Geological
Society of America
Celebrating the International Year of Planet Earth
5-9 October 2008 • Houston, Texas
George R. Brown Convention Center
The 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, American Society
of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America,
Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section
of SEPM. Hosted by the Houston Geological Society .
Registration deadline: Early Bird, 14 July 2008, Standard, 15 July thru
2 September 2008
Abstract deadline: 3 June 2008
The Society for Applied Anthropology
Society for California Archaeology
The SCA is dedicated to the research, conservation, understanding, and interpretation of the Golden State’s archaeological resources. Full and adjunct members combined, recent membership has ranged between 1,200-1,500 annually, with a core membership of professional historical and prehistoric archaeologists numbering around 800 individuals. Our web site provides job links, membership information, by-laws, information on publications, and a growing body of research and education content.
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The Office of the State Archaeologist(OSA) provides primarily textual information on Iowa's cultural heritage, including detailed prehistoric culture history overviews. The site also provides an extensive list of links to regional archaeology. OSA, in conjunction with the University of Iowa Anthropology Department, provides an Oneota Archaeology web site with links to an annotated bibliography of Oneota archaeology, ethnography, and osteology, and an animated map showing the spread of Oneota culture, AD 900 through 1650. Further information is available at the Oneota webpage.
The Kansas State Historical Society serves up a timeline of Kansas prehistory and history. The Archaeology Programs page lists opportunities to participate in archaeological research in Kansas. The Archaeologist's page has general information for archaeologists.
The Museum of Anthropology at the University of Kansas offers information on the museum's large ethnographic and archaeological collections, including searchable databases.
The Professional Archaeologists of Kansas, a not for profit organization, encourages and facilitates communication among all interested in the historic and prehistoric cultural heritage of Kansas. The PAK promotes the importance of archaeology to the general public through various means, one of which is the production and distribution of an archaeology month poster and associated educational materials.
Mankato State University's Anthropology Department provides a useful group of web sites relevant to the Plains. Their on-line bibliography of Minnesota Archaeology is searchable by author and key title words. The Minnesota Prehistory pages offers taxonomic charts, several site descriptions, descriptions and illustrations of tool types, and specific technologies, such as copper tool-making. The Institute for Minnesota Archaeology From Site to Story web project is a very informative introduction to the paleoenvironments and archaeology of several Minnesota localities. The Minnesota Historical Society's Window to the Past provides information on topics including rock art, industrial archaeology, fur trade research, and biographies of important Minnesota archaeologists.
The Missouri Archaeological Society web site has a summary of Missouri archaeology, including drawings of representative projectile points.
The National Park Service provides a link to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument with extensive information on history, excavations, artifacts, and fire-arms.Montana Archaeological Society information can be found at their website. Find information about Pictograph Cave State Park here.
The Archeology Division of the Nebraska Historical Society provides a time line of Nebraska prehistory. The National Park Service's Midwest Archeological Center web site has information on archaeological studies at Fort Union and the Little Bighorn Battlefield, a guide to nineteenth century bottles, and a River Basin Surveys photo gallery.
Nebraska Archaeological Society
The web page for the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site includes an online tour of a reconstructed earthlodge, a teacher's guide for public education, and a historic and prehistoric overview of the site. The Midwest Archaeological Center provides a link to the Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site with information about the fort's history and an excavation photo gallery.
The Division of Archaeology at the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History offers information on the history of archaeological research in Oklahoma from beginnings in 1916 through the WPA era of the 1930s to the present., illustrated with photographs of excavations and artifacts. Richard Drass' home page has an overview of the Plains Village complexes of the Southern Plains in Oklahoma and Texas. The prehistory, paleoclimates, and paleontology of western Oklahoma is feature in an on-line research report, "Thirty Thousand Years of Change on the Dempsey Divide." The Oklahoma Archeological Survey website has information about sites in Oklahoma and an archaeological dig game for students.
The South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center contains information on some archaeological sites in South Dakota including a link to recent excavation projects. There are links to an artifact image archive with basic information and graphics on archaeological artifacts such as stone tools and pottery. The Augustana College Archaeology Laboratory web site provides basic site information, including images of artifacts from sites including the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village, the Ray Long site, the Blood Run site, the Lange-Ferguson site, the Indian School Village site, and information about the National Historic Landmark nominated sites in the Middle Missouri subarea. The University of South Dakota web site on People and Environmental Change on the Northern Plains includes archaeological material and is aimed at young adults, with classroom exercises for teachers. There is a useful, on-line, annotated bibliography of South Dakota archaeology, current through 1994.
The Texas Beyond History site is produced by the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL) at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Archeological Society. This virtual museum showcases some of the state's most significant prehistoric sites, including Bonfire Shelter, the Gault site, Harrell site, and Lubbock Lake as well as historic sites such as those pertaining to the Plains Indian/U.S. Military Red River Wars.
The Southern Texas Archaeological Association, www.staa.org, is a regional scientific and educational organization for individuals and groups interested in the archaeology, ethnohistory and prehistory of south-central and southern Texas
The Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center provides excellent materials on extensive Oneota projects in the La Crosse locality The materials range from professional reports to materials for public education. This web site is in many ways a model for presenting materials of use to both avocational and professional archaeologists, with text at different level, and good use of graphics.
The Vore Buffalo Jump offers site description, photos, and a history of excavations. The Wyoming Internet Map Server allows users to compile maps of Wyoming from a variety of geographic data sources, including streams, highways, topography, geology, and cultural resources. The cultural resource data layer displays a chloropleth map color-coded according to the numbers of recorded sites per section (1 mile square). An online query feature generates tabular data for user-selected sections.
This series of links originated from the "PlainsWeb" created by Larry J. Zimmerman and Shesh Mathur at the University of Iowa Department of Anthropology and modified later by Joe Artz, Geographic Information Coordinator in the Office of the State Archaeologist at the University of Iowa.