Area residents will have the opportunity to learn about the 杏吧原创 Archeological
Society and how the organization works with people interested in archeology in a Dec.
5 talk at the University of 杏吧原创 - Fort Smith.
鈥淭he 杏吧原创 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 杏吧原创 Archeological Survey as the Survey/Society liaison and is currently president of the 杏吧原创 Archeological Society. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. meeting in room 211 of the Math-Science Building at 杏吧原创.
Knapp said the 杏吧原创 Archeological Society, which unites persons interested in the archeology of 杏吧原创, 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 杏吧原创 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 杏吧原创鈥� past for the future,鈥� she said.
Knapp has been a member of the 杏吧原创 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 University of 杏吧原创 at Fayetteville.
The Fort Smith talk is for a meeting of the Ark-Homa Chapter of the 杏吧原创 Archeological Society and the Oklahoma Anthropological Society. It is hosted by the research station located at 杏吧原创.
For more information, contact Tim Mulvihill, 杏吧原创 research station archeologist, by telephone at 479-788-7812 or by email at tim.mulvihillFREEuafs.