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October 2019
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La Crosse Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration
Monday, October 14, 2019
Noon - 6 pm
Myrick Park, La Crosse

The event celebrates the indigenous peoples of the world featuring Native American, Hmoob, and Latinx.  MVAC staff will be present with displays and demonstrations.
Silver Mound – WAS Fall 2019 Field Assembly – Open to Public
Saturday, October 19, 2019
10 am – 4 pm
Alma Center KOA
$5 admission fee for non-members of the WAS

This year’s Wisconsin Archeological Society Fall Field Assembly is co-sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center and will be held at Silver Mound, one of the largest, oldest, and most important archaeological sites in the Midwest.
International Archaeology Day
Saturday, October 19, 2019

MVAC is a Collaborating Organization for the Archaeological Institute of America’s International Archaeology Day.
Passing of Dr. James B. “Jim” Stoltman
 
Archaeologists throughout the region are mourning the death of James Stoltman, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jim’s long involvement in research and teaching spanned a wide range of interests and helped launch the careers of many archaeologists, including Connie Arzigian, Jim Theler, Ernie Boszhardt, and Kathy Stevenson of MVAC/UW-L.
Bill Gresens’ Archaeology Book Review for October 2019

The Hidden Bones by Nicola Ford (four trowels)
Secrets thought to be long buried after the abrupt closing of a 1973 dig in rural England threaten the lives of archaeologists as they return to re-open the Hungerbourne Barrows site.
MVAC News
A Hero Comes Home
A UWL Archaeological Studies alumnus, Gregg Jamison (2002), is featured in a story on UW-Madison’s MIA Project with the Department of Defense to return the remains of a World War II pilot who has been missing for 75 years. See how archaeological and physical anthropological methods are being used to find and return home those missing in action. Jamison served as the “scientific-recovery expert on site.”  Jamison will be giving a presentation for MVAC on the project at UWL on March 26, 2020.
Archaeological Terms, Artifacts, and Specific Sites Snippets

New information added to MVAC’s website in September:
Overhead – Woodland Pottery – Incised-Over-Cordmarked
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Sanford Archaeological District – Pipestone Pipe Bowl
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Running Deer
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Second Fort Crawford – Percussion Caps
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Regional Exhibits
The Vikings Begin
American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
Until October 27, 2019
Black Hawk War Symposium
Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, Sheboygan Falls, WI
November 2, 2019
Stories from the Wreckage Exhibit 
Wisconsin Historical Museum, Madison, WI
Until November 16, 2019
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