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2012 Speaker Topic
January 11th Jack Hranicky Spout Run Paleoindian Site in Clarke County, Virginia
February 8th Ted Pulliam Stories of Alexandria
March 14th Patrick O'Neill The Calloway Cemetery, United Methodist Church, Arlington, VA
April 11th Rich Eilers Fairfax County Public Archeology, A Survey
May 9th TBD TBD
June 13th TBD TBD
July 11th TBD TBD
August 8th TBD TBD
September 12th TBD TBD
October 10th TBD TBD
November 14th TBD TBD
December 12th Chapter Party and
Annual Elections
Please bring a dish to share in the Lab

Speakers in 2011

2011 Speaker and Topic
January Chris Sperling : Colchester Site
February Mike Johnson : Understanding Stone Tool Technology - A Cognative Approach
March Patrick O'Neill : Archaeology at Chapman’s Mill
April A tour of St. Mary's City, MD
May A retirement party for Mike Johnson - PHOTOS
June Kathleen Lowe : Prehistoric Investigations at Old Colchester Park & Preserve
July Esther White : Undocumented Plowzone and Digitizing Trash - A Year with Mount Vernon’s Archaeologists
August Pam Cressey : 50 years of Archaeology in Alexandria—Looking Back and to the Future
September Annual Chapter Picnic
October John Haynes : Of Iron and Irony - The Battle of the Potomac and a Soldiers Life at Quantico
November David Clark : Forensics - PHOTOS
December Annual Chapter Party & Elections

Speakers in 2010

2010 Speaker and Topic
January Show & Tell: Chapter members brought items to discuss and share stories
February Patrick O'Neill : Chapman's Mill (aka: Beverly Mill) - canceled, due to SNOW
March Stephen Israel : Rockdale Road Rockshelter, A Late Woodland Site, Baltimore County, MD
April Paul Inashima : Clark's Branch: An Early Stratified Site in the Eastern Virginia Piedmont
May Chapter Picnic : and Tour of Brentsville Courthouse, Prince William County
June Wm Jack Hranicky : The Sandy Hill Adena Cache of Maryland - A National Treasure
July Steven J. Shephard : 19th Century Coffins at Freedmen's Cemetery in Alexandria, VA
August Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown : Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe PHOTOS
September David Welker : Tempest at Ox Hill: Battle of Chantilly
October No Mtg : Hunter Mill Road Tour
November No Mtg : Due to so many members going to GAULT
December Chapter Party and Annual Elections

Speakers in 2009

2009 Speaker and Topic
January Patrick O'Neill : Battle of the White House, The only War of 1812 battle in Fairfax County
February Mike Johnson : The Gault Site - A Stratified Clovis Site in TX
March Dan McDermott : Strolling on the C&O Canal
April David Thulman : Paleoindian issues in Florida
May Laura Galke : Ferry Farm
June Lynette Alston : Nottoway Indians in Southeastern Virginia
July Chapter Picnic
August Rebecca J. Morehouse : Addison Plantation site curation
September Mike Johnson and CD Cox (Winners of Williams/Mullen Scholarship Fund) : The Gault Site - Texas
October Patrick O'Neill : The Mid-19th Century Kielkopf House in Odessa Delaware
ASV ANNUAL MEETING : hosted by OUR Chapter in Fredericksburg
November Rich Sacchi : The Minnick House - Acquired House in the Park System
December Chapter Party and Annual Elections

Speakers in 2008

2008 Speaker and Topic
January Patrick O'Neill (Pres-Elect ASV) : Kittiewan Plantation - The New Home of the ASV
February Tom Berkey(MAHS) : Ongoing archaeological investigation on the Pamunkey River documenting the remnants of vessels left behind during various Civil War campaigns.
March Don Wilson (Pr. Wm. County Libraries) : Geneology, from the "Geneology Dr."
April Stephen Potter (NPS) : Aboriginal America and the Potomac Frontier, 1607 to 1676
May Suzanne Levy (Fairfax County Libraries) : TOUR at the NEW Library (Virginiana Room)
June Sallie Lyons : Colchester
July Rich Sacchi (Fairfax County Archaeology) : The Tanneries of Centreville
August Show & Tell : Bring your own artifacts/antiques
September Maddie McCoy : Fairfax County Slavery Inventory Database
October Meeting only : Discussing 45th of Chapter and 30th Anniv or Frfx Archaeology
November Tabitha Eagle and Greg Beaudoin : Low Water Navigation Structures and Fish Weirs in the Potomac Gorge: Preliminary Survey Findings
December Chapter Party

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 PHOTOS
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 and 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 PHOTOS
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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