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Thursday, January 18, 7:30 PM CT

South Suburban Archaeological Society (SSAS) (In-person & via ZOOM)

"Unseen Art in Ancient Mesoamerica” 

with Dr. Claudia Brittenham, University of Chicago 

To view this program remotely, send an email requesting access to the link below.  Make your request as soon as possible and include enough information to verify your identity.  1-2 days before the presentation, the host will respond with an invitation to attend via Zoom.

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For additional program information, visit the website of the South Suburban Archaeological Society.

Marie Irwin Community Center

18120 Highland Avenue, Homewood

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https://southsuburbanarchsociety.weebly.com/upcoming-events.html

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March 16, 7:30 PM CT

(In-person & via ZOOM)

South Suburban Archaeological Society (SSAS) presents:

"Kincaid Mounds: A Major Mississippian Center on the Lower Ohio River”

Dr. Tamira Brennan, Section Head, Curation/Ancient Technologies & Archaeological Materials at the Illinois State Archaeological Survey/Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)  

The Kincaid site of southernmost Illinois is one of the largest Mississippian period mound centers ever built. Its native occupation spanned ~AD 1100-1450 and, although its location in what is now a very rural area makes it a lesser-known gem than Cahokia or Moundville, it occupied an important place in the social landscape of the region during the pre-contact era. It also played a major role in the history of North American archaeology, as it served as a training ground for the University of Chicago’s then-preeminent archaeological field program. Dr. Tamira Brennan will discuss the history of Kincaid, both the recent and distant past, and address its role within a network of interconnected sites that spanned the southeastern part of our continent nearly a century ago.  

This event is free and open to the public.  Please join us for light refreshments before the program.  

To view this program remotely, send an email requesting access to the link below.  Make your request as soon as possible and include enough information to verify your identity.  1-2 days before the presentation, the host will respond with an invitation to attend via Zoom.

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Marie Irwin Community Center 18120 Highland Avenue, Homewood

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Thursday, February 16 - 7:30 PM CT

(In-person & via ZOOM)

Marie Irwin Community Center 18120 Highland Avenue, Homewood

South Suburban Archaeological Society (SSAS) presents:

"How great was Great Zimbabwe? - Exploring the Archaeology of Southern Africa's most Successful Pre-industrial Civilization"

Dr. Foreman Bandama, Assistant Curator of African Anthropology at the Field Museum of Chicago & Lecturer at the University of Illinois (Chicago)  

There are over twenty-five great African civilizations outside Egypt.  How many of these do you know about?  Not much is known about the majority of these and very few are promoted to the level of their greatness.  For a continent that continues to suffer prejudice, the past should, and does offer immovable landmarks that speak the African story of achievements.  For example, beyond the north African pyramids, the Great Enclosure at the medieval site of Great Zimbabwe (1000-1900CE) in Zimbabwe, is the largest dry stone-built structure in pre-colonial Africa.  Indeed, pre-industrial socio-political complexity reached its peak in southern Africa at Great Zimbabwe, which by the end of the 13th century, covered over 750 hectares in extent, was the capital of the largest state in southern Africa, and spread into lands later demarcated as Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana and Zambia.  

This event is free and open to the public.  Please join us for light refreshments before the program.  

To view this program remotely, send an email requesting access to the link below.  Make your request as soon as possible and include enough information to verify your identity.  1-2 days before the presentation, the host will respond with an invitation to attend via Zoom.

[email protected]

For additional program information, visit the website of the South Suburban Archaeological Society.

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January 19, 6:00 PM CT

Cahokia Archaeological Society in person lecture

"Terminal Late Woodland in East-Central Missouri"

Joe Harl from the Archaeological Research Center of St. Louis  Collinsville Memorial Library on Main Street. A number of changes took place between the end of the Late Woodland Period (900 C.E.) and the beginning of the Mississippian Period (1050 C.E.).  These changes include minor ones, such as how pottery was produced, to more substantial changes, such as the re-establishment of long distance trade and intensification of cultivation.  Changes that took place during this time in eastern Missouri will be discussed. Collinsville Memorial Library on Main Street, Collinsville, Illinois

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Sunday, December 4, 3:30 PM

Chicago Archaeological Society Zoom

"The Movement of Peoples into and thru the Americas"

Dr. Jennifer Raff of University of Kansas and author of the recent book "Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas”

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Thursday, November 17 at 7:30 PM CT(In-Person and via ZOOM)

South Suburban Archaeological Society (SSAS) presents:

"Unearthing Chicago's Bronzeville: Historical Archaeology in Residential Backyards"  

with Dr. Michael Gregory

Archaeological investigations of three residential properties located in what became known as Chicago’s Bronzeville Neighborhood provide unique glimpses into the everyday life of African Americans who took up residence in this northern, industrial metropolis as part of the Great Migration beginning circa 1915.  Excavated deposits have produced layers rich in artifacts that speak to both the opportunities and constraints faced by the residents. In addition, archival collections complement the artifact assemblages.  These two sets of data reveal emergent, interpretable patterns related to consumerism, intersectional identity, and public health. 

Such patterns demonstrate the relevancy of archaeology as a counter balance to a range of historical and contemporary forces that converge and work either to erase or to bias this period in public memory. The backyard excavations in Bronzeville reveal the rich potential of the neighborhood’s archaeological record, and together, excavations and archival research will offer new or forgotten insights into the actions, attitudes, and consequences that shaped the 20th-century African American experience in Chicago, while also providing comparable data for similar studies undertaken in other northern and western cities where participants of the Great Migration settled.  

 Dr. Michael Gregory is a professional archaeologist who has worked in a variety of academic, governmental, non-profit, and cultural resources management settings during the past 40 years. He presently serves on the Board of Directors of the Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation, Inc., and is semi-employed directing excavations at Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovery sites through American Veterans Archaeological Recovery and SNA International, a forensic science consulting firm. In addition to his current research interest in Civil War-era Camp Douglas, he also focuses on later urban trends related to suburbanization and the Great Migration in the Chicago area. NOTE: Dr. Gregory will be appearing in person at the Irwin Center (18120 Highland Ave., Homewood, IL).  Please join us for light refreshments before the program.  This event is free and open to the public.

Those who wish to view this presentation remotely via Zoom should send an email requesting access to the link below. If at all possible, please make your request at least 24 hours prior to the program.  Include enough information in the email to verify your identity.  A day or two before the program, the host will respond with an invitation to attend through Zoom.   [email protected] For further information, please visit the website of the South Suburban Archaeological Society.

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SOUTH SUBURBAN CHAPTER EVENT OCTOBER 20

Thursday, October 20 at 7:30 PM CT (In-Person and via ZOOM)

South Suburban Archaeological Society (SSAS) presents: "Archaeological Excavations at the Black Friary in Trim, Ireland"

with Dr. Rachel Scott, DePaul University In AD 1263, Geoffrey de Geneville, Lord of Trim, founded a Dominican friary north of the town wall.  The Black Friary was a powerful institution in medieval Trim, as indicated by its extensive lands and its use for ecclesiastical and governmental meetings.  Following its dissolution under Henry VIII, the friary fell into disrepair and was eventually sold as a quarry in the 1750s.  The memory of the place, however, remained, and the site was never built over.  Ongoing excavations since 2010 are uncovering a complex sequence of burial and other activities dating from the 13th to the 20thcenturies.  During the late medieval period, the friary provided a final resting place for the Dominican friars, as well as lay individuals living around Trim.  Post-dissolution, the local Catholic population continued to inter their dead within the church and cemetery.  Then, after the demolition of the buildings, the site was used for both farming and the burial of unbaptized children.  Dr. Scott will trace the history of the Black Friary, illuminating its long relationship with the town of Trim. NOTE: Dr. Scott will be appearing in person at the Irwin Center (18120 Highland Ave., Homewood, IL).  Please join us for light refreshments before the program.  This event is free and open to the public. Those who wish to view this presentation remotely via Zoom should send an email requesting access to the link below. If at all possible, please make your request at least 24 hours prior to the program.  Include enough information in the email to verify your identity.  A day or two before the program, the host will respond with an invitation to attend through Zoom. [email protected] For further information, please visit the website of the South Suburban Archaeological Society.

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Thursday, September 15 at 7:30 PM CT

South Suburban Archaeological Society (SSAS) ZOOM;

"People, Places and Prehistory: The Environment(s) of Prehistoric Northern Illinois”

 With Dr. Clare Tolmie, Senior Research Archaeologist, Illinois State Archaeological Survey (ISAS) People interact with their environment in multiple ways.  By reconstructing the environment over time, archaeologists can better understand site patterns and how humans interacted with and exploited the resources around them. Dr. Clare Tolmie will present an outline of the datasets used by archaeologists to reconstruct past environments.  She will also discuss how the landscape has changed over time in northeastern Illinois and how people occupied the landscape at different time periods. NOTE: Dr. Tolmie will NOT be appearing in person; however, we will gather at the Irwin Center (18120 Highland Avenue, Homewood IL) in our usual meeting room to view her Zoom broadcast.  Please join us for light refreshments before the program.  This event is free and open to the public. Those who wish to view this presentation remotely via Zoom should send an email requesting access to [email protected]  Please include enough information in the email to verify your identity.  A day or two before the program, the host will respond with an invitation to attend through Zoom. For further information, please visit the website of the South Suburban Archaeological Society.

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East Central Illinois Archaeological Society is having a yard sale this weekend!!!

When? Friday August 5 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Saturday August 6 8:00 am- 3:00 pm

Where? 1218 W. University Avenue, Champaign, IL - between Eisner Park and Dr. Howard School

Want to combine your love of yard sales with helping the ECIAS promote Illinois Archaeology? All proceeds will go to benefit ECIAS’s mission to provide programs and outreach activities about archaeology to local communities.

A wide variety of items are available including: Archaeology, Anthropology, History books (A whole library of books!) Asian souvenirs and artwork Crafting supplies Housewares/Kitchen items Antique lamps Live plant cuttings (Saturday only) Jigsaw puzzles Freebies! And more….. Note: There will be no clothing. There will be no selling of artifacts or identification of artifacts.

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Thursday, June 16 at 7:30 PM CT

In-Person Lecture & Zoom Event

South Suburban Archaeological Society (SSAS) presents:

"The Pecatonica River Valley during the Middle Holocene (5,000-500 BCE): Where People Lived"

 With Sara Pfannkuche, MA (Senior Collections Specialist - Archaeological Collections, Illinois State Archaeological Survey)

Archaeologists attempt to identify how people in the past adapted to their environment by looking at where sites were located on a landscape.  This “settlement pattern analysis” is usually done in conjunction with large regional archaeological surveys.  Our program will focus on settlement pattern analysis and its application for the Pecatonica River (southwest Wisconsin and north-central Illinois) during the Middle Holocene (5,000-500 BCE).  The study of settlement patterns for the river, especially during the Middle Holocene, can give us insight on how aboriginal people dealt with shifting climate patterns away from the major river valleys, and how their lifestyles were affected.

Please join us at the Marie Irwin Community Center (18120 Highland Avenue, Homewood IL) for light refreshments before the program.  This event is free and open to the public.

Those who wish to view this presentation remotely via Zoom should send an email requesting access to [email protected]  Please include enough information in the email to verify your identity.  A day or two before the program, the host will respond with an invitation to attend through Zoom.

For further information, please visit the website of the South Suburban Archaeological Society.

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Thursday, May 19 at 7:30 PM CT

In-Person Lecture & Zoom Event

South Suburban Archaeological Society (SSAS) presents:

"The  Run-Up: Chasing after Animals and History in Contact-Era Illinois"

with Dr. Robert Morrissey, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Early French colonial travelers in Illinois regularly noted that the Indigenous people of the prairies were especially good at running. Why? Dr. Morrissey’s presentation will explore an important material reality of the prairie peoples’ lives, and how that material reality shaped history. Please join us at the Marie Irwin Community Center (18120 Highland Ave., Homewood IL) for light refreshments before the program!  This event is free and open to the public. Those who wish to view this presentation remotely via Zoom should send an email requesting access to [email protected].  Please include enough information in the email to verify your identity.  A day or two before the program, the host will respond with an invitation to attend through Zoom. For additional information, please visit the website of the South Suburban Archaeological Society.

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Thursday, April 21 at 7:30 PM CT In-Person Lecture & Zoom Event

South Suburban Archaeological Society (SSAS) presents:

"The Archaeology of Childhood"

Dr. Jane Eva Baxter, Associate Professor & Chair of Anthropology DePaul University, Chicago

Archaeologists did not begin to study children until about 25 years ago. What can the study of children and childhood offer to archaeology that the study of adults alone cannot? Where can we find traces of children in the archaeological record? How can an archaeology of children and childhood help us develop more human understandings of our shared past? Dr. Baxter will answer some of these questions using examples from the paleolithic to the present, and from around the globe.  She will discuss children in families, education, apprenticeship, and learning, children at work and play, and the death and commemoration of children.

Please join us at the Marie Irwin Community Center (18120 Highland Ave., Homewood IL) for light refreshments before the program!  This event is free and open to the public.

Those who wish to view this presentation remotely via Zoom should send an email requesting access to [email protected].  Please include enough information in the email to verify your identity. A day or two before the program, the host will respond with an invitation to attend through Zoom.  

For additional information, please visit the website of the South Suburban Archaeological Society.

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Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 3:30 PM

“Above-Ground Mortuary Architecture in the Chachapoya Region, Peru”

Please join CAS in welcoming Daniela Maria Raillard Arias, Andean archaeologist and PhD Candidate at Northwestern Illinois University. Daniela will discuss her doctoral research project that applies minimally-invasive archaeological mapping technologies to document, survey and analyze the geospatial and architectural components of Chachapoya above-ground mortuary structures. In collaboration with local knowledge holders and community members, Daniela's team uses GPS, aerial drone photography, and participatory mapping to study these vulnerable, sacred sites through sensitive and safe research practices. Be sure to check out our speaker's fabulous website! www.danielaraillardarias.com

Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84922078248?pwd=aFp3N0xFZVhZK09rOEhaN2EwWUk3UT09 ...

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Thursday,  March 24 -7:30 PM CT  via  ZOOM

The South Suburban Archaeological Society (SSAS) presents:

“Chicagoland Archaeology: Prehistoric & Historic Sites”

with Dan Melone,  MA 

Join Great Lakes archaeologist Dan Melone as he discusses the Native people of pre-settlement Chicago and presents his prehistoric and historic findings from throughout the Chicagoland region. For over twenty years, Dan Melone (MA, University of Leicester), has been conducting archaeological research within the Chicagoland area and Kenya. He has surveyed hundreds of sites and compiled a large database, recording prehistoric/historic Indigenous and historic sites within the city and surrounding suburbs. He also works with Menominee and Potawatomie descendants of Chief Alexander Robinson on the history of the Chief, his family and cemetery. Dan's research in Kenya, where he owns a coffee farm, focuses on prehistoric site surveys and ethnographic studies.          PLEASE NOTE: Mr. Melone will not be appearing in person at the Irwin Center but will be presenting via Zoom.  However, please join us in our usual meeting room at the Center, where we will gather to view Dan's broadcast, and where light refreshments will be available before the program!  This event is free and open to the public.   For those who wish to view this presentation remotely via Zoom, send an email requesting access to [email protected].  Please include enough information to verify your identity.  A day or two before the program, the host will respond with an invitation to attend through Zoom.

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Thursday, February 17 - 7:30 PM - IN PERSON and via ZOOM

The South Suburban Archaeological Society presents “New Philadelphia, Illinois - From Archaeology Project to National Historic Landmark" with Christopher Fennell, Ph.D

New Philadelphia, Illinois was established in 1836 by Frank and Lucy McWorter, and was the first U.S. town planned in advance and legally founded by African Americans.

PLEASE NOTE: Dr. Fennell will be appearing LIVE and IN-PERSON at the Irwin Center.  Please join us for light refreshments before the presentation!  Masks, IDs and Proof of Vaccination (for at least 2 weeks) will be required for entry, per current Cook County regulations.  Boosters are not required.  This program is free and open to the public.

To view this presentation remotely, send an email requesting access to [email protected].  Please include enough information to verify your identity.  A day or two before the program, the host will respond with an invitation to attend through Zoom.

Marie Irwin Community Center ​18120 Highland Avenue, Homewood, IL ___________________________

Thursday, February 17, 7:00 PM

East Central Illinois Archaeological Society Lecture

"The Run-Up: Chasing After Animals and History in Contact-Era Illinois.”

Early French colonial travelers in Illinois regularly noted that the Indigenous people of the prairies were especially good at running. Why? This talk explores an important material reality of the prairie peoples' lives, and explores how that material reality shaped history.

Our speaker will be Prof. Robert Morrissey of the UI History Department.  

Urbana Free Library, Urbana Illinois __________________________

Sunday, February 27, 3:30 PM CT

Chicago Archaeological Society Lecture

"Materiality and Memory: Urban Archaeology in Chicago's Bronzeville Neighborhood”

Dr. Michael M. Gregory and Dr. Jane D. Peterson

on Zoom and Facebook LIVE

Anthropologist/archaeologist colleagues from the Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation will address local urban archaeology insights focusing on the Bronzeville Neighborhood Project. Exploring household archaeology can enhance our understanding of both the opportunities and challenges confronted by those migrating to Chicago as part of the Great Migration’s first wave, from circa 1915-1940. Research in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood enhances historical memory of this important period, contributes to more inclusive narratives of Chicago’s past, and supports community heritage preservation efforts.

Zoom link for the February lecture; https://bit.ly/3GRX1CQ

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Thursday, January 20, 7;00 PM

East Central Illinois Archaeological Society Chapter Event

"The Canaanite Origins of the Alphabet.”  

Archaeological finds in and near Israel have provided inscriptions which are interpreted as the earliest known precursors of later alphabets.  

Wayne Pitard, Professor Emeritus of Religion at the University of Illinois and retired director of the Spurlock Museum

attendance is free and open to the public

This will be a live event at; The Urbana Free Library Urbana, Illinois

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Thursday, January 20 - 7:30 PM - IN PERSON and via ZOOM

The South Suburban Archaeological Society presents

"Walking with the Giants of Rapa Nui: An Anthropological Story”

with Dr. Dale Simpson  In June of 2021, guest speaker Dr. Dale Simpson presented a fascinating account of the migrations, interactions and navigational achievements of ancient Polynesian cultures; however, time constraints prevented us from taking a deep dive into the unique story of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).  Dr. Simpson's January presentation will highlight the island's culture history, from the arrival of Polynesians until the arrival of the outside world.  It will include discussion about the who, what, where, when, how and why of the ancient Rapanui culture, based upon two decades of research, presentation, and publication. ​ Dale F. Simpson Jr. is an American anthropological archaeologist. He specializes in the Pacific, and North and South America. Dr. Simpson was appointed associate professor of anthropology at North Central College (Naperville, IL) in 2021 and has been teaching anthropology at the College of DuPage (Glen Ellyn, IL) since 2009. Dale is also the director of the Rapa Nui Geochemical Project and Illinois Simpson Archaeology.  PLEASE NOTE: Dr. Simpson will be appearing LIVE and IN-PERSON at the Irwin Center.  Masks, IDs and Proof of Vaccination (for at least 2 weeks) will be required for entry, per current Cook County regulations. Boosters are not required.  For those who wish to view this presentation remotely, send an email requesting access to [email protected].  Please include enough information to verify your identity.  A day or two before the program, the host will respond with an invitation to attend through Zoom.