Area residents will have the opportunity to learn about the Arkansas Archeological
Society and how the organization works with people interested in archeology in a Dec.
5 talk at the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 - Fort Smith.
鈥淭he Arkansas Archeological Society: Opportunities for Amateurs to Work with Professionals to Preserve the Past鈥� is the topic to be presented by Marilyn Knapp, who works for the Arkansas Archeological Survey as the Survey/Society liaison and is currently president of the Arkansas Archeological Society. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. meeting in room 211 of the Math-Science Building at 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播.
Knapp said the Arkansas Archeological Society, which unites persons interested in the archeology of Arkansas, works to recognize and preserve the cultural heritage and prehistory of the state and to foster and encourage the public鈥檚 interest in the preservation of the past.
Knapp will discuss the Society and how its collaborative efforts with the professional archeologists of the Arkansas Archeological Survey teach the Society鈥檚 members the proper methods to discover, record and learn about archeological sites.
鈥淭his gives the members of the Society the opportunity to be a part of preserving Arkansas鈥� past for the future,鈥� she said.
Knapp has been a member of the Arkansas Archeological Society since 1994. She has held a variety of positions for both the Kokoci Chapter of the Society and the executive committee of the state Society. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in anthropology with an emphasis in archeology from the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 at Fayetteville.
The Fort Smith talk is for a meeting of the Ark-Homa Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Society and the Oklahoma Anthropological Society. It is hosted by the research station located at 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播.
For more information, contact Tim Mulvihill, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 research station archeologist, by telephone at 479-788-7812 or by email at tim.mulvihill@uafs.edu.