Poster Symposium
Organizer: Jason L. King
63rd Annual Midwest Archaeological Conference
Mankato Civic Center
Friday, October 11, 2019
1:30-33:30 pm
Rooms 279a and 279b
During the 2019 field season, nine students participated in the National Science “Long-term Perspectives on Human-River Dynamics at the Confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers: Interdisciplinary Research for Students in Ecology and Archeology” is the Center for American Archeology’s (CAA) National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduate (NSF-REU) program designed to provide students with practical experiences in archaeological and anthropological research. This unique program exposes students to topics and experiences necessary for careers in STEM fields and encourages scientific literacy. As part of the CAA NSF-REU experience, students complete original research projects that engage elements of the diverse 10,000-year human record of the Lower Illinois Valley. In the summer of 2019, nine students addressed multiple dimensions of past and present human, plant, and landscape interactions from a variety of archaeological, paleoethnobotanical, and ethnographic perspectives. This symposium presents results of their research.
Testing the Soil Preferences of Erect Knotweed (Polygonum erectum) in a Common Garden Experiment
Megan E. Belcher (University of Tennessee- Knoxville), Daniel R. Williams (Ohio State University), and Natalie G. Mueller (Washington University in St. Louis)
Using Paleoethnobotanical Data to Put the Prairie Back into “The Prairie State”
Kirsten Nafziger (Vanderbilt University)
Reanalysis of Chipped-Stone Artifacts at the Kamp Mound Group (11C12)
Caleb Blair (Cornell College) and Jason King (Center for American Archeology)
Using Elevation and the Floodplain to Analyze the Settlement and Abandonment of Sites in the Lower Illinois River Valley
Danielle Duguid (University at Albany, SUNY)
Using Magnetometry to Identify Late Woodland Pit and House Features
Claire L. Hankla (Smith College), Jacob Lulewicz (Washington University in St. Louis), and Jason L. King (Center for American Archeology)
Cooking in a Lost Kitchen
Zoe Blair (Wichita State University) and Natalie G. Mueller (Washington University in St. Louis)
Putting Mound House on the Map : Comparing Magnetometry and Excavation
Patricia A. Mathu (University of Texas at Dallas) and Jason L. King (Center for American Archeology)
Paleoethnobotanical Primary Analysis of German Site
Chloe K. Butcher (Allegheny College), David Ruiz Menjivar (University of Florida), Megan Belcher (University of Tennessee Knoxville), and Natalie G. Mueller (Washington University)
Anthropological STEM Research Experiences at the Center for American Archeology
Jason L. King (Center for American Archeology), Jane E. Buikstra (Arizona State University), Natalie G. Mueller (Washington University in St. Louis), Jacob Lulewicz (Washington University in St. Louis), Andrew Flachs (Purdue University), and Daniel Williams (Ohio State University)