NVC ASV Speaker List 2008

Month Day 2008 Speaker Topic
January 9th Patrick O'Neill
(ASV President-elect)
Kittiewan Plantation - The New Home of the ASV
February 13th Tom Berkey
(Education Director for MAHS)
Ongoing archaeological investigation on the Pamunkey River documenting the remnants of vessels left behind during various Civil War campaigns.
March 12th Don Wilson
(Prince Wm. County Libraries)
Geneology, from the "Geneology Dr." - Bring questions!
April 9th Stephen Potter
(National Park Service)
Aboriginal America and the Potomac Frontier, 1607 to 1676
May 14th Suzanne Levy
(Fairfax County Libraries)
TOUR at the NEW Library (Virginiana Room)
The City of Fairfax Regional Library
10360 North Street
Fairfax, VA 22030-2514
June 11th Sallie Lyons
Colchester
July 9th Rich Sacchi
(Fairfax County Archeology)
The Tanneries of Centreville
August 13th TBD
TBD
September 10th Maddy McCoy
Fairfax County Slavery Inventory Database
October 8th Virginia's Archaeology Month This is also the 30th Anniversary for Fairfax County Archaeology
November 12th TBD
TBD
December 10th Chapter Party Please bring a dish to share

Speakers in 2007

2007 Speaker and Topic
January Kerri Beril (Dovetail Archaeology) : Fredericksburg project
February Stephen Potter (National Park Service) : Aboriginal America and the Potomac Frontier, 1607 to 1676 Meeting canceled
March Chris Sperling (The Ottery Group) : Civil War History and Archeology of Gloucester Point, Virginia
April Silent Auction : The Chapter raised over $700! for VARC
May Kay McCarron (Mosby House) : Mosby House excavations
June Barbara Heath (University of TENN) : Archaeology of Plantation Slavery in Virginia
July Patrick O'Neill & Diane Schug-O'Neill (Northern Va. Chapter) : Palafitte d'Italia (Stilt houses in Italy
August Chapter Picnic : Lots of fun & good food!
September Mike Wilke (ASV President) : "You Are The ASV"
October Mike Johnson (Fairfax County Archeology) : The Rubis-Pearsall Site
November Mike Barber (VA State Archeologist) : The Current State of Virginia Archaeology
December Holiday Party : more fun & food!

Speakers in 2006

2006 Speaker and Topic
January Justin Patton (Prince William County Archeology): Prince William County Archaeology
February Liz Crowell (Fairfax County Archeology): Fairfax County Archaeology
March Heidi Siebentritt (Loudoun County Planning): Loudoun County Archaeology
April Mike Johnson (Fairfax County Archeology): Talk given @ MAACs
May Pam Cressey (Alexandria City Archeology): Alexandria City Archaeology
June Keith Young: Civil War burials at St. Elizabeth's Hospital
July Stuart Fiedel (Louis Berger Group): Climate Change and Point Style Shifts: A Tentative Correlation
August Chapter Picnic
September David Clark (Catholic University): Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve
October Don Hackenson: Fairfax County - Civil War
November Mike Johnson & CK Gailey: Re-interment of Civil War Soldiers from Centreville, VA to MA
December Chapter Party

Speakers in 2005

2005 Speaker: Topic
January Dr. Stephen Potter (National Park Service): What Civil War projectiles can tell archaeologists (a hands on chalk-talk)
February Brandon Bies (National Park Service): Archaeology at the Monocacy Battlefield
March Bob Sonderman (National Park Service): Building Closer Relationships between Law Enforcement Specialists and Archaeologists
April YOU - Show & Tell: Bring in something to show, share, learn about. It can be an antique, artifact, article, you name it!
This was VERY successful, we might do it again!
May Ann Palkovich (George Mason University): Bioarchaeology and re-analysis in the American Southwest
June Patrick O'Neill : Finding a Confederate Cemetery in West Virginia
July Mike Johnson (Fairfax County Archeology): Hartwell (44FX1847) and the Search for Tauxenent
August Chapter Picnic
September Eleanor Breen (Mt. Vernon): The Distillery at Mount Vernon
October Dave Shonyo : Tour of Gunston Hall and update on archaeology program
November Dr. Stuart Fiedel (Louis Berger Group): Rock Creek Park
December Holiday Party

Speakers in 2004

2004 Speaker and Topic
January Wilther Santamaria : Prehistoric site in Argentina (rescheduled from Nov 2003)
February Dr. Joe Dent : The Shawnee Minisink Paleoindian Site: A Look Back
March Dr. Daniel Koski-Karell : The Antillean Lithic: possible precursor to Mainland Paleoamerican settlement in the Americas
April Patrick O'Neill : Arlington House
May Stuart Fidel : Prehistoric Sites along the C&O Canal
June Move back to our newly renovated lab
July Chapter Picnic
August Doug Sanford : Archaeology at Two Virginia Plantations: Germanna and Stratford
September Dr. Charles Cheek : The Archaeology of Copan, Honduras (AD 250-900)
October Dr. Steven Shephard : Alexandria
November Mike Johnson : Early Archaic and Paleo-Indian Predictive Models
December Holiday party

Speakers in 2003

2003 Speaker and Topic
January Nancy Kassner (DC Historic Preservation Officer): The new D.C. Museum
February Mike Johnson (Fairfax County Archaeologist): Cactus Hill; Blueberry Hill
March Dave Clark (Catholic University): Bones
April Paul Inashima (Project Lead - Fairfax County): The David Site
May Chris Wilson: Tudor Place (and Joyce's going away dessert!)
June Juan Antonio Muro Meno (withdrawn) (new speaker to be announced)
July Liz Crowell (Fairfax County Archaeology Czarina): " How I got here"
August C.K. Gailey (NVC V.P.) - Chapter Picnic
September Patrick O'Neill: Fort Union Trading Post
October Dr. James Snead (George Mason University): Belize
November Wilther Santamaria ('03 Scholarship awardee): Meeting canceled
December Volunteer Holiday Party

Speakers in 2002

2002 Speaker and Topic
January Andrew Veech : Retracing George Mason's Formal Garden
February Ed Redmond : George Washington's First Career: Surveyor and Cartographer
March Nancy Anthony : Lorton Town Center Prehistoric Sites
April Patrick O'Neill : Fort Riley, Kansas Army Hospital Latrene
May Curt Breckenridge : The Brown Site at Eleanor C. Lawrence Park
June Dr. Clifford Brown : Social Organization of Mayapan Yucatan Mexico
July Dr. Dave Clark : Archaeology and WWII - a B-17 Bomber in Papua New Guinea
August John Imlay : Then and Now: The affect of Growth on Historic Sites in Pr.William County, VA
September Chapter Picnic
October Patrick O'Neill
November ...
December Volunteer Holiday Party

Speakers in 2001

2001 Speaker and Topic
January Mike Johnson : 2000 Field Season at Cactus Hill
February Wm. Jack Hranicky : Survey of the VA Clovis Points
March Martha Williams : The Brent Site
April Dr. John Hebert : Aztec Pictorial Documents (ca. 1540)
May Dwayne Scheid : George Washington's 1797 Whiskey Distillery
June Chapter Picnic
July Fran Bromberg : Excavations at Shuter's Hill and Jones Point, Alexandria, VA
August Bob Jolly : DHR Projects
September Ben Ford: Recent investigations at the Mayfield Historic Site, Pr. William County, VA
October Richard Sacchi : Excavations at Mt. Air, Fairfax, VA
November Mike Johnson : 2001 Fairfax County Archeological Services
December Volunteer Holiday Party

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