WEDNESDAY EVENING Registration and Cash Bar Reception at the Hyatt 5:00–9:00PM
Come early to meet and greet your friends and colleagues.
THURSDAY MORNING Paper sessions will run from Thursday morning through
Saturday afternoon.
THURSDAY EVENING Showing of the documentary film by Tammy
and Kelly Rundle Lost
Nation: The Ioway
Cash Bar Reception with musical entertainment
at the Hyatt 5:00–7:00PM
Contemporary and traditional celtic and bluegrass music by the Screaming Pattersons.
The Archaeology of Brewing: Alcohol through the
Ages 7:00–8:30pm at Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin (Digital
Theater)
This is a unique opportunity to learn the ancient art of brewing beer, while
gaining insight into the origins of this fermented beverage throughout time.
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON An Exclusive Visit to the Milwaukee Public Museum's Archaeological
Storeroom
Tours at 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM ($10; limit 15 individuals per tour)
Join the Milwaukee Public Museum's Anthropology Collections
Manager/Associate Curator, Dawn Scher-Thomae, for an exclusive view of the Museum's
extensive collection of North American artifacts. Numerous Wisconsin sites and
type collections for major periods of Wisconsin prehistory are represented.
Non-Wisconsin collections include Mandan, Hopewellian, Caddoan, and Mississippian
sites in the American midcontinent and ancestral Puebloan sites in the American
Southwest. The Museum also holds important North American thematic collections
including the celebrated George West pipe collection and significant collections
of copper implements and groundstone tools.
FRIDAY EVENING Reception Sponsored by the Wisconsin Archaeological Society
5:00–7:00PM
The WAS welcomes you to Milwaukee with complimentary beer and hors d'oeuvres.
A cash bar for wine, bottled beers, cocktails, and nonalcoholic beverages will
be available.
SATURDAY EVENING Banquet and Speaker 7:00–9:00PM
Pots, Maize, and Longhouses: Reflections on the Evolution of the Northern Iroquoians
A talk by John P. Hart, Director of the New York State Museum
Research and Collections Division.
Dinner choices ($35): A) Herb crusted chicken breast; B) Wild
salmon; C) Artichoke and confit of shallot risotto
These contemporary menu choices include appetizer, salad, and
dessert designed by the Hyatt's chef.
SUNDAY MORNING Tour of the Aztalan Site with lunch sponsored by the Friends
of Aztalan 10:00–11:30 AM
See Wisconsin's premier archaeological site with Robert Birmingham, former Wisconsin
State Archaeologist and co-author of Indians Mounds of Wisconsin, and Aztalan:
Mysteries of an Ancient Indian Town. Complimentary lunch for conference attendees,
sponsored by the Friends of Aztalan State Park.
