Location selected for MVAC’s summer activities
MVAC’s Public/High School Field School, Middle School Field Experience and Field School Open House will be held at Goose Island County Park, on the Mississippi River just south of La Crosse, during the week of July 15-19, 2019. Once in the park, follow the signs to where we’ll be working.
Bill Gresens’ Archaeology Book Review for June 2019
The Lost Tomb of Cleopatra by JT Osbourne (two trowels)
Archaeologist Brook Burlington has had a life-long obsession with finding the tomb of Cleopatra and Marc Antony. A late night telephone call to Egypt sets her on the trail to satisfying that obsession!
Student archeologists find historic artifacts
WKBT TV Assignment Education piece about an MVAC project involving La Crosse's Summit Environmental School students in a hands-on archaeology experience. Project leads are MVAC’s Jean Dowiasch and Summit’s Deb Klaeser.
Dr. Amy Nicodemus awarded major NSF grant on the Bronze Age in Europe
Amy Nicodemus, Assistant Professor in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, was recently awarded $237,052 from the National Science Foundation for her grant: “Anka Siget: Investigating the Role of Secondary Centers in Complex Non-State Social Systems.” These funds will support a multi-year excavation project at the major Bronze Age settlement Rabe Anka Siget, Serbia. Her research will explore factors leading the emergence of complex societies in the European Bronze Age. This project will also provide field and laboratory training to undergraduate students in an international setting.
Archaeological Terms, Artifacts, and Specific Sites Snippets
