The annual Kentucky Heritage Council Archaeological Conference provides an opportunity for those interested in archaeology to present and hear papers about current archaeological research in the Commonwealth. Twenty-minute papers are presented by professional archaeologists, consulting archaeologists, archaeology students, and avocational archaeologists. Topics in historical and prehistoric archaeology range from site reports to artifact analysis to application of archaeological methods and techniques.
 

Conference Registration
 

The 17th Annual Kentucky Heritage Council Archaeological Conference will be held in Room 103 of the Garrett Conference Center, Western Kentucky University. Registration for the conference will be on Saturday, February 26 at 8:30 am outside Garrett 103. The registration fee is $10.00.

Direct questions about the conference to David Pollack at (502)564-7005 or David.Pollack@mail.state.ky.us. Direct questions about local arrangements to Darlene Applegate at (270)745-5094 or darlene.applegate@wku.edu.
 

Preliminary Agenda
 

SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 26, 2000
 

8:30    Registration

9:00    Opening Remarks

9:10    An Evaluation of Radiocarbon Data from Mound C, Wickliffe Mound Group (15Ba4) - Hugh Matternas

9:30    Mississippian Household Design - Charles Stout and Jarrod Burks

9:50    The Chemical Composition of Late Mississippian Caborn-Welborn Phase Ceramics from the Lower Ohio Valley - David Pollack, Jason Segrur, David Robertson, and Cheryl Munson

10:10    A Late Prehistoric Fort Ancient Village Site (15Ma179) in Madison County: Preliminary Investigations - Kelli Carmean

10:30    Break

10:40    Recent Research at Singer/Hieronymus, Sequential Fort Ancient Occupations along North Elkhorn Creek, Scott County, Kentucky - A. Gwynn Henderson and David Pollack

11:00    In Search of Margaret Garner:  Archaeological Exploration and Evaluation of the Maplewood Site, Boone County, Kentucky - Kim A. McBride and M. Jay Stottman

11:20    An Analysis of the Materials from Test 7 of the Gower House (15Lv178) - Grant Quertermous

11:40    Archaeological Excavations at Forest Home, Warren County, Kentucky - M. Jay Stottman

12:00    Lunch

1:30    Bringing the Past into the Future Through Public Archaeology - Trina C. Maples, Hank McKelway, and Jo Ann Wilson

1:50    Phase III Archaeological Excavations at Higbee's Tavern - Hank McKelway

2:10    Early Archaic Settlement Mobility and Technological Organization at the Longworth-Gick Site (15Jf243) - Michael French

2:30    Break

2:40    Description and Dating of a Small Early Woodland Ceramic Assemblage Recovered from 15Gp112, Greenup County, Kentucky - Trip Smith

3:00    The Bullock Mound: A Forgotten Site in Woodford County, Kentucky - Eric J. Schlarb

3:20    Farming, Sex, and Shifting Social Organization: A New Approach to Understanding Kentucky's Rock Art - Cecil Ison

3:40    Discussion / Research Reports / Announcements

4:10    Tour of Western Kentucky University Anthropology Laboratory

8:00    Hospitality Room
 

SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 27, 2000
 

9:00    Geoarchaeological Study in the Upper Rolling Fork River Valley, Marion County, Kentucky - Jack H. Ray

9:20    Return to Chiggerville: An Examination of the Archaeological and Geoarchaeological Context - George M. Crothers, Darcy F. Morey, and Julie K. Stein

9:40    A Report on New Radiocarbon Dates and Recent Investigations at Three Green River Archaic Sites - Nicholas P. Herrmann and James P. Fenton

10:00    Archaeological Investigation of the Highland Creek Site (15Un127), Union County, Kentucky - Greg Maggard

10:20    Break

10:35    McConnell's Station: From Frontier to Farmstead - Grant Day

10:55    The Civil War in Frankfort: The Archaeology of Fort Hill and Fort Boone - Richard Stallings

11:15    History Set in Stone: Archaeological Excavations at Bell's Tavern, Park City, Kentucky - Tammy Seiter, Chris Rhoe, and M. Jay Stottman

11:35    Wrapup