{"id":1125,"date":"2024-09-30T11:22:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T16:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/aas\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2024-09-30T11:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T16:48:00","slug":"the-2024-arkansas-archeological-society-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/aas\/2024\/09\/30\/the-2024-arkansas-archeological-society-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2024 Arkansas Archeological Society Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1127\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/aas\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_2945-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1127\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1127\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/aas\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_2945-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/aas\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_2945-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/aas\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_2945-1024x1021.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/aas\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_2945-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/aas\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_2945-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/aas\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_2945-1536x1531.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/aas\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_2945-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wooden effigy of the State of Arkansas made from the dairy at Lakeport Plantation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This past weekend was the 2024 Conference of the Arkansas Archeological Society, held in Jonesboro. Both of our station staff attended, and both presented on research projects here in southwest Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor gave an update on his revisiting of the 1987 Arkansas Archeological Society Training Program at Georgia Lake, in Ouachita County. He&#8217;s been making some good progress on clearing up the ceramic analysis and getting some other research done to move the project forward.<\/p>\n<p>I did a recap of the 2024 Training Program at Nakuukuwidish\/Holman Springs, in Sevier County. See below for the citations for both papers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, we had numerous people involved in the Training Program at Nakuukuwidish receive certificates of appreciation from the Society. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Sarah Chesney (Texas Historical Commission) for giving a presentation during the Training Program<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Lauren Haupt (University of New Mexico) for giving a presentation during the Training Program<\/li>\n<li>Mr. John Walden for helping with the field prep, particularly for the geophysics class<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Chase Earles for an excellent pottery workshop<\/li>\n<li>Ms. Scott Akridge for being Camp Boss\u00a0<em>par excellence<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mr. Steve Jacober for teaching Basic Excavation during the first week<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Steve Cole and Ms. Wendy Garcia (UA-Cossatot) for their ongoing hospitality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We were also fortunate that both Taylor and I were awarded grant funds from the Society&#8217;s Archeological Research Fund. For my research, the funds will go to carbon dating Feature 2024-022, the\u00a0<em>in situ<\/em> base of a pot encountered during the Training Program. For Taylor, the grant will fund more research at Georgia Lake.<\/p>\n<p>We also snagged some good books and other materials from the silent auction. I was thrilled to get a copy of Sassaman&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Eastern Archaic, Historicized<\/em> (which happened to be the late Jamie Brandon&#8217;s personal copy&#8230; nice!) and Finley and DeBlack&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Southern Elite and Social Change<\/em> which came with a piece of wood salvaged from the dairy at Lakeport Plantation that had been cut into the shape of the state of Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>We also picked up the station&#8217;s copy of the Survey&#8217;s new popular series monograph, Roy VanArsdale and David Dye&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Geology, Archeology, and the Earthquakes of the Mississippi River Valley<\/em>, which YOU (yes, you) can get your own copy of from the Survey <a href=\"https:\/\/commerce.cashnet.com\/cashnetg\/static\/storefront\/UARKARAS\/catalog\/item-details\/ARAS-PS09\">by clicking here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Peace,<br \/>\nCarl<\/p>\n<p>Talk Titles:<\/p>\n<p>Drexler, Carl. 2024. The 2024 Arkansas Archeological Society Training Program at Nakuukuwidish: An Exercise in Cascading Feature Excavation. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Arkansas Archeological Society, Jonesboro<\/p>\n<p>Greene, Taylor. 2024. Georgia (Lake) On My Mind: Furthering Research on the 1987 Training Program. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Arkansas Archeological Society, Jonesboro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend was the 2024 Conference of the Arkansas Archeological Society, held in Jonesboro. Both of our station staff attended, and both presented on research projects here in southwest Arkansas. Taylor gave an update on his revisiting of the 1987 Arkansas Archeological Society Training Program at Georgia Lake, in Ouachita County. 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