Title: "I Know What They Ate Last Night"
Presenter: Lynn M. Alex
Description: What did
the peoples of ancient Iowa eat? How do we know?
Grade level/audience:
Youth or adult
Length: 45 minutes
Format:
Lecture
Maximum Audience size: 50
Equipment needed:
LCD projector/screen, table
Preferred venue: Indoors |
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Title: "Stone Boiling and Stone Soup"
Presenter:
Lynn M. Alex
Description: Before stoves and microwaves
how did people in ancient times cook? Learn how using hot rocks.
Grade level/audience: 4th grade to adult
Length:
2-3 hours
Format: Hands-on
Maximum audience:
25
Equipment needed: Campfire or grill
Preferred
venue: Outdoors |
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| Title: “Pioneer-Era Fur Trade in Iowa, 1830s and
1840s"
Presenter: Cynthia Peterson
Description: Did you know there was fur trading in Iowa
right before statehood? Details of trading with the Meskwakis
and Winnebagos, as the topic relates to archaeology at Iowa trading
posts.
Grade level/audience: Tailored to any age
Length: 20-45 minutes
Format: Llecture with artifact display
Maximum audience: Any
Equipment needed: Extension cord, projection screen
Preferred venue: Indoors |
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| Title: “Pioneer Women: Artists on the Frontier"
Presenter: Colleen Eck
Description: Learn about the skills our foremothers needed
to survive which are now considered arts and leisure activities.
See examples and demonstrations of different Pioneer arts.
Grade level/audience: 3rd grade - adult
Length: 2-3 hours
Format: Power Point lecture with hands on and examples
Maximum audience: 50, best with smaller groups
Equipment needed: Projection screen, three prong outlets
for projector and computer (power point) and a table for hands
on/examples
Preferred venue: Indoors |
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Title: “So You Want to Be an Archaeologist"
Presenter: Colleen Eck
Description: Interested
in becoming an archaeologist? Learn what archaeologists do, how
to get on the track to becoming an archaeologist, and tips to help
you get there.
Grade level/audience: High School
Length: 45 minutes - 1 hour
Format: Power Point
lecture
Maximum audience: 100 - 150
Equipment
needed: Projection screen, three prong outlets for computer
and projector Preferred venue: Indoors |
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Title: “Recording Archaeological Sites in Iowa: A
how-to guide"
Presenter: Colleen Eck
Description: Is your group interested in recording archaeological
sites in the Iowa Site File? Find out how to record sites, how
to learn more about recorded sites on the internet, and how recording
archaeological sites promotes historic preservation in Iowa.
Grade level/audience: Adult
Length: 1 - 1 1/2 hours
Format: Power Point lecture
Maximum audience: 100
Equipment needed: Projection screen, three prong outlets
for computer and projector
Preferred venue: Indoors |
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Title: The Crow Creek Site and Ancient Plains Warfare
Presenter: Lynn M. Alex
Description: Seven centuries
ago a large, agricultural village on the Missouri River was attacked
and burned and over 500 people lost their lives. Learn how archaeologists
and forensic anthropologists reconstructed this tragic event and
how scientists and Indian peoples worked together to commemorate
and honor the victims.
Grade level/audience: Youth or
adult
Length: 50-60 minutes
Format: Lecture
Maximum Audience size: 50
Equipment needed: LCD
projector/screen, table
Preferred venue: Indoors |
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Title: "Archaeology"
Presenter: Lynn M. Alex
Description: What is archaeology? What methods and techniques
do archaeologists use to study the past? See examples of archaeological
sites, projects, and discoveries from various parts of the world.
Grade level/audience: Youth or adult
Length: 45-60
minutes
Format: Lecture
Maximum Audience size:
50
Equipment needed: LCD projector/screen, table
Preferred venue: Indoors |
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Title: "Fortified Villages of Northwest Iowa"
Presenter: Lynn M. Alex or Stephen C. Lensink
Description:
One thousand years ago Indian people along the Big and Little Sioux
rivers and their tributary streams in northwest Iowa lived year-round
in fortified villages. Here they designed and planted extensive
agricultural fields that produced large quantities of garden produce
stored in underground caches. Entire village sites were protected
by stockades of wooden posts and adjacent ditches. Recent archaeological
research and mapping reveal the extent and complexity of these fortifications
and garden systems.
Length: 45-60 minutes
Format:
Lecture
Maximum Audience size: 50
Equipment needed:
LCD projector/screen, table
Preferred venue: Indoors |
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Title: "Iowa Prehistory"
Presenter: Lynn M.
Alex or Stephen C. Lensink
Description: People have lived
in Iowa for 13,000 years. How do we know? What does archaeological
evidence tell us about Iowa's prehistoric past and the lifeways
of ancient peoples?
Grade level/audience: Youth or adult
Length: 45-60 minutes
Format: Lecture
Maximum
Audience size: 50
Equipment needed: LCD projector/screen,
table
Preferred venue: Indoors |
