Area residents will have the opportunity to learn about the Arkansas Archeological Society and how the organization works with people interested in archeology in a Dec. 5 talk at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.

 

“The Arkansas Archeological Society: Opportunities for Amateurs to Work with Professionals to Preserve the Past” is the topic to be presented by Marilyn Knapp, who works for the Arkansas Archeological Survey as the Survey/Society liaison and is currently president of the Arkansas Archeological Society. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. meeting in room 211 of the Math-Science Building at UAFS.

 

Knapp said the Arkansas Archeological Society, which unites persons interested in the archeology of Arkansas, works to recognize and preserve the cultural heritage and prehistory of the state and to foster and encourage the public’s interest in the preservation of the past.

 

Knapp will discuss the Society and how its collaborative efforts with the professional archeologists of the Arkansas Archeological Survey teach the Society’s members the proper methods to discover, record and learn about archeological sites.

 

“This gives the members of the Society the opportunity to be a part of preserving Arkansas’ past for the future,” she said.

 

Knapp has been a member of the Arkansas Archeological Society since 1994. She has held a variety of positions for both the Kokoci Chapter of the Society and the executive committee of the state Society. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in anthropology with an emphasis in archeology from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

 

The Fort Smith talk is for a meeting of the Ark-Homa Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Society and the Oklahoma Anthropological Society. It is hosted by the research station located at UAFS.

 

For more information, contact Tim Mulvihill, UAFS research station archeologist, by telephone at 479-788-7812 or by email at tim.mulvihill@uafs.edu.