[OR_Archaeology] State of Portland Archaeology

[Wendy Ann Wright]

Portland State's Department of Anthropology and the Anthropology Student
Association
invite you to the March installment of
Portland State's First Thursday Archaeology Lecture Series:

*S**tate of Portland Archaeology*
*Thursday March 4th, 4 p.m.*
*Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 294*
*(**1825 SW Broadway, 97201)*

a conversation about the state of archaeology in Portland, OR featuring
local archaeologists:

*Dr. Kenneth M. Ames <http://web.pdx.edu/~amesk/>*, Professor and Chair,
Department of Anthropology, Portland State University

*David V. Ellis, M.P.A. <http://willamettecra.com/staff.html>*, Principal
Archaeologist, Willamette Cultural Resources Associates, Ltd.

*Jo Reese, M.A., RPA <http://www.ainw.com/Staff.htm>*, Corporate Vice
President and Senior Archaeologist, Archaeological Investigations Northwest,
Inc.

*Bill R. Roulette, M.A., RPA <http://www.aar-crm.com/staff.html>*, President
and Principal Investigator, Applied Archaeological Research, Inc.


Here are some of the questions about Portland archaeology we plan to
address:

*What do we know/don't know? *
-Where are sites?
-What kind of sites are they?
-How old are the sites?

*How do we know what we know?*
-Who has done the archaeology?
-Why is the archaeology happening?
-What research questions are being asked?

*How are we sharing what we know?*
-How is information being published?
-Who is receiving the information?

*How are we applying what we know?*
-What can the archaeology of Portland do for people?
-How do we want archaeology to be used?

Join us for the conversation on the *S**tate of Portland Archaeology*
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*Thursday March 4th, 4 p.m.*
*Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 294*
*(**1825 SW Broadway, 97201)*

*Also mark your calendars for the April 1st program, when we
welcome Gwendolyn Trice, the founder and Executive Director of the Maxville
Heritage Interpretive Center <http://www.maxvilleheritage.org/>.  Ms. Trice
will bring stories of the Maxville Heritage Project, featured on OPB's
Oregon Experience, "The Logger's
Daughter<http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonexperience/programs/19-The-Logger-s-Daughter>",
which describes the multicultural community of a northeastern Oregon town
built by a Missouri lumber company in 1923.


Students in Dr. Douglas Wilson's Historic Archaeology course in the PSU's
Department of Anthropology are currently assisting the Maxville Heritage
Interpretive Center with background research for the Maxville Heritage
Project.  Come learn about this important site and discuss the potential for
its archaeology.
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*For questions, suggestions or more information about the Portland State's
First Thursday Archaeology Lecture Series please call 503.725.3081 or email
wendyannwright at gmail.com
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