Whitewater Valley Archaeology and History Festival
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Noon – 3 pm
Whitewater State Park
MVAC’s Connie Arzigian will be demonstrating the atlatl at the Whitewater Valley Archaeology and History Festival between noon and 3 pm. Come and practice your skills with the atlatl.
Senior Excursion - Includes Short Stop at Perrot State Park
Thursday, October 4, 2018
9 am
This day-long senior bus excursion offers numerous stops including a short stop at Perrot State Park where MVAC’s Wendy Holtz-Leith will discuss the early people of the area. The excursion is offered by the City of La Crosse Parks, Recreation, & Forestry. Registration deadline is Friday, September 28, 2018.
Schoen Family Charitable Trust Donates to MVAC’s Educational Endowment
Great news for MVAC’s Education Endowment. The Schoen Family Charitable Trust just donated $1,000 to MVAC’s Educational Endowment. Thanks so much to the Schoen Family Charitable Trust for their support of MVAC’s public outreach efforts.
Contributions to our Educational Endowment are particularly important and are especially appreciated. Contributions such as these allow us to continue to bring fascinating information about the area’s pre-European inhabitants and the process of archaeology to adults, teachers, and students through a variety of opportunities such as classroom presentations, fieldwork opportunities, and lectures.
Bill Gresens’ Archaeology Book Review for September 2018
The Seventh Scroll by Wilbur Smith (four trowels)
High adventure and the search for a Pharaoh's tomb in the land of the Blue Nile will make for great summer reading of Wilbur Smith's The Seventh Scroll.
Photos: students summer research
UWL Alumni Association, Alumni News, August 2018 E-Lantern piece includes the UWL field school, Olivia Schauls exploration of the process of getting food from farm to shelf, and Ashley Nowak work identifying mussel species from archaeological assemblages.
