FIELD SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENT:
 
INDUSTRIAL AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY
IN ARROW ROCK, MISSOURI
 
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
 
May 24 - June 4, 1999
 
http://www.umsl.edu/~anttbaum/index.html/
 
 
Description:  The 1999 field season will continue the excavations conducted
over the past three summers in Arrow Rock to explore Missouri's industrial
and African-American heritage.  Previous excavations have concentrated on a
pottery factory (1854-1870) including a kiln and multiple workshops, and an
African-American community including a Masonic Lodge, a restaurant/bar, an
A.M.E. Church, an Odd Fellows Lodge, a schoolhouse, and multiple residences
dating from the late 19th to the early 20th century. For more information
please see the above web site or contact me at the below numbers and address.
 
 
Tim Baumann
Department of Anthropology
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Clark Hall - Room 507
8001 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
 
Office: (314) 516-6021
Fax: (314) 516-7235