Pre-Historic Caddo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 5, 2008

Lyle Sparkman
(417) 472-7210

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - The sixth meeting of the 2007-08 year for the Southwest Missouri Chapter of the Missouri Archaeological Society will feature a presentation on “Archaeology of the Prehistoric Caddo."

 

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 7 in Room 105 of Webster Hall at Missouri Southern State University, 3950 E. Newman Road in Joplin.

 

The presenter will be Dr. Ann Early, a professor at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Early is Arkansas's State Archaeologist and head of the Arkansas Archaeological Survey, recognized as one of the premier archaeologists in the mid-south.

 

Her talk will center on the Caddo, whose northern range included southwest Missouri in pre-historic times.

 

Upcoming presenters include:

 

March 13
Dr. Jill Greer, Missouri Southern State University.
Topic: “Ioway Sacred Bundles and a Head on a Pole”

 

April 10
Dr. Elizabeth Sobel
Missouri State University
Topic: "Household Archaeology on the Lower Columbia River"

 

May 8
Larry Grantham
Missouri Department of Transportation
Topic: “Archaeological Projects of Interest”

For more information, contact Lyle Sparkman at (417) 472-7210 or by e-mail at sparkmanl@mail.enr6.k12.mo.us .

 

 

 

 

 

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