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Announcements (5 postings)

Sale on Indiana Archaeology Month Shirts

If you are interested in Indiana Archaeology Month t-shirts, the 2008 shirts are still available for purchase through May 31st. They are now available for the very affordable price of only $ 5.00 each! Since it is uncertain if Archaeology Month shirts will be produced this year, don’t miss your chance to get one from last year, while they last. For those who will be conducting archaeological field schools within the next few months, why not consider these products as a great way to say thanks to volunteers or dig participants? To see the shirts, go to http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/4289.htm. If you are interested in making a purchase, feel free to call 317/232-4200. As always, the Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology appreciates your continued support and interest in Indiana Archaeology Month.

Posted 20 April 2009
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New Archeology Preservation Trust Fund in Indiana

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources and its Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology (DHPA) are pleased to announce the creation of the Archeology Preservation Trust fund. Changes to Indiana Code (IC) 14-21-1 (http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title14/ar21/ch1.html) last year authorized the creation of this fund. Section 34 provides that the division may conduct a program with this fund to assist private homeowners who have accidentally discovered an artifact, a burial object, or human remains and who need assistance to comply with an approved plan to excavate or secure the site from further disturbance. Under Section 34, the division may receive gifts and grants as sources of monies for the fund. Members of the public may now make contributions. To donate, checks or money orders can be made out to the Archeology Preservation Trust Fund and sent to the division at the following address:

Archeology Preservation Trust Fund
Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology
402 West Washington Street, Room W274
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739

The DHPA will also be working on creating a brochure regarding this fund and the opportunity for contributions, and if you would like copies of the brochure in the future to help spread the word, don't hesitate to contact Amy Johnson at 317/232-6982 or ajohnson@dnr.IN.gov.

Posted 4 April 2009
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Indiana Archaeology

The next volume of the periodic archaeology journal, Indiana Archaeology, is currently being compiled by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. The journal, edited by Indiana State Archaeologist Dr. Rick Jones and Amy Johnson, Senior Archaeologist and Archaeology Outreach Coordinator, continues a tradition of scholarly research, and important contributions, in the science of archaeology. The topics are specific to Indiana, but they also have importance in the broader context of midwestern archaeology.

If you would like to be notified when the document (which will be web-based) is available later this spring, feel free to email Amy Johnson (ajohnson@dnr.IN.gov), and let her know that you are interested in the journal.

Posted 7 March 2009
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Preserve America Grant Award

The Indiana State Historic Preservation Office (the Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology [DHPA]) has been awarded a Preserve America grant for $180,454 to create an inventory of Indiana’s prehistoric mounds and earthworks. The project will be conducted in partnership with archaeologists at several of the state’s universities and of other affiliations. In addition to creating the inventory, this exciting project will develop a narrative report of findings and recommendations, and establish a webpage to educate the public. Look for additional details in the DHPA’s next newsletter, Preserving Indiana, and feel free to go to preserveamerica.gov to learn more about the national Preserve America initiative.

Posted 17 February 2009
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2009/2010 Research Grants
State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI)
Call for Applications

The State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) announces a grant program for the 2009/2010 academic year. SHSI will award up to ten stipends of $1,000 each to support original research and interpretive writing related to the history of Iowa or Iowa and the Midwest. Preference will be given to applicants proposing to pursue previously neglected topics or new approaches to or interpretations of previously treated topics. SHSI invites applicants from a variety of backgrounds, including academic and public historians, graduate students, and independent researchers and writers. Applications will be judged on the basis of their potential for producing work appropriate for publication in The Annals of Iowa. Grant recipients will be expected to produce an annotated manuscript targeted for The Annals of Iowa, SHSIs scholarly journal.

Applications for the 2009/2010 awards must be postmarked by April 15, 2009. Download application guidelines from our Web site or request guidelines or further information from:

Research Grants
State Historical Society of Iowa
402 Iowa Avenue
Iowa City IA 52240-1806

Phone: 319-335-3931
e-mail: marvin-bergman@uiowa.edu

Marvin Bergman, editor
THE ANNALS OF IOWA
402 Iowa Avenue
Iowa City IA 52240

ph. 319-335-3931
FAX 319-335-3935

For more information about the State Historical Society of Iowa or to find out how you can support its mission of preserving, conserving, promoting, and interpreting Iowa history, visit our Web site at http://www.iowahistory.org

Posted 3 February 2009
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Archaeology in the News

The following links are great compilations of recent archaeology in the news.

Archaeology Magazine's
Monthly News Index

Texas A&M Anthropology Department's News Index
(updated quite often)

Theses and Dissertation Abstract Archive

An archive of
abstracts from theses
and dissertations of relevance to the members of MAC.

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2004
2003
2002

 

News Archive

Summer 2003

Fall 2003/Spring 2004

Transitions

Transitions entries
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2003

 

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