Kentucky Organization of Professional Archaeologists
September is drawing closer and with it Archaeology month is fast approaching. This year, we’ve decided to honor the 30 year anniversary of Living Archaeology Weekend on our poster design. here’s to many more successful LAW events in the future!
Also check out our calendar for events happening during Archaeology Month. If you’ve got an event that we’ve missed, then please email lstein@ciarch.com to have it included. Thank you!
We can now accept online payments for membership dues through Paypal. Please see Our Membership page near the bottom of the page to send yours in. Thank you!
September is Kentucky Archaeology Month. A calendar is in place on the KYOPA website. It is not too early to be thinking about planning and listing activities for the month! Be sure to send your project name and date along so that these can be posted on the calendar. Send to lstein@ciarch.com.
New full time archaeologist positions have recently become available- two with Daniel Boone National Forest, and another with Natural Resources Conservation Service.
“Do you want to work for a premier conservation agency whose mission is to “help people help the land?” For more than 83 years, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has worked in close partnership with farmers, ranchers, forest managers, non-governmental organizations, local and state governments, and other federal agencies to create and maintain healthy and productive working landscapes.”
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“The Redbird Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest is looking for a highly motivated individual to serve as District Archeologist. The incumbent will be responsible for inventory, evaluation, and advice on heritage and cultural resource management, including determination of effects of projects on cultural resources and recommended mitigation.”
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Outreach Announcement for Permanent Full Time GS 0193-09 District Archeologist Daniel Boone NF Redbird RDz
“The Daniel Boone National Forest will soon be advertising an archeologist position on the Stearns Ranger District with the duty station in Whitley City, KY. This is a permanent, full-time position. The incumbent is responsible for inventory, evaluation, and advice on heritage and cultural resource management, including determination of effects of projects on cultural resources and recommended mitigation.”
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Outreach Archeologist Whitley City KY
We are pleased to announce the first Eastern Kentucky Archaeology Group talk of 2018, on Tuesday, March 27th. The meeting will take place at the Recreation Building in the Boonesborough State Park campground (our usual location). Doors open at 6 pm, with the program to begin at 6:30 pm.
Dr. C. Broughton Anderson from Berea College will present an overview of recent projects by the college. Three specific projects will be discussed in more detail by the students who are carrying them out. With over 8500 acres of forested land, Berea College is in possession of a vast amount of property containing invaluable Native American and historic cultural resources. Recent research projects have sought to locate and record Native American and historic sites located within the College Forest, to educate the Berea College about the rich archaeological resources at its back door, and to develop preservation strategies so that future members of the community can enjoy and learn from them. Density analysis of debitage (stone tool making debris) retrieved from a production site, projectile point identification from points held in the Berea College Geology collection, and recent research on property ownership by freed slaves will be presented. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage directly with students doing the work and ask and/or answer questions about it.
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