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: Please note: Program below is on Thursday, Sept. 10
The September meeting of the River Raisin Chapter of the MAS will be
held on Thursday, Sept. 10th at 7:30 pm at the Lake
Erie Metropark Marshlands Museum
and Nature Center. Gerry Wykes will be
our host and provide the program. He will talk about the Trapper's
Run site, an early 1800s cabin site located on the nature
preserve. This public archaeology project, now in its tenth year,
has uncovered many artifacts relating to a typical trapper's life along the Lake Erie marshes. For those interested in
seeing the site, Gerry has offered to lead a
group on the half mile walk (one mile round trip) to
the area starting at 6 pm.
The Lake Erie Metropark entrance is located on
Jefferson, one-quarter mile north of Huron River Drive in Brownstown Township
(sometimes called East Rockwood). A vehicle entry permit ($4) is required
for admittance to the park.
For more information, call Bob Wittersheim at
734-654-0821. Let Bob know if you are coming.
OCTOBER:
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER:
The Chapter will hold it's traditional
Christmas Potluck at the SAWYER HOMESTEAD (320 E. FRONT ST., MONROE, MI
48161) on December 9, 2009 at
7:30 p.m. In addition to the potuck, our speaker will be Dr. April M.
Biesaw, Assistant Prof. of Anthropology
at Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio. The title of her
presentation is: Susquehannock
or Iroquois?
Using Human and Animal Bones to Understand Cultural Identity.
JANUARY : The January 13 meeting of the River Raisin Chapter
will be held at the Monroe
County Historical
Museum, 7:30 p.m.
The Speaker will be Dr.
Henry Wright, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan. The
title of his presentation is "Archaeology in a Tropical Paradise,
2007-2009 Fieldwork in Northeastern Madagascar" He will
talk about his recent work in Madagascar. He
will highlight the many challenges he faced in being among the first to
explore the country's pre-history using modern archaeological methods.
Dr. Wright encourages
attendees to bring along any locally-found paleoindian points for his
inspection. He will bring his measuring and drawing equipment in case
there are any possible paleoindian points in the River Raisin area that he may
want to record.
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