Meeting Schedule

Monthly meetings are held at 7:30 PM on the second Wednesday of each month at the Monroe County Historical Museum, 126 S. Monroe St., Monroe, Michigan (unless otherwise notified).

	September- Fall Kick-off Event Voyageur Canoe Trip ”Frenchmen, Fortunes and Furs” By Kevin Arnold Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:30 p.m. Oakwoods Metropark 17485 Savage Road Belleville, MI 48111 Get a true Voyageur “experience” as you paddle a 34ft. canot de maitre, discuss clothing and trade items, and explore their daily life during this interactive program. Learn how Oakwoods is using this program to educate area schools about this important time in history; and how it has been developed into a public program as well. Directions to Oakwoods Metropark Oakwoods Metropark is on Willow Road which can be found by taking Telegraph north to Flat Rock, turn left on Huron River Drive, go four miles to the stop at Willow Rd. Turn left and go 1/4 mile to Oakwoods (entrance on left). People can e-mail him to confirm at kevin.arnold@metroparks.com. If they have any concerns about directions, they can call Oakwoods at 800-477-3182 ext. 5640 or at 1-734-782-3956. There will be a short business meeting after the canoe trip to consider a motion to give a $25 honorarium to speakers from outside Monroe County and who are not members of the River Raisin Chapter. Anyone wishing to carpool to Oakwoods, meet in the parking lot at the rear of the Museum at 5:45 p.m.
	October 10, 7:30 pm Monroe County Historical Museum Because so many of our active people are re-enactors and October is their busiest re-enactment month, we are using the chapter meeting as our activity planning for future excavations.
	November November 14, 2007, 8:00 p.m. “Inca Sites and Pre-Inca Cultures of Peru” By Laurel E. Heyman Monroe County Historical Museum 126 S. Monroe Street , Monroe, MI 48161 A slide presentation will include views of Machu Picchu,, the sacred center of the Inca civilization.  Also included will be Inca sites in Cusco and the surrounding region of the Andes.  Artifacts from Pre-Inca cultures, such as Moche, Paracas, and Nasca, also will be featured.  Aerial views of the famous Nasca lines will be shown.  The presentation results from a 2006 spring vacation in Peru. The presentation is free and open to the public.  There will be a business meeting at 7:30 p.m.
	December  - Christmas Party
	January 9, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. "Taxonomy and Classification in Archaeology in Southern Michigan" by Dr. David Stothers, University of Toledo and "Radiocarbon Dating the Taylor Site: A Sandusky Tradition Eiden Phase Mortuary Center"by Glen Boatman
	February  13, 2008 7:30 PM Scott Beld is speaking on the Sias East Site
	March12, 2008 Speaker is Don Simons
	April- ;
	May -
	Summer break

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