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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Please excuse
the necessity of cross-posting.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">***************************************************************************************************************</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Friends
and colleagues: </span><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">St. Louis</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> is not the only
American city that sits atop the ruins of an earlier civilization. This
week we take our audience down the <span class="yshortcuts">Mississippi River</span>
to another such location in <em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Welcome to
Chucalissa</span></em>, the latest video feature on our nonprofit
streaming-media Web site, <em><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The
Archaeology Channel</span></b></em> (<a href="http://www.archaeologychannel.org/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">http://www.archaeologychannel.org</span></span></a>).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Located
in </span><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Memphis</span></span><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">,
</span></span><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Tennessee</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">, the Chucalissa
prehistoric site represents the widespread Mississippian Culture. Founded
initially around A.D. 1000, Chucalissa village reached its peak around 1500
with the construction of large <span class="yshortcuts">platform mounds</span>
around a central plaza. Part of a complex society and supported by
farming and natural foods, the Native <span class="yshortcuts">American people</span>
of this site traded throughout much of the </span><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Midwest</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> and South. Since
its rediscovery in 1940, the site has become an education center for the </span><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">University</span></span><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">
of </span></span><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Memphis</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> through the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">C.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">H.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Nash</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Museum</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">This
and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment. We urge
you to support this public service by participating in our Membership (<a href="http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html</span></span></a>)
and <span class="yshortcuts">Underwriting</span> (<a href="http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml</span></span></a>)
programs. Only with your help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit
public-education and visitor-supported programming. We also welcome new
content partners as we reach out to the world community.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Please
forward this message to others who may be interested.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Richard
M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA<br>
President and Executive Director<br>
Archaeological Legacy Institute<br>
<a href="http://www.archaeologychannel.org/" target="_blank"><span style="">http://www.archaeologychannel.org</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Meara
Butler</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="mailto:Meara.Butler@gmail.com">Meara.Butler@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Archaeological
Legacy Institute List Serve Coordinator</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>