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.

.FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

Home Point Types News