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Respond to: Archaeology Day. Saturday, Sept. 2, Falls of the Ohio State Park, Clarksville
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bat400
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|  New Message Posted!2006-09-01 13:13
Indiana - the Crossroads of America.
You should all come and visit. There is more here than corn - (although there IS a lot of that here, too.)
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Andy B
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|  New Message Posted!2006-09-01 00:48
Something else from Indiana:
Archaeology Society Sponsors Program On Earthen Enclosures
BY TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer
The Kosciusko County Archaeology Society is sponsoring Dr. Robert McCullough, of IPFW, who will speak Tuesday about the investigation of late prehistoric earthen enclosures in Indiana.
McCullough has been involved in several Indiana artifact digs in the Kosciusko County area.
The society welcomes new members. Annual dues are $15 for individuals or $25 per family. The group meets the second Saturday of each month at 8:30 a.m. in the city hall, 302 Market St., Warsaw.
“We welcome all ages interested in gaining knowledge about prehistoric Indians and mastodons that lived here before us,” said Bill Wilson, the society’s president.
The society’s goal is to physically search for, research, record and preserve records of prehistoric animal and human activity in Kosciusko County.
Projects include:
• Researching, surveying and recording the location of all known sites where mammoth or mastodon remains may have been discovered.
• Researching and recording early Indiana villages or campsite locations. Limit the work to the years prior to the government giving Indians land sections for their use since this information is fairly well documented.
• Searching for evidence of Paleolithic man’s activity in Kosciusko County by means of surveys to locate Paleolithic point types such as Clovis, Cumberland, Debert, Dalton and the like. Record location of verifiable finds.
• Create a map of historic Indiana trails in the county by using records of the first county survey, combined with current topographical maps.
• Recording the location of Indiana burial mounds and other known burials from earlier excavations and records.
• Conduct field surveys of sites for potential excavation.
The Archeology Society has an exhibit of artifacts on display in the library through the September.
For more information, write the Society at P.O. Box 1071, Warsaw IN 46581, or call 574-491-2034 or 574-457-4261.
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TheCaptain
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| New Message Posted!2006-09-01 00:13
do we need to be there by 4:30 to get the last train ?
sorry, I'll get my coat..... 
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Andy B
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| New Message Posted!2006-08-31 23:00
...there I was thinking it was in Ohio - doh! Thanks
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bat400
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| New Message Posted!2006-08-31 16:48
This should be a fun event and it's a great location.
This park is directly on the Ohio River and protects a large area of exposed limestone full of undersea Devonian fossils. More or less of this pavement is exposed depending on water level.
The museum describes prehistoric and historic Ohio River geology, biology, and human activities.
The Falls of the Ohio were once an impediment to Ohio River navigation - large boats could only pass at high water. (A later coffer dam solved the problem.) Until the eastern Forest Bison was hunted out of the area, the Falls were a crossing point for migration of bison between Kentucky and Indiana.
Clarksville is only a 20 mile drive from Charlestown State Park, the site of Moundbuilder's Hillfort.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15153
[ This message was edited by: bat400 on 2006-08-31 16:53 ]
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Andy B
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| New Message Posted!2006-08-31 13:41
Archaeology Day. Saturday, Sept. 2, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Falls of the Ohio State Park, 201 W. Riverside Drive, Clarksville. A day of archaeological activities for adults and children of all ages. Highlights include a mock dig, flintknappers making prehistoric stone tools and pottery making. Gwynn Henderson, staff archaeologist and education coordinator at the Kentucky Archaeological Survey, will speak at 2 p.m. in the auditorium about "Prehistoric Lifeways of the Ohio Valley." Sponsored by the Falls of the Ohio Archaeological Society.
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