MVAC e-News for August 2016

MVAC e-News for
August 2016

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Public Field School Updates

The 2016 MVAC public field school survived very hot and humid conditions to bring together middle school, high school, college undergraduate and graduate students, and adults to explore another portion of the Norskedalen Heritage site property just west of Coon Valley, WI.

Bill Gresens’ Archaeology Book Review for August 2016

The Oracle by D.J. Niko (two trowels)

D.J. Niko's third Sarah Weston adventure takes our intrepid heroine to Greece as she delves into the mysteries of the Oracle at Delphi.

MVAC News

Archaeologists find artifacts at Coon Valley farm
WXOW News 19 coverage of MVAC’s Public Field School at Norskedalen Heritage Site (Skumsrud).

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Preserving the past
UWL Campus News coverage of MVAC’s Public Field School at Norskedalen Heritage Site (Skumsrud).

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Archaeological Terms, Artifacts, and Specific Sites Snippets

New information added to MVAC’s website in July:

Pammel Creek – Bison Scapula Cache
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Samuel’s Cave – Pictograph
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Comparative Fish Bones
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Sanford Archaeological District - Chunkey/Discoidal
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Regional Exhibits

Mummies: New Secrets from the Tombs
Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul
Through Labor Day, September 5, 2016

Echoes of Stone Age Greece
The Field Museum in Chicago
Through December 4, 2016.

China’s First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors
The Field Museum in Chicago
Through January 8, 2017

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