Michigan Archaeological Society

Please note that our meeting place has changed. We will be meeting from now on in the classroom of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, which is located at 434 S. State Street on the U of M Campus, right across the street from Angell Hall and just to the north of the LSA Building. Free parking is available after 6:00 in the University lot on Thompson Street, just south of William. Paid parking is available in the Maynard Street parking lot just two blocks away. Enter the Museum from the front door on State Street.

This month's speaker is Bob Love He will talk about the navigational problems and instruments that our ancestors encountered in the exploration of our planet.

He will have some reproduction navigational instruments to view and handle and will try to explain the sophistication of the state of navigation before sextons,

satellites and GPS.

Bob Love would also like to invite you to have dinner at the Cottage Inn Restaurant, 512 E. Williams Street, Ann Arbor, before the meeting. We have reservations for 6:00 pm under "Love". Please let me know by e-mail or phone 810-231-1474 if you are coming for dinner. This is the last meeting before the summer.

The first meeting this fall will be Thursday, September 16.

Margaret Lane will be sending out notices of upcoming spring surveys to all who are on the survey participants list. Be sure to let her know at mptlane@hotmail.com if you want to be sure to be notified. If you don't have email, let Ann Zinn (248-437-4183) know and arrangements will be made for you to be notified.

The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology U of M is offering several programs between now and June, designed to introduce children to archaeology. The museum displays are very interesting and is someplace we should all visit. The Museum hosts our monthly meetings with our gratitude. More information can be obtained at 734 647 4167 or tegerr@umich.edu.

Finally for those who have always wanted to learn more about the primitive technologies, there is a very good workshop being offered on August 13-16. The event is located on an island in northern Lake Huron. This workshop has been ongoing for over 10 years and attracts some outstanding instructors on various primitive subjects. More information can be obtained from Mitzi Colombo 248- 421-8557 or mitzicolombo@yahoo.com.

There is a dig on a farm in the Brighton area, looking for historic evidence of farm life going back approximately 160 years. If you would like more information on this, please contact me and I will get in touch with the organizer. I've been involved in both of these activities for the last year and have found them informative and enjoyable.

There is also the Stone Street Recovery dig which is excavating what is believed to be an Indian burial site in Flint. Contact Ann Zinn (annczinn@umich.edu) for more information.

The Michigan Archaeologist 300 page Omnibus Edition was mailed to those who were members from 2004-2006. Members can purchase additional copies for $25 plus $5 postage. Information is available from Jeff Sommer, Jsommer@castlemuseum.org.