ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 30-MAY 1, 2016 METROPOLIS,

Join us for a great weekend in as we meet on Saturday, April 30 at the Metropolis Community Center for the IAAA business meeting and stimulating talks on regional archaeology, followed by an evening reception at State Park. A box lunch is available for purchase, and the evening reception will include appetizers and drinks. Stay for the Sunday morning tour at Kincaid Mounds State Historic site; additional tours of nearby archaeological sites in Illinois and Kentucky may be arranged. The weekend is hosted by the Kincaid Mounds Support Organization, Volunteers for the Preservation of Kincaid Mounds.

Saturday April 30 8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Refreshments 9:00 - 10:00 Business Meeting 10:00 - 10:15 Break & Refreshments 10:15 - 11:00 IAAA Chapter Reports

11:00 • 11:30 • John Schwegman, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Retired Overview of the Kincaid Mounds, Their History and Prehistory

11:30 • 1:00•Box Lunch

1:00 • 1:30 Brian Butler, Center for Archaeological Investigations, SIU•Carbondale, Retired Before the Mounds: The Earlier Prehistory of the Black Bottom

1:30 - 2:00 Corin Pursell, Adjunct Professor, Saint Louis University After the Mounds: Political Performance in Late Kincaid

2:00 • 2:15 • Break and Refreshments

2:15 • 3:00 Paul Welch, Associate Professor of Anthropology, SIU-Carbondale Kincaid: SIU Field School Excavation of a Fluorite Workshop

3:00 • 3:30 Darwin Ramsey, Graduate Assistant, Dept. of Anthropology, SIU•Carbondale Kincaid: Microtools

5:00 - 7:00 PM Reception at Fort Massac State Park Visitors Center View a new artifact exhibit designed by the Illinois State Museum. Sheila Richey, Site Interpreter, Retired, will present a history of Fort Massac. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres and local wines.

Sunday, May 1 9:00 AM – noon Site Tour of Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site, Massac County, Illinois. Leave Holiday Inn Express, Metropolis at 9:00 AM, carpool to Kincaid.

Sunday afternoon Additional site tours to and Wickliffe Mounds, depending on interest.

Hotel Accommodations

Holiday Inn Express Metropolis: A block of rooms has been set aside at this hotel, located at the intersection of I-24 and US-45, with a room cost of $93.44 including tax. The price also includes an American hot buffet breakfast. The hotel has an indoor pool, free Wi-Fi and pets are allowed. To make a reservation, Phone 618-524-8899 and ask for a room(s) set aside for the IAAA. Room registrations must be made by April 15, 2016, to receive the IAAA discount at Holiday Inn Express.

Additional lodging: Summers Riverview Mansion Bed and Breakfast, 618-524-5328, or Baymont Inn and Suites, 618-524-5678. If you are interested in gaming, there is Harrah’s Metropolis, 618-524-6477.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2016 IAAA ANNUAL MEETING Registration Metropolis, IL

Name:______

Address: ______

City, State , Zip Code: ______

Email: ______Telephone:______

Conference Registration Number______@ $10 each Amount $______Includes refreshments

Box Lunch, includes a side of Italian pasta, plain Lays chips, chocolate chip cookie, and drink

Homemade Chicken Salad Croissant: Number______@$10 each Amount $______

Veggie Tortilla Wrap: Number______@$10 each Amount $______Veggie spread, spinach, tomato, avocado, bell pepper, cucumber & provolone cheese

Deli Turkey Sandwich: Number______@$10 each Amount $______

Reception at Fort Massac State Park Hors d’oeuvres and local wine Number______@$10 each Amount $______

Total Amount Enclosed: $______

Please make checks payable to Kincaid Mounds Support Organization or KMSO and mail payment by April 15, 2016 to Sheila Richey, KMSO President, 108 East 7th Street, Metropolis IL 62960.

Site Tours I will attend the tour of the Kincaid Mounds, on Sunday, May 1: yes____ no____

Tours to Millstone Bluff and Wickliffe Mounds will be arranged if there is interest in visiting the sites. Millstone Bluff Archaeological Area is a woodchip 3/4-mile trail that interprets the ancient Indian village site on the top of this bluff in Shawnee National Forest. Millstone Bluff was utilized by both the Woodland and Mississippian Indians. This site is located off I-24, and Route 147, north of Metropolis and would require hiking into the archaeological area.

I would be interested in a tour of Millstone Bluff: yes_____ no____

Wickliffe Mounds is a Mississippian Site and a Kentucky State Park. The Site is a 45 minute drive southwest of Metropolis. If you are worried about the long drive home from Wickliffe, all you have to do is take US-51 over the Ohio River to Cairo, Illinois and then I-57 north or south. There is a $3.00 admission charge to the site.

I would be interested in a tour of Wickliffe Mounds: yes____ no____

We hope you will join us this spring in beautiful southern Illinois!