Archeological Society of Virginia Massanutten Chapter Celebrating 36 Years! MAY 2015 MAY Meeting Speaker Our speaker for the May meeting will be Aaron Lovejoy, graduating JMU Senior and winner of the Kay Veith Scholarship at JMU. Aaron will speak on his undergraduate research: "Witchcraft, Anthropophagy, or Social Control? Evaluating an 'Extreme Processing Event' at Sacred Ridge, Colorado, A. D. 800". Hope to see you there. MCASV Mailing Address Change Submitted by Jeff Good The P.O. Box in Bridgewater that we had for over a decade has been closed. Submitted by Kay Veith Inside this issue: May Meeting Speaker 1 MCASV Address Change 1 Certification & Training Opportunities ASV 75th and Kittiewan 10th Anniversary Celebration May Birthdays 5 Upcoming events 5 2 3, 4 Please send all mail to: MCASV c/o Cindy Schroer 1268 Limestone Road Mt Sidney, VA 24467
Certification and Training Opportunities Submitted by Carole Nash 1. May 6-7: Fairfield Foundation, St. Paul s Churchyard Cemetery excavations, Norfolk 2. May 11-25: ASV-PIT-CBAC return to the Eastern Shore. Work sites: Eyre Hall, Savage Neck, and Craddock Neck, with May 16 as Public Archaeology Day in Cape Charles 3. May 26-27: Fairfield Foundation, Hogge Site excavations, Gloucester 4. May-June: Fairfield Foundation, prehistoric and historic survey, Mount Vernon cemetery project. 5. June 22-30: ASV-JMU return to White House Farm, Page Valley. 6. August: annual Week-Long Lab School and course extravaganza at VDHR. 7. October 18: annual course offerings at the ASV Annual Meeting Page 2
WE RE HAVING A PARTY!....and you re invited!! KITTIEWAN PLANTATION It s the 75 th Anniversary of the Archeological Society of Virginia and Kittiewan s 10 th Anniversary! Come help us celebrate!! JUNE 13, 2015 Kittiewan Plantation 12104 Weyanoke Road Charles City, Virginia Page 3
Schedule of Events 10 AM 12 PM: Open House Tours 12 PM 12:30 PM: ASV 75 th Anniversary Ceremony 12:30 1:30 PM: ASV Member Lunch 12:30 4:00 PM: Open House Tours All Day: Music by the BowldSojer Band Artifact Identification Session (bring your collection!) Displays/information by ASV Chapters Special archeological exhibit: ASV and Kittiewan History Cake and punch for all visitors Page 4
Upcoming Events May 6 June 3 June 13 July TBA Aug 5 Sept 2 Oct 7 Nov 4 Dec 5 Aaron Lovejoy, graduating JMU Senior and winner of the Kay Veith Scholarship at JMU. Aaron will speak on his undergraduate research: "Witchcraft, Anthropophagy, or Social Control? Evaluating an 'Extreme Processing Event' at Sacred Ridge, Colorado, A. D. 800". ASV 75th and Kittiewan 10th Anniversary Event at Kittiewan Plantation MCASV Picnic at Wayne & Linda Waggy s Randy Lichtenberger, Director of Cultural Resources, Hurt and Proffitt (Lynchburg) Archaeology of the Cabellsville Project in Nelson County, Virginia SATURDAY 5pm 9:30pm Annual MCASV Christmas Dinner and Silent Auction. Please bring a dish to share and items for the Silent Auction! May Birthdays May 1st Paul Bisgaard May 19th Doug Wright May 24th Carole Nash Submissions encouraged! Deadline for the next issue is February 20th. Please contact us with any comments, articles, tips, or concerns. Publisher: Jeff Good atlatlist@comcast.net Please complete the MCAV Membership Application and submit to the MCASV Treasurer, so we have your birthdates for the newsletter Editor: Glenn Huffman glengen@hotmail.com Page 5