Date

Topic

Name(s)

September 14

Middle Archaic

Grayson Greco

September 16

Middle/Late Archaic

 

September 18

Archaic/Early Woodland Transition

 

September 23

Plant domestication

 

September 25

Effects of domestication in the SE/Middle Woodland

 

September 30

Adena/Hopewell

Sarah Upton

October 2

Late Woodland

 

October 9

Emergent Mississippian/Terminal Late Woodland controversy

Dr. Reber

October 14

Food, feasting, and the Emergent Mississippian

Josh Krautwurst

October 16

The rise of urbanism and the Big Bang

Dr. Reber

October 21

Middle Mississippian around the Southeast

Samantha Sadler

October 23

Middle Mississippian Health and Lifeways

 

October 28

SECC—Middle Mississippian religion

Joel Henson

October 30

Late Mississippian around the Southeast

 

November 4

Contact

Allison Ray

November 6

Proto-Historic period

Harry Schmitz

November 11

Historical archaeology

 Conor Real

November 13-15

Field Trip!

 

November 18

Back to Theory—Why dig?  Dig where?

Megan Jones

November 20

Methods of excavation and ethics

Charlene White

November 25

Politics and history of SE archaeology

Tori McNulty

December 2

Overview, Conclusion, Final Party

Everyone!