Arkansas River Valley Chapter
Arkansas Archeological Society
Newsletter
January 2009
Volume 22, Number 1
Meetings: First Tuesday each month 7 pm.
*Announcing: Alternating monthly meeting sites between Russellville and Petit Jean.
FEB 3: At Tech Museum (Techionery) in Russellville. Program: Back to Carden Bottom: The
Arkansas Archeological Survey/Society Training Program, June 2009, or, From Dalton to Contact,
with Possibly Some Traces of Wandering Spaniards, by Skip Stewart-Abernathy. Dinner at 5pm at
New China Restaurant.
MAR 3: At WRI on Petit Jean. Program: Exchanging the Seeds: China, Archeology and Chengdu by
Tom Green, Director, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, AR. Dinner at 5:15, Mather
Lodge, Petit Jean State Park.
APR 7: At Tech Museum (Techionery) in Russellville. Program: To be announced.
MAY 5: At WRI on Petit Jean. Program: To be announced.
JUN 2: At Tech Museum. Program: To be announced.
Picture the Past: Archeology Film and Lecture Series.
*Legacy Theater, WRI.
Feb 12: Maria Martinez, Native American Potter of San Ildefonso with John Miller, Environmental
Division Archeologist, AR Highway and Transportation Division.
May 9: The Cairo Story with Ann Early, State Archeologist, Arkansas Archeological Survey.
Lab Activities/Field Day: Third Saturday each month
Jan 17, Feb 21, Mar 21, Apr 18, May 16
Call the Station for info: 501-727-6250. From 9am to 4pm at various sites. If the weather is bad the
day will be spent doing lab work at the WRI Teaching Barn.
Jan 26-30: Remote sensing at Carden Bottom. Volunteers welcome.
Programs and Projects:
Feb 13-15: AR Archeological Society Certification Lithics Certification class. Instructor, Mary
Beth Trubitt, AAS-HSU. Held at WRI. Info: http://www.uawri.org/calendar.asp?day=2/13/2009
Feb 27-Mar 1: Historic Rural Arkansas Photo Documentation Workshop by Skip Stewart Abernathy
and Sarah Jampole-Marks, Survey Historian, the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program.
For info: http://www.uawri.org/page/417/photo-documentation
Mar 7: Archeology Month Open House at the Teaching Barn at WRI. 10 am to 4pm. Flint knapping
demos by Ben Swadley, artifact ID, exhibits of collections. Special presentations at 11am and 2pm
by students who participated in “Project Dig..”
Jun 13-28: Society Training Program at Carden Bottom!!! Accommodations at WRI. Lots of details
to follow.
**Dues are due–see next page for forms**
Send forms to the following: Terry Johnson, ARV Chapter - AA Society, 1 Rockefeller Dr., Winthrop Rockefeller
Institute, Petit Jean Mountain, Morrilton, AR 72110
State-wide Chapter
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Local ARV Chapter
To join the Arkansas River Valley Chapter return the form below to: ARV Chapter - AA Society,
1 Rockefeller Dr., Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, Petit Jean Mountain, Morrilton, AR 72110
Name:_______________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________
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Email_______________________________________________
Membership _____Individual ($10.00) _____Family ($1.50 ea)
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Important Contacts:
Arkansas River Valley Chapter - Arkansas Archeological Society
1 Rockefeller Dr.
Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, Petit Jean Mountain
Morrilton, AR 72110
President: Alan Smith
Vice President: Carol Harris
Sec-Treas: Terry Johnson; Phone: 501-727-6250
AAS-WRI Research Station; Phone: 501-727-6250
1 Rockefeller Dr.
Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, Petit Jean Mountain
Morrilton, AR 72110
Staff: Skip Stewart-Abernathy, Terry Johnson, Larry Porter
Arkansas Archeological Survey; Ph: 479-575-3556
2474 North Hatch Ave
Fayetteville, AR 72704
Staff: Tom Green, Survey Director; Ann Early, State Archeologist
Arkansas Archeological Society; Ph: 479-575-6545
2475 North Hatch Ave.
Fayetteville, AR 72704 Staff: Barbara Scott
Museum of Prehistory and History; Ph: 479-964-0826
Tucker Hall, Suite 12
Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, AR 72801
Staff: Judith Stewart-Abernathy, Museum Director.
Ozark-St Francis National Forest; Ph: 479-968-2354
605 West Main Street
Russellville, AR 72801
Staff: Forest Archeologists, David Jurney and Smoke Pfeiffer
Ouachita National Forest; Phone: 479-321-5367
Box 1270
Federal Building
Hot Springs, AR 71902
Staff: Forest Archeologists, Meeks Etchieson, R. Coleman