*National Park Service 2017 Archeological Prospection Workshop*

The NPS will offer a workshop on archeological prospection techniques. C*urrent
Archeological Prospection Advances for Non-destructive Investigations of
the Pea Ridge Civil War Battlefield *will be held May 15--19, 2017, at the
Pea Ridge NMP, Benton County, Arkansas.  This will be the twenty-seventh
year of the workshop dedicated to the use of geophysical, aerial
photography, and other remote sensing methods as they apply to the
identification, evaluation, conservation, and protection of archeological
resources.



The workshop will present lectures on operation, methodology, processing,
and interpretation with hands-on use of the equipment in the field. The
lectures will be at a meeting room in Rogers, Arkansas.  The field
exercises will take place at the Pea Ridge NMP.  The park commemorates the
March 7-8, 1862, Civil War battle between Federal and Confederate troops in
northwestern Arkansas.



Co-sponsors for the workshop include the NPS Midwest Archeological Center,
Pea Ridge NMP, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training,
and Arkansas Archaeological Survey.  The cost is $475.00.  Lodging will be
in Roger, Arkansas, at a motel to be determined.



*Contact:* Steven L. DeVore, Archeologist, National Park Service, Midwest
Archeological Center, Federal Building, Room 474, 100 Centennial Mall
North, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3873: tel: (402) 437-5392, ext. 141; fax:
(402) 437-5098; email: <[log in to unmask]>. Application forms are
available on the Midwest Archeological Center’s web page at <
http://www.nps.gov/mwac/>.