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April 6, 2011 7:30 p.m. Morgan Room
of Poling Hall,
April 21, 2011 7 p.m. Urbana Free Library - What We Can Learn from Prehistoric Dog Feces: Preliminary Results from the Analysis of Thousand Year Old Dog Coprolytes from the Janey B. Goode Site in Southwestern Illinois, by Andrew Fortier, Illinois State Archaeological Survey. Sponsored by the East Central Illinois Archaeological Society. Come at 6:30 p.m. if interested in the East Central Illinois Archaeological Society Business Meeting. Free
May 11, 2011 7 p.m. Illinois State Museum’s Research and Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street. The Paul F. Mickey Science Series presents:Dr. Kathleen Ehrhardt (Adjunct Research Associate, Illinois State Museum) Prehistoric Native American Copper Working in the Eastern Woodlands Despite native peoples of the Eastern Woodlands having used objects made of native copper for about 7,000 years, many of these groups perceived of copper as a valued, exotic raw material. It served practical, but primarily social and symbolic purposes, figuring prominently in long distance trade, mortuary ceremonialism, personal adornment, and as a status marker. By examining the objects, technologies, and uses of native copper, this presentation will focus on how it was used by major culture groups of the Western Great Lakes and midcontinent through time, including recent evidence for copper working at the Cahokia Mounds site. Free
May 19, 2011 7 p.m. Location TBA - Renard Fortification: Histories Mysteries Unravelled. Sponsored by the East Central Illinois Archaeological Society. Come at 6:30 p.m. if interested in the East Central Illinois Archaeological Society Business Meeting. Free
June 8, 2011 7 p.m. Illinois State Museum’s Research and Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street. The Paul F. Mickey Science Series presents:Annelise Morris (doctoral student, University of California at Berkeley) Social Networks and Social Lives: An Examination of Free African-American Pioneers in Illinois This presentation will feature an examination of Pinkstaff, Illinois, a community near the Wabash River in Lawrence County that has much in common with New Philadelphia. Founded in the early 19th century by a small group of free African Americans fleeing prejudice in South Carolina and Kentucky, Pinkstaff soon began to attract settlers. Within a few years, the rural farming community was nicknamed “Little Africa” for the large number of African-American families living there. Throughout the 19th century the community continued to grow, boasting a school for African-American children and an African Methodist Episcopal Church. Historical and archaeological research illustrates similarities and differences between this community and New Philadelphia. Consideration of religious and social networks in these communities provides for a better understanding of free African-American pioneers in Illinois. Free
July 13, 2011 7 p.m. Illinois State Museum’s Research and Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street. The Paul F. Mickey Science Series presents:Dr. Paul Gardner (Midwest Regional Director, The Archaeological Conservancy) Saving the Past for the Future: The Archaeological Conservancy Established 1980, The Archaeological Conservancy (TAC) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to acquiring and preserving the best of our nation’s archaeological sites. In its 30 years of existence, TAC has preserved over 400 archaeological sites nationwide, including portions of the Cahokia Mounds site and the New Philadelphia town site. Dr. Gardner will discuss the challenges of preserving significant cultural resources in a nation having few laws protecting the cultural patrimony and highlight the Conservancy’s means of operation and some of their notable successes.Free
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