DeSoto—September 14, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Archaeology Month Events Washington State Park Archaeology Day The Three Rivers Chapter and park staff will host archaeo- Unless otherwise indicated, all events are free and logical displays, demonstrations, and activities including open to the public. Economic valuation or written atlatl throwing. authentication of artifacts will not be given. 13041 State Hwy 105 Contact: park staff, (636) 586-5768; Eric Smith, Bridgeton—September 3, 7:00 p.m. [email protected] Rediscovering the Atlatl Eric Smith has extensive experience in the use of atlatls and Eminence—Month of September, open Saturdays is one of the first people in Missouri in modern times to Shannon County Artifact Exhibit kill a deer using one. Sponsored by the Greater St. Louis A small display of artifacts including projectile points, Archaeological Society. pottery sherds, and axes found in Shannon County. If Bridgeton Trails Branch, St. Louis County Library, 3455 McK- the museum is closed when you visit please call one of the elvey Rd numbers on the door and a volunteer will open up for you. Contact: Alan Banks, [email protected] Shannon County Museum, 18451 Main St (Hwy 19), one block south of the courthouse Bridgeton—September 10, 7:00 p.m. Contact: Alan Banks, (314) 291-1165, or [email protected] Public Program Stan Prater will portray General U.S. Grant at a program Eminence—September 27, 7:00 p.m. for the Bridgeton Historical Society. Mr. Prater had been Archaeological Program at the Shannon County Museum involved in Civil War re-enactment and portraying Gen- Presented by Jessica Fry from the Ozarks National Scenic Riv- eral Grant since 1987 and has participated in many re- erways, the program will be about the Museum's collections and enactments and as a movie and television show extra. His past archaeological projects in the park. program will be educational and entertaining. Shannon County Museum, 18451 Main St (Hwy 19), one Bridgeton Recreation Center, 4201 Fee Fee Road block south of the courthouse Contact: 314-291-1165; Alan Banks, [email protected] Contact: Alan Banks, (314) 291-1165, or [email protected] Byrnes Mill—October 5, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Fertile (Old Mines)—October 6, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Byrnes Mill Fall Festival Annual Fete de l'Automne (Autumn Festival) Featuring historical displays, demonstrations, and music, Food and booths steeped in French Heritage with live Creole the Three Rivers Chapter will have a booth of artifacts, music. The Three Rivers Chapter will host archaeology and children's activities, and demonstrations. history displays, demonstrations, and children's activities. Contact: Eric Smith, [email protected] 1 mile east of Washington State Park on Hwy CC Contact: Eric Smith, [email protected] Columbia—September 22, 2 p.m. Ozark Bluff Dwellers: A Legacy of Mark R. Harrington Greenfield—September 26–29 Presented by R. Bruce McMillan. Annual Bois D'Arc Primitive Skills Camp and Knap-In Museum of Anthropology, University of Missouri Dedicated to the research, practice, and teaching of ancient 2002 Mizzou North, 115 Business Loop 70 W lifeways and wilderness skills, this event features a free knap- Contact: Candy Sall, 573-882-3764, or [email protected] in/native arts-crafts show with top-notch knappers, artists, and crafters making and selling their work. In the for-fee Danville—September 14, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Workshop Area, a pool of some of the area’s finest instruc- Archaeology Day at Graham Cave State Park tors offer workshops on various wilderness skills and crafts. Visitors of all ages are invited to help celebrate at one of Hulston Mill Historic Park, County Rd 92 Missouri's most significant early landmarks. The event Contact: Don, (417) 234-0666, [email protected] will begin with a Dutch-oven cooking demonstration Website: http://www.boisdarc.info/ with food to follow. Other activities will include an atlatl Cost: Overnight camping and vendor-knapper setup: $5–15/ demonstration and tryout by the World Atlatl Association; night; Workshop Area admission: $60/day or $150/3 days Osage culture games and presentations featuring the Osage traveling trunk; flintknapping; deer-bone fish hook-making Imperial—September 9, 7–8 p.m. demonstration; pre- and post-contact artifact displays; and Three Rivers Chapter Meeting: Artifacts from the NGA West a hands-on archaeological excavation model. Facility in St. Louis, Missouri 217 Hwy TT; 2 miles W of Danville off I-70 (Exit 170) Presented by Joe Harl of the Archaeological Research Cen- Contact: park staff, (573) 564-3476 ter of St. Louis. Mastodon State Historic Site, 1050 Becker Dr Contact: Eric Smith, [email protected] Imperial—September 21, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. is the final product of the best student course projects from Mastodon Museum Archaeology Day the Fall 2018 ART 385: Art of the Americas class and the The Three Rivers Chapter and park staff will host archaeo- Spring 2019 ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica class, which are logical displays, demonstrations, and activities including both Citizenship and Service-Learning courses. Sponsored atlatl throwing. Museum admission will be free on this by Special Collections and Archives, Meyer Library and day only. Department of Art and Design, MSU. Mastodon State Historic Site, 1050 Becker Dr Special Collections and Archives Gallery, Meyer Library, Contact: park staff, (636) 464-2976; mastodon.state.his- MSU, 901 S National Ave [email protected] Contact: [email protected] Jefferson City—September 4, 7 p.m. Warrensburg—September 14, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. The Landing: History and Archaeology in Missouri's Capital UCM Archaeology Field Day City Come to Pertle Springs for a day of experimental archaeol- Three buildings on north Jefferson Street in Missouri's ogy: flintknapping, atlatl throwing, blacksmithing, spin- capital are all that remains of the once-bustling river port ning, and weaving demonstrations—with opportunities for now known as Jefferson Landing State Historic Site. The attendees to take home their own attempts at flintknapping buildings at Lohman's Landing are the last surviving struc- and weaving. There will also be guided tours of the WPA tures that witnessed the early development of the capital camp archaeological site at Pertle Springs. city. Archaeological excavations surrounding the surviving Sponsored by the UCM Anthropology Program and the buildings have occurred periodically since the 1970s. By McClure Archives and University Museum. utilizing historic documents, photographs, and previous Pertle Springs Park: From Business 13/Maguire St, turn archaeological investigations, a more complete history of west on Hale Lake Rd, then left on Pertle Springs Rd, the Landing and Jefferson City can be told. Presented by travel to the Eastern picnic shelter Archaeologist Rachel Campbell, Missouri State Parks. Contact: Jeff Yelton, [email protected]; Amber Clifford- Lohman Building, 100 Jefferson Street, 1st Floor Conference Rm Napoleone, [email protected] Contact: John Peterson, [email protected] Warrensburg—September 23, 2 p.m. Revere—September 7, 9 a.m.–?? p.m. Recent Excavations in Oman Fall Symposium Krista Lewis from University of Arkansas, Little Rock, will Details on Page 3. deliver the annual Paul and Colleen Nance lecture. Krista 12378 Athens State Park Rd Lewis has actively excavated in Oman and Yemen for over a Contact: [email protected], or (417) 836-3773 decade, and will present her current findings on an ongoing excavation at the site of Al Baleed in Oman. Springfield—August through April 2020 Sponsored by the McClure Archives and University Museum ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica and the UCM Anthropology Program. Two large glass exhibit cases will display the final course University of Central Missouri, Elliot Union Ballroom, cor- projects by Spring 2019 ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica stu- ner of Clark and Holden Sts; free parking in red kiosk visitor dents. The students had the choice of researching five lot at southeast corner of Clark and Holden Sts intersection Mesoamerican objects and then designing an exhibit on or Contact: Amber Clifford-Napoleone, [email protected] reproducing a Mesoamerican object using traditional meth- ods and materials. Nine exhibit models with photos, labels, hese state parks and historic sites have interpreted archaeologi- and exhibit texts for each of the researched Mesoamerican Tcal components—Archaeology Month is a great time to visit! art objects and reproductions of six Mesoamerican art ob- jects along with labels and exhibit texts will be displayed. Danville Sponsored by the Art and Design Department, MSU. Graham Cave State Park Brick City Building 1 on the corner of Mill and Campbell, Graham Cave State Park features a prehistoric site and in- Contact: [email protected] cludes displays on natural and cultural cave features. 217 Hwy TT, 2 miles west of Danville off I-70 (Exit 170) Springfield—September through December Contact: park staff, (573) 564-3476 Exhibit of Art and Artifacts Exhibit of over 75 objects featuring Native art and arti- De Soto facts from throughout the Americas along with student- Petroglyphs at Washington State Park researched labels and exhibit texts about the objects. The Washington State Park was the location of prehistoric art and artifacts generously loaned by area museums and ceremonies associated with Mississippian Indian culture. collections range from Andean textiles and basketry, to Petroglyphs remain as evidence of their beliefs. The park Mesoamerican ceramic figurines, to Kuna molas from Pan- contains the largest group of petroglyphs yet discovered in ama, to American Southwest ceramic vessels. This research Missouri and is on the National Register of Historic Places. 13041 State Hwy 105 Sibley Contact: park staff, (636) 586-5768 Fort Osage National Landmark Built in 1808 under the direction of William Clark, the East Prairie Fort served as a military garrison and trade center.