Collegues
This is the second notification of the archeological prospection workshop
at the Marksville Prehistoric Site, LA
Steve
National Park Service’s 2018 Archaeological Prospection Workshop
*The National Park Service’s 2018 workshop on archaeological prospection
techniques entitled Current Archeological Prospection Advances for
Non-destructive Investigations of the Marksville Prehistoric Indian Site
(16AV1), Louisiana, *will be held May 21--25, 2018, at the Marksville State
Historic Site in Avoyelies Parish, Louisiana. Lodging will be at the
Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana. The lectures will be at a
meeting room in the Paragon Casino Resort. The field exercises will take
place at the Marksville Prehistoric Indian Site at the Marksville State
Historic Site. The site is the type site for the Marksville Culture, a
local variant of the Hopewell Tradition. The site contains numerous
earthworks built by the indigenous prehistoric people of the southeastern
North America. Co-sponsors for the workshop include the National Park
Service’s Midwest Archeological Center and the National Center for
Preservation Technology and Training, as well as the Marksville State
Historic Site and the Office of Cultural Development, Division of
Archaeology of the Louisiana State Historic Preservation Office This will
be the twenty-eighth 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
archaeological resources across this Nation. The workshop will present
lectures on the theory of operation, methodology, processing, and
interpretation with on-hands use of the equipment in the field. There is a
registration charge of $475.00. Application forms are available on the
Midwest Archeological Center’s web page at <http://www.nps.gov/mwac/>.
Payment wil be made by credit card through the Friends of NCPTT at <
https://www.ncptt.nps.gov/training-conference-events/>. For further
information, please 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]>.
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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Scandal in Bohemia")
Steven L. De Vore, Archeologist RPA
National Park Service
Midwest Archeological Center
Federal Building, Room 474
100 Centennial Mall North
Lincoln, NE 68508-3859 USA
Phone: (402) 437-5392, ext. 141
Fax: (402) 437-5098
Email: *[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]>
Website: *http://www.nps.gov/mwac/* <http://www.cr.nps.gov/mwac/>
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