Fwd from ACRA-L:

Dear Colleague

I would like to inform you of the upcoming National Park Service
archeological prospection workshop to be held May 7-11, 2012, at the Cedar
Point Biological Station
near Ogallala, Nebraska, and the Alkali Station Site.

The workshop is open to all archeologists and students, as well as those
folks interested in forensic and cemetery investigations.  Please pass this
information on to your students, faculty, staff, and other interested
individuals.

Please forgive any duplicate postings of the announcement.


See the following announcement for details:


National Park Service?s 2012 Archaeological Prospection Workshop

The National Park Service?s 2012 workshop on archaeological prospection
techniques entitled Current Archaeological Prospection Advances for
Non-Destructive Investigations in the 21st Century will be held May 7-11,
2012, at the Cedar Point Biological Station near Ogallala, Nebraska.
Lodging will be at the Cedar Point Biological Station near Ogallala,
Nebraska.  The field exercises will take place at the site of Alkali
Station near Paxton, Nebraska.  Alkali Station was a major trail facility
used by travelers on the Oregon and California trails, the Pony Express,
the transcontinental telegraph, and the frontier army.  Co-sponsors for the
workshop include the National Park Service?s Midwest Archeological Center,
the Lute Family, and the University of Nebraska?s Cedar Point Biological
Station.  This will be the twenty-second year of the workshop dedicated to
the use of geophysical, aerial photography, and other remote sensing
methods as they apply to the identification, evaluation, conservation, and
protection of archaeological resources across this Nation.  The workshop
will present lectures on the theory of operation, methodology, processing,
and interpretation with on-hands use of the equipment in the field.  There
is a registration charge of $475.00.  Application forms are available on
the Midwest Archeological Center?s web page at
<http://www.nps.gov/history/mwac/>.  For further information, please
contact Steven L. DeVore, Archeologist, National Park Service, Midwest
Archeological Center, Federal Building, Room 474, 100 Centennial Mall
North, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3873: tel: (402) 437-5392, ext. 141; fax:
(402) 437-5098; email: <steve_de_vore@nps.gov>.

Steve
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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
    (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Scandal in Bohemia")

Steven L. DeVore, Archeologist
National Park Service
Midwest Archeological Center
Federal Building, Room 474
100 Centennial Mall North
Lincoln, NE 68508-3803  USA

Phone: (402) 437-5392, ext. 141
Fax: (402) 437-5098
Email: steve_de_vore@nps.gov
Website: http://www.nps.gov/history/mwac/

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