Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois - ESCONI

Archaeology Field Trip Saturday, 4/30 10:00 am

Archaeology Field Trip to the Michell Native American Museum and then Dave's Rock and Mineral Shop. Bryan Nugent will lead the trip at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indians.

Meet at the museum entrance at 10:00 am - Saturday, 4/30.

Archaeology Study Group Field Trip 4/30

No Archaeology Study Group Meeting in April because the group is doing a field trip on April 30th to Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop and the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian.

Fun video about Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop from Fox News.

Child’s Bones Are Earliest Human Remains Found in Arctic Region

By SINDYA N. BHANOO

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a child cremated in central Alaska about 11,500 years ago. They are the earliest known human remains from the North American Subarctic and Arctic region.

Scientists discovered the cremated skeleton of a child in an ancient dwelling in central Alaska.

The fragments were found in a fire pit in an ancient dwelling and provide new insight into the burial practices of ice-age people. The findings appear in the current issue of the journal Science.

Although only about 20 percent of the child’s remains was recovered, leaving the sex unknown, the researchers discovered teeth that indicate the child was about 3 years old.

The oval fire pit in the home also appears to have been a cooking hearth, based on remains of salmon and other small animals in the area. After the child died, he or she was placed face up in the pit and cremated. The pit and the home were most likely never used again.

“We can infer that they probably abandoned the house when the child was cremated,” said Ben A. Potter an archaeologist at the University of Alaska and the study’s lead author. “It was the final layer, and there’s nothing to indicate that they stirred around the fire anymore.”

It isn’t clear how many people lived in the home, but given the child’s age, there were probably adult women acting as caretakers, Dr. Potter said.

Prior research has indicated that people in the area hunted large game, but the new findings suggest that smaller animals were also a part of the diet.

Dr. Potter and his colleagues now hope to retrieve DNA samples from the child’s remains and investigate genetic links to other ancient and living communities.

October 23, 2010

Do you know about the series of exploratory missions sent across the world in 1421?  Come and learn more on Saturday night at 7:30 as we view the evidence of China's early discoveries.

 

This Weekend Activities

Archaeology Study Group Meeting. Saturday 3/27 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K. Rm 131.

Field trip to Jacobs Geodes in Hamilton, Illinois 9:00 A.M. Saturday, 3/27, Meet at 9:00 am at 823 E. County Rd. 1220 in Hamilton, Illinois at Jacob's Geodes. $16 for a full 5-gallon pail. Please call John Good at 630 483-2363 for reservations or e-mail at esconi@hotmail.com

Mid-America Paleontology Society MAPS Show. Western Illinois University, Macomb, Il.,  Friday - March 26 - Sunday - March 28th.

Field Trip & Archaeology Study Group Meeting This Saturday

Field Trip to Chicago Academy of Sciences Museum Collections (CAS) (part of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum). Saturday, 1/23, 10 -11 a.m. To make reservation, please contact Joe Kubal at (630) 983-6159 or e-mail at SMKubal0712@aol.com.

Archaeology Study Group Meeting. Saturday, 1/23, 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K. Rm 131.

Archaeology Meeting: Saturday, 10/24, Migration Theory by Betsy Rogers

Archaeology Meeting, Saturday, 10/24, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131, "Migration Theory - East Coast of North America" by Betsy Rogers.

This Saturday - 9/26 - Archaeology Study Group - 7:30

This Saturday... "When Did the Alphabet First Appear" by Bryan Nugent and John Good, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage Bldg K Rm 131.

Archaeology Meeting Sat. 9/26 - When Did Alphabet First Appear?

Archaeology Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131,

"When Did the Alphabet First Appear" by Bryan Nugent and John Good.

Archeology Meeting, 7:30 Sat, 4/25, Settlers of Williamsburg

Archaeology Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131, "Settlers of Williamsburg", Virginia by Marge Brazda, Vickie and Lexie Kiamco.

Archaeology Meeting, Sat. 3/28 7:30, What Is Buried Under the Dunes?

Archaeology Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131, "What Is Buried Under the Indiana or Michigan Dunes?" by David and Sheila Bergmann

Archaeology Meeting, Sat. 2/28

Archaeology Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 131, "Otzi the Ice Man" by Vickie and Lexie Kiamco.

Links of interest:
South Tyrol Archaeologie Museum
Video on Finding the Ice Man

1st Archaeology Meeting of 2009!

On Saturday, January 24th, Sheila Bergmann will give a presentation about the Indians of Central Wisconsin in Room K - 131, College of Dupage at 7:30 p.m.

Visitors are welcome; refreshments will be served; parking and admission are free.

Past Archaeology Study Group Meetings

November - December, 2008 - Holidays - no meetings

October 2008 - Alaska Eskimos/Native Americans of Alaska

September 2008 - Introduction of Horses in the Americas by ESCONI member, Sheila Bergmann

June-August 2008 - Summer Vacation - no meetings

May 2008 - Holiday Weekend  - no meeting

April 2008 - “Archaeology of the Cahokia and Dixon Mounds” by ESCONI member Bryan Nugent.

March, 2008 - "Archaeology of the Mississippian period" by Bryan Nugent.

February, 2008 - Bryan Nugent led a discussion of the “Woodland period of North America.”

January, 2008 - "North American Archaeology Period Review" by Bryan Nugent.

October, 2007 - Video: Guns, Germs & Steel by Jared Diamond, How did so few Europeans conquer an entire continent? Or did they? Discussion follows the video. Presented by Don Brazda

September, 2007 - The Archaeology of Monument Valley Utah, presented by Bryan Nugent

May, 2007 - Archaeology Field Trip to Dickson Mounds

April, 2007 - "Flint knapping "by Floyd Rogers. Make your own arrowheads or bring your Indian
artifacts.

March, 2007 - "Flint knapping "by Floyd Rogers. Make your own arrowheads or bring your Indian artifacts.

February, 2007 - Archaeology of Monument Valley Arizona: We will look at petroglyphs and pictographs and the Anasazi Indians. Bring your Arizona Artifacts such as pottery.

January, 2007 - Mining Archaeology. Bring artifacts and minerals from mines.

Archaeology Study Group Information

The Archaeology Study Group normally meets the fourth Saturday of the Month at 7:30 p.m. in room 161 of the K Building at the College of DuPage Glen Ellyn Campus starting March 22, 2003.  

Chairperson:  Bryan Nugent