2008 CALENDAR OF ASAA ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS/EVENTS

Phil Stratton Cumberland Site
Thursday, May 15 — Wednesday, June 4
$40 fee

     A final three weeks of excavating will take place at this important encampment of the Cumberland archaeological culture. Work began in 1999/2000 and has been pursued diligently ever since. Over 750 flaked and rough stone tools and 15,000 debitage items have been recovered. Further, the site is being dated using OSL (optically stimulated luminescence). Determinations gathered to date suggest that the ancient occupation may be as old or older than the Clovis archaeological culture.
     A productive sector will be explored; many objects will be found.
     Camping is possible at the site in a fine meadow along the Red River.
Canoe rides upstream and downstream of the site are planned. Also, Members may seek accommodations in historic Russellville, KY. — about 10 miles due north via Route 96.
     There will be opportunities to collect artifacts from fields in the neighborhood and to search for large nodules of quality Ste. Genevieve chert, which was the favored raw material of Cumberland flintknappers.

KaDoHa site, Murfreesboro, AR
Saturday, June 7 — Sunday, June 15
$30 fee

     Excavations will continue on the summit and sides of a small temple mound dated to the period 1280-1320 AD. The temple appears to have burned at the same time perhaps as the rest of this ancient Caddoan town. In addition, we will continue to explore a refuse dump filling an ancient borrow pit on the margin of the mound center of the site. After cataloguing and tallying, Members may retain objects from the midden; artifacts from the temple, however, will be kept at the KaDoHa Museum.
     Camping is possible at the Crater of Diamonds State Park as well as at other state parks in the immediate area. There are also motels in Murfreesboro; reservations should be made early before the "diamond-diggers" descend upon the town.

ASAA Annual Meeting will be staged at the KY Dam Show, Gilbertsville, KY on Friday, November 14.

     Annual Meeting of the Society in conjunction with the Kentucky Dam Artifact Show at Kentucky Dam (near Benton), KY off I-24. As usual, the Society rents an Executive Cottage and stages a cocktail party/supper prior to the business meeting and illustrated slide talk on Friday evening. The ASAA House is open to Members for the entire weekend. If you need a place to stay, there are several bedrooms and sofa-beds....first come, first served! If you have a special dish to pass around we won't say "No"!

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