaeological field
school, develop and implement an anthropological outreach program, and
plan and install exhibits of materials in the Luther College
archaeological and ethnographic collections.

QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum BA/BS in anthropology or related field
(master's degree preferred) with experience in the management and
curation of material culture, both archaeological and ethnographic
(significant equivalent experience would be considered).  Familiarity
with NAGPRA, CRM, and Midwestern U.S. archaeology highly desirable.

A successful candidate will have:
· Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact
effectively with a wide variety of people
· The ability to supervise and manage a small but active anthropology
lab, including a staff of undergraduate work study students
· Experience in standard archaeological practices and methodologies,
especially as applied to the processing, description, analysis, and
accessioning of artifacts; familiarity with fundamental conservation a
plus
· Strong skills with IBM-compatible personal computers, especially in
the area of database management; familiarity with MS Access highly
desirable
· The ability to adjust to and work effectively within the dynamic
environment of a student-oriented private liberal arts college

APPOINTMENT: Regular, 12 month position

SALARY:  Based upon qualifications and experience

BENEFITS:  full benefit package, including major medical health
coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, and tuition remission

BEGINNING DATE: late August, 2001 desirable, although exact date is
negotiable

CLOSING DATE: applications will be accepted until the position is
filled

Send letter of interest, curriculum vitae, copies of transcripts, and
list of three references to:

Director of Human Resources
Luther College
700 College Drive
Decorah, IA  52101

An EEO employer.

Questions concerning the position can be directed to:

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Luther College
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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

DMM event: More Than Bows and Arrows

Date: Sunday, August 12, 2001
Time: 10:00AM - 4:00PM CDT (GMT-05:00)

The Dickson Mounds Museum in Lewiston, Illinois, presents "More
Than Bows and Arrows".

At this day-long, outdoor program experts demonstrate
fire-starting; fiber, cordage, and pottery making; as well as
gourd and quill-work. There will also be cooking demonstrations,
storytelling; and hands-on spear-throwing, pressure flaking, and
corn grinding. At 2:00 p.m. the Kahok Dancers of Cahokia Mounds
give a Native American-style interpretive dance performance.

Visit
http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/dickson/homepage.htm for
more information.

Greg,
A very timely post for me!  I'm in the process of trying to get in contact
with Larry Conrad, because Western Illinois University curates
archaeological collections that I'd like to see for my "Olivella East of the
Mississippi" project.  I'm in the process of getting a grant proposal
together to analyze them from Illinois sites.  Have found them from other SE
sites.  Tried calling Larry, but maybe he's in the field.

Later, Laura
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Happy (and hot!) August, everyone,

The latest issue (July 2001, Vol. 66, No. 3) of the SAA's "American
Antiquity" is now available. Clink on this link for a summary of its
contents:

http://www.saa.org/Publications/AmAntiq/aq663.html


Among other things, there are a couple of items that may be of
particular interest to SLARKies:

"AMS Radiocarbon Dates for Charcoal from Three Missouri Pictographs and
their Associated Iconography" by Carol Diaz-Granadós, Marvin W. Rowe,
Marian Hyman, James R. Duncan, and John R. Southon. Click on this link
for the abstract:

http://www.saa.org/publications/amantiq/aqabstracts/aq66-3/diaz.html


Also, William S. Dancey reviews three books:

"The Hopewell Site: A Contemporary Analysis Based on the Work of
Charles C. Willoughby" by N'omi B. Greber and Katharine C. Ruhl; "The
Cahokia Mounds" by Warren K. Moorehead; and "Cahokia, The Great Native
American Metropolis" by Biloine Whiting Young and Melvin L. Fowler.

(Sorry, no link is available for the reviews.)


Have a nice day, everyone, and remember, DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS!

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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:19:31 EDT
From: octavazan@...
Subject: Phase I and II work in southern Indiana

Archaeological Consultants of the Midwest needs field technicians for
Phase I and II projects in southern Indiana. The projects are to begin
on August 6 and will last for at least 6 weeks. Pay is $10.00 an hour
and $25.00 per diem. If interested, email your resumes to
Archmidwest@..., or fax them to (317) 862-2112.


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Archeologists find remains of ceremonial building during summer dig

Tuesday, July 31, 2001

http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsnews/316nd2.htm

EAST PEORIA (AP) — A group of amateur and professional archaeologists
who spent the summer excavating the site of an ancient village along
the Illinois River uncovered what they believe are the remains of a
public ceremonial building.

The crew spent two months unearthing a 30-by-40-foot section of the
building, defining its outline by charcoal remaining from burned
support timbers and discolored soil showing where trenches that held
the timbers were dug.

Lawrence Conrad, who led the second-straight summer expedition at the
Mississippian village that dates to the 1300s, said he believes the
building was burned on purpose.

"I think we have a ritually destroyed building on public grounds," he
said. "These buildings, to them, were sacred. They couldn't use this
wood for kindling or to build another house, so they burned it and
buried it."

He compared the practice to the modern tradition of burning an American
flag that has been desecrated.

The site, known as the "Town at the Edge of the World," was apparently
the northernmost outpost of Mississippian culture, which stretched from
the Illinois River valley to eastern Texas and central Florida. The
town was fortified with wood palisades and appears to have been a
capital, home to a few hundred people.

Archaeologists have studied many Mississippian sites, and while much is
known of their daily lives, just who they were and why their culture
fell remain mysteries despite many elements of their mythology and
lifestyle surviving in any number of native tribes. The culture emerged
about 1000 and disappeared about 1425.

Just beyond the boundary of the ceremonial building, this summer's dig
unearthed several pieces of fine pottery and one rather unique piece —
a carved stone duck head that once was attached to a bowl. Last year's
dig yielded numerous pottery fragments and animal bones from the
remains of a garbage pit.

The dig officially ended last week. Some of the participants worked
through the entire eight-week project.

"We're all pretty tired," said Kim Conforti of Marseilles. "But I think
we all can say we're glad we did this."

Known as the Hildemeyer site, the ancient village — now covered by
cornfields — has been recognized as significant for more than 70 years.
Conrad led the first professional excavation last year after the land
changed hands and the new owner gave permission.

Conrad, director of archaeology at Western Illinois University, is
looking for someone to take over the project. He plans to retire so he
can finish processing artifacts from previous digs and publish the
findings.

© 2001 Associated Press — All rights reserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Hello, SLARKies,

The following is just a quick note from Larry Kinsella, professional
flintknapper. Make sure you've got a decent monitor for Pete's images!

Greg

--- Larry Kinsella <megalithics@...> wrote:
Subject: Pete's site

Just wanted all of you to remember Pete Bostrom's site at
http://www.lithiccastinglab.com

He's got some great stuff on there. Pay him a visit.

Larry

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Hello, fellow SLARKies,

This Evansville (IN) Courier & Press (http://www.courierpress.com/)
story from Thursday, 7/26, showed up on the ACRA-L listserve
yesterday. In my own personal, HEAVILY biased opinion, the sentence
was WAY too light, but kudos to the FBI, regardless.

To add your e-mail address to the over 1,000 other ACRA-L listserve
subscribers, please visit http://www.acra-crm.org/acra-l.html

Ttfn,

Greg

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Grave thief to perform 100 hours of service
By MAUREEN HAYDEN, Courier & Press staff writer

OWENSBORO, Ky. — When 21-year-old Sean Long told two men about the
joys of showing off his collection of Indian grave goods and human
remains to schoolchildren, he didn't know he was talking to the FBI.

It was a conversation he'd come to regret, but if federal prosecutors
have their way, Long will be back in the classroom again soon.

Only this time, he'll be there as a felon, confessing his crime.

On Wednesday, the Madisonville, Ky., man was sentenced to perform 100
hours of community service, after he admitted he violated a federal
law when he tried to sell three ancient Indian skulls to two
undercover FBI agents.

The law, known as the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act, makes it illegal for anyone to trade in Native
American remains and artifacts that have been looted from burial
sites.

Under the terms of the plea agreement, Long will also serve two
months of house arrest and be put on probation for a remaining 16
months.

"This is a hate crime," said Randy Ream, the assistant U.S. attorney
who prosecuted the case. "These were Indian skulls and the only
motivation for the crime was the race of the people these skulls
belonged to."

Long was arrested in February 1999, after he placed an ad in a
newspaper offering to sell Native American artifacts.

Two undercover FBI agents posing as artifact collectors responded to
the ad. After meeting them, Long offered to sell them the three
skulls for $900, taking a discount on one of them because it was
damaged.

But instead of making the deal, Long was arrested and later charged
with two misdemeanor counts of violating the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, and one felony count of lying to
federal agents about where he got the skulls.

Ream told U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley that he'd asked for the
100 hours of community service in hopes that some good could come of
Long's crime.

"If he's truly remorseful, I'd like for him to go back to those
schools he visited, only this time with an archaeologist and a tribal
representative,'' Ream said.

Whether that will happen remained unclear after the sentencing.

During the undercover operation, Long told the two FBI agents that he
frequently "excavated" Indian burial grounds for the grave goods that
native tribes buried with their dead.

He showed the agents photographs of himself and a friend digging in a
cave, and even offered to take the agents to Indian burial sites.

But after Wednesday's sentencing, Long's attorney said his client was
simply "puffing himself up" with the stories.

"I don't believe he's ever dug any Indian graves," said defense
lawyer Ron Sheffer.

The plea agreement which allowed Long to escape prison time had
disappointed the Native American leaders who will rebury the three
skulls and about 50 grave goods seized by the FBI from Long's home.

"How would he like it if I dug up his ancestors' graves?" said John
Froman, chief of the Peoria Tribe of the Indians of Oklahoma.

Froman, who will take part in the reburial ceremony, said he feels a
sense of grief and disgust.

"Is there such an ignorance of morality?" Froman said. "How can
anyone not understand the moral value placed on a body after death?"

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

CMMS event: Native Harvest Festival

Date: Saturday, August 4, 2001
Time: 10:00AM - 4:00PM CDT (GMT-05:00)

The Cahokia Mounds Museum Society presents demonstrations on
prehistoric food processing, storage, crafts and games.

Meet at the Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center.

For more information, call (618) 346-5160 or visit
http://www.cahokiamounds.com

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

MAS site trip: Big Eddy (Stockton, MO)

Date: Saturday, August 4, 2001
Time: All Day

Located near Stockton, MO, this year's MAS site visit (Million
Archaeologist March), will feature Jack Ray and Neal Lopinot
presenting an overview of the Big Eddy project and leading a
tour of the excavations at 1:00 pm.

For more information, please visit
http://web.missouri.edu/~moarch/text/site%20visit

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

MAS-Ozarks lecture: Monthly Meeting

Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2001
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM CDT (GMT-05:00)

The Ozarks chapter of the Missouri Archaeological Society holds
meetings on the first Wednesday of each month from 7:00 p.m.
until 9:00 p.m.

Meetings are free and open to the public. They are usually held
at the SMSU Center for Archaeological Research, 622 South
Kimbrough (just south of Cherry Street), Springfield, MO. Park
in the rear and enter from the parking lot side. The laboratory
has many artifacts on display.

Come share your enthusiasm for archaeology and by all means
bring your artifacts for all to see and enjoy. While chapter
membership is encouraged it, it is not required to attend the
meetings.

Please contact Patsy Corbett at (417) 836-4894 or
pdc920t@... for more information.

Okay.

So, those last few posts definitely did NOT work like I expected them to.
Apparently the attachments didn't make it all the way through some e-mail
systems. Aaaarrrggh. Sorry about that. I guess it really is true what Mitch
Ratliffe once said, "A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any
invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and
tequila."

Rather that clutter up your Inboxes even MORE than I already have, I'm going to
upload the various articles to the "Files" area of the SLARK web site. To get to
them, just click on this URL ...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SLARK/files/Articles

... and read them at your leisure.

Like I said before, I'd STILL love to have more news from other parts of the
SLARK area, which covers a 300-mile radius centering on St. Louis, MO. This
includes all of Missouri and Illinois and parts of other, neighboring states. If
you've heard of something, whether it's a news article, a lecture, a cool web
site, an employment opportunity, or whatever, feel free to e-mail it to:

SLARK@yahoogroups.com

Of course, general feedback (comments, concerns, criticisms, complaints,
questions) is also welcome, although I just can imagine what some of you are
saying right about now. Just drop me a line at:

bgpaulus@...

Ttfn, y'all,

Greg

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Hi, SLARK & MAS-MCAS subscribers.

I didn't have a lot of success posting the URL into my own postings, so I'm
going to try sending the same article from STLtoday.com in a slightly
different way.

I'm really sorry about the multiple postings. Don't worry, this won't
happen again.

Ttfn,

Greg

No stone unturned

Below is the link to the story.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/home/columns.nsf/Columnist/21CAAB41E56DC6508625\
6A76007E70A4?OpenDocument&Headline=No%20stone%20unturned

Below is the story.
Some of the best and brightest teenagers in our region are spending their
summer up-to-their-eyeballs in hard, clay soil, on a small parcel of land
in South City. Selected from a handful of schools in the region, the 15
students enrolled in an innovative summer program in South City aren't just
marking time in a mandated course. Instead, they're opting into an
experience that'll serve them well for years to come, possibly digging up
some of St. Louis' lost past along the way.

The plot being carefully worked by these students is located at 3314 Lemp,
near the intersection of Utah. (For better reference, that's halfway
between Off Broadway and Gus' Pretzels. Aha!) The old, ramshackle building
previously found on the site was torn down by a City-hired demolition crew,
during two emotion-charged days in April, 1999. That came just a few weeks
before the initial digging.

"They shouldn't have done it," says Ryan Nascimento, who recently graduated
from Gateway Tech. "They knew we were working here and shouldn't have torn
it down. They took it down faster than any building I've ever seen, just
two days. Normally, it takes them a couple weeks to get a building down."

Nascimento is one of the veterans of this now-annual summer program
organized by dynamic Gateway Tech instructor Chip Clatto. In his third year
with the summer program, Nascimento ? sporting a bright blue dye job and
some big, black wading boots ? is spending a part of his summer digging out
a damp, cramped cistern. Believe it or not, this one's a coveted job. In
fact, Monday was his 18th birthday, giving him the opportunity to finally
take on one of the tougher chores on the site.

"I've been wanting to get down here for two years," Nascimento says,
standing up in the pit with just his head showing. Around him are rocks
hauled out during that morning and a variety of glass bottles and other
pieces of discarded treasure. In a rather bittersweet tone Nascimento says,
"I'm just part-time now."

That's because he's spent part of the summer at San Diego State, where he's
been accepted into the aerospace engineering program. Though one of the
older students on the site, already graduated, his story is somewhat
typical, in that the kids really want to be on-site and universally come
with a record of accomplishment. (One repeater is spending the six-week run
in St. Louis, even though her family has moved to California.) Together,
they all rise at 6 a.m., or earlier, to be on the job by 7:10 a.m., working
until noon. They do it five days a week, even though normal summer school
hours in the City end on Thursdays.

"We go five days, instead of four," says Clatto. "There's just too much
work to do."

Though the usual, high-school-aged conversations break out ("I've lost my
tan? look how scaly I am!"), you can tell that there's more going on here
than constant recaps of the last night's TV programs. Even in a quick
walk-through of the space, kids are chatting about things like the history
of evolution and ? closely tied to their day -- the uses of chamber pots.

Clatto keeps the workers focused, while maintaining a light touch. When two
of the students decide to playfully whine about who'll cart out a
wheelbarrow full of dirt, Clatto suggests, "you should work on your
problem-solving skills." Eventually, they team up and wheel the morning's
scrapings away from their designated area, with just a little assist from
Nascimento.

When another student finds an antique, glass Vaseline bottle, Clatto
inspects it in the light and offers up some escalating praise. "Laura,
that's a good job. Great job!"

At times, Clatto's rubbed officials the wrong way; his championing of this
project has been forceful and direct, with both elected officials and the
SLPS brass. He's been dogged in his determination to keep the site open,
summer-after-summer, hoping to eventually find enough evidence to prove
that the Underground Railroad passed through an anonymous little home in
German South City. Every so often, a find suggests that they're on the way.
Just last week, the students found a large box buried beneath an old
basement floor. Wrapped up in plastic and ready to take to Gateway, Clatto
hope for something special with the mystery box and some more happy
surprises along the way.

In a spare moment, he'll take time to muse about the work on the site ("we
could spend another three years on just this one alone") and the excitement
that could be generated by a City-wide archaeology program ("these could
take place all over the City)."

Surrounded by some of the most-talented young minds in the area, Clatto's
drawing up a model for urban scholarship for high school kids. Even if this
project doesn't prove out Clatto's theories on the Underground Railroad,
he's putting together a remarkable framework for future good works.

He's making education come alive, in a corner of town that can use some
youthful spirit and determination.

Hello, fellow SLARK members,

Sorry for the delay in getting this one out; I got a little sidetracked
with some non-archaeological neighborhood stuff last week.

If the individual SLARK e-mail messages get to be too much for your
Inbox, keep in mind that you can always change your subscription to
"Daily Digest" mode. To do this, just send a blank e-mail to:

SLARK-digest@yahoogroups.com

The attached announcement comes to us courtesy of the Shovelbums group.
Please visit their website at <http://www.shovelbums.org>.

Ttfn,

Greg

--- shovelbums@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>      To: shovelbums@yahoogroups.com
>    Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 14:48:58 -0000
>    From: panamtn@...
> Subject: FIELD TECHS TENNESSEE!
>
> Panamerican Consultants, Inc. Memphis Office
>
> We have openings for temporary/seasonal field technicians working at
> Ft. Campbell, TN/KY on our upcoming phase I. Start date is 7/30/01.
> The project should last at least 4-5 months. Pay rate is $11.17 per
> hour, $20 per diem. Apartments are provided (off days also). Although
>
> positions are temporary they may lead to permanent positions. If
> interested please send resumes via email or fax 901-274-4525,
> attn: Kate Gilow. Please include employment references!
>


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Hello, fellow SLARK members.

I just pulled the following post off the TNARCH-L (Tennessee Archaeology)
listserve.

Ttfn,

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: "Charles M. Niquette" <cmniquette@...>
Sent: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:50:54 -0400
To:  <tnarch-l@...>
Subject: Rescue Excavations at the Bone Bank archaeological site


****************************************************************************
****

Re:    Rescue Excavations at the Bone Bank archaeological site
	 field/lab supervisors and technicians needed

Dear Colleagues:

	 I would appreciate your assistance in finding qualified field and
laboratory supervisors and technicians for our second season of rescue
excavations at the late Mississippian Bone Bank archaeological site, Posey
County, Indiana.

	 Please announce the following information to students or workers
who might be interested.

	 Positions are short-term, with a few medium-term.  These could
work well for students who want the experience of working at a site like
Bone Bank and have graduated or can take a semester off.  The same applies
for CRM research staff who are "between projects."

	 I am sending this announcement via e-mail so you might easily
forward it to interested students or workers.  I'll also drop one in the
U.S. mail to make it easy for you to post it.

	 If you would like to come visit the Bone Bank project, we'll be
working Wednesdays through Sundays during September and October.  I'll be
happy to send you directions via e-mail.

	 Thank you!

Sincerely,

Cheryl
_________________________
Cheryl Ann Munson

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**

Archaeology Field/Lab Supervisors and Technicians

	 Indiana University has received additional contributions plus
state grant funds to continue rescue excavations for a second season at
the Bone Bank archaeological site, on the Wabash River in Posey County,
Indiana.

	 Bone Bank was a large Mississippian Caborn-Welborn phase village,
but presently is about 99% lost to erosion by channel migration.  There is
a large collection, originating in the late 1800s, of pottery vessels in
the Museum of the American Indian that derive from the eroded cemeteries
which gave Bone Bank its name.  The cemeteries were eroded away by the
early 1900s, and archaeologists and most visitors thought the site had
washed away.  However, our surveys and testing have revealed buried
middens on what were the slopes of the village and a small remnant of high
ground with pit features.

	 Fieldwork last fall recovered stratified deposits from a remnant
midden deposits at the north end of the site remnant.  In September and
October of this year, our work will focus on an area of pit features and a
buried midden at the south end, where soil cores and testing have revealed
deposits with good preservation of food remains and abundant ceramics.

Open positions:

1.  Field/lab supervisors; August 15/22 - November 4, with additional lab
work at IU possible in the following months;  $12-$15/hour, depending on
experience.

2.  Field technicians, September 4 - November 4, with additional lab work
at IU possible in the  following months; $8-$11/hour, depending on
experience.

Lodging:  group lodging in furnished trailers during fieldwork is provided
by the grant.  The trailers have equipped kitchens (restaurants are few
and 20 minutes away).  Camping is available nearby for those inclined.

Applicants should send CV, plus the addresses and e-mail addresses of
references to:
		 Cheryl Ann Munson
		 Department of Anthropology
		 2611 E. 10th Street, Rm. 190
		 Indiana University
		 Bloomington, IN 47408-2603
		 e-mail:  munsonc@...
		 phone:  (812) 855-0528
		 fax:  (812) 855-1845

>From August 19-November 5:  at rented field headquarters at the Hovey Lake
House
    		 14521 State Road 69 South
    		 Mt. Vernon, IN  47620
    		 phone:  (812) 838-6064; answering machine
    		 cell phone:  (812)-325-3407; sometimes out of range
    		 fax:  c/o Hovey Lake Fish & Wildlife Area Office, (812)
838-5473

For more information about the Bone Bank site:
  <A HREF="http://www.indiana.edu/~archaeo/bone_bank" TARGET="_new"><FONT
COLOR="BLUE">http://www.indiana.edu/~archaeo/bone_bank</FONT></A>




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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

CMMS event: Flintknapping Workshop

Date: Sunday, July 22, 2001
Time: 12:00PM - 4:30PM CDT (GMT-05:00)

The Cahokia Mounds Museum Society presents a hands-on workshop
led by Larry Kinsella, professional flintknapper.

Admission fee is $30 ($27 for Museum Society members).

Meet at the Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center.

For more information, call (618) 346-5160 or visit
http://www.cahokiamounds.com

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

CMMS Workshop: Flintknapping

Date: Sunday, July 22, 2001
Time: 12:00PM - 4:30PM CDT (GMT-05:00)

The Cahokia Mounds Museum Society presents a hands-on workshop
led by Larry Kinsella, professional flintknapper.

Admission fee is $30 ($27 for Museum Society members).

Meet at the Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center.

For more information, call (618) 346-5160 or visit
http://www.cahokiamounds.com

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

CMMS Event: Contemporary Indian Art Show

Date: Sunday, July 15, 2001
Time: 9:00AM - 5:00PM CDT (GMT-05:00)

The Cahokia Mounds Museum Society, Cahokia Mounds State Historic
Site and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency present the
annual Contemporary Indian Art Show.

Accomplished Native American artists from across the country
will exhibit their work and compete for prizes. Works include
paintings, ceramics, jewelry, sculptures, prints and more, many
of which will be available for sale.

Admission is free and open to the public.

Meet at the Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center.

For more information, call (618) 346-5160 or visit
http://www.cahokiamounds.com




.

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

CMMS Event: Contemporary Indian Art Show

Date: Saturday, July 14, 2001
Time: 9:00AM - 5:00PM CDT (GMT-05:00)

The Cahokia Mounds Museum Society, Cahokia Mounds State Historic
Site and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency present the
annual Contemporary Indian Art Show.

Accomplished Native American artists from across the country
will exhibit their work and compete for prizes. Works include
paintings, ceramics, jewelry, sculptures, prints and more, many
of which will be available for sale.

Admission is free and open to the public.

Meet at the Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center.

For more information, call (618) 346-5160 or visit
http://www.cahokiamounds.com

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

CMMS Event: Contemporary Indian Art Show Preview Party

Date: Friday, July 13, 2001
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM CDT (GMT-05:00)

Accomplished Native American artists from across the country
will exhibit their work and compete for prizes. Works include
paintings, ceramics, jewelry, sculptures, prints and more.

Show awards will be presented at the preview party and guests
will have the opportunity to meet the artists. $10.50 preview
party admission fee includes dessert buffet and cash bar.

NOTE: PREVIEW PARTY RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN
FRIDAY, JULY 6.

Make checks for $10.50 per person payable to the CMMS-Art Show,
and mail to Cahokia Mounds Museum Society, 30 Ramey Street,
Collinsville, IL, 62234

For more information, call (618) 346-5160 or visit
http://www.cahokiamounds.com

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

CAA Event: Archeology Day

Date: Saturday, June 30, 2001
Time: All Day

The Center for American Archeology in Kampsville, IL, holds its
annual open house with a full day of activities showcasing
regional prehistory: hands-on demonstrations, archeological site
tours, lectures, Native American games, displays and artifact
identification.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at St. Anselm's Church Hall on
scenic IL Route 100 in Kampsville.

Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for students, teachers and seniors.
FREE to CAA members and volunteers.

For more information, please visit the CAA website at:
http://www.caa-archeology.org

How and dee, y'all,

As I'm sure you already know, the Center for American Archeology
(CAA) in Kampsville, Illinois, will host its annual Archeology Day
next Saturday, 6/30. Adults, children and families will explore a
full day of activities that give participants a fascinating window
into the past of the Lower Illinois River Valley. The fun starts at
8:30 a.m. and goes until 5:00 p.m. (let's hope the weather gods will
smile on us that day).

Since I've volunteered to work at one of the activities that day,
I've got a couple of complimentary (i.e., FREE!) passes that I won't
need (one regular adult admission is $10), so if you or someone you
know would like to have them, let me know RIGHT AWAY.

Also, if you think you might be interested in volunteering, please
let me know no later than the evening of Thursday, 6/28. It's always
a lot of fun at these things because the people (both adults and
kids) who show up are really interested in it. We can carpool and I'm
even willing to be the designated driver, if you like.

Finally, if you know someone who you think might be interested in any
of this, please forward it to them.

Hope to see you there,

Greg
SLARK moderator

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bgpaulus@... OR
bgpaulus@...

"History is a vast early warning system." -- Norman Cousins

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

CAA Event: Archeology Day

Date: Saturday, June 30, 2001
Time: All Day

The Center for American Archeology in Kampsville, IL, holds its
annual open house with a full day of activities showcasing
regional prehistory: hands-on demonstrations, archeological site
tours, lectures, Native American games, displays and artifact
identification.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at St. Anselm's Church Hall on
scenic IL Route 100 in Kampsville.

Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for students, teachers and seniors.
FREE to CAA members and volunteers.

For more information, please visit the CAA website at:
http://www.caa-archeology.org

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